By Louie g
Apr 15, 2021
A lawsuit has now been settled after 4 years for the disastrous Fyre Festival that never happened. The Fyre Festival was going to be the biggest festival there has ever been on a private island. It was announced and produced by Billy McFarland and partnering with Ja Rule to include some of the biggest acts. The Festival was promoted by some of the biggest social media influencers and celebrities. People arrived and nothing was ready and prepared, some people paid up to 100k for packages that gave them exclusivity to be with celebs. It looked good but it was executed poorly and it was just a big rip off. Now we have 227 People that filed a class action lawsuit against the organizers to be receiving $7,200 each. I m not sure how much some people paid and got ripped off but this could just be a piece of what they spent or more.
The Fyre Festival settlement reveals the true cost of schadenfreude — $7,220 a pop
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Over the years, it helped them build a mini-empire, replete with media agencies, party games, and even their own tequila, Advertisement Hide
The company gained even more notoriety in 2018 after working to promote Fyre Fest, the $25 million dollar fraud of a music show that landed mastermind Billy McFarland in jail for six years.
Fuck Jerry also helped produce the Netflix documentary
Fyre, which substantially minimized their knowledge and role in McFarland’s scheme. Another documentary on Hulu,
, was much more critical of their role.
And now, taxpayers are helping keep the business afloat. The company received eight CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act loans from the U.S. government during the coronavirus pandemic, the