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Two years ago, Billy McFarland scammed thousands of festivalgoers at the failed Fyre Festival. Now, McFarland is serving a prison sentence, but the disaster treks on as the trustee in charge of the event’s bank proceedings has filed 14 lawsuits against parties involved including Kendall Jenner, Blink-182, and more.
Others named in the suits include talent agencies, transportation companies, and management firms like United Talent Agency, Creative artists Agency, and International Creative Management. The trustee, which has been taken over by Gregory Messer with the help of New York attorney Fred Stevens, hopes to recoup the $14.4 million Fyre Media and co-founder Billy McFarland put into the event.
The lost funds include booking fees for artists like Blink-182; the suit claims that although the band pulled-out of the event last minute, it still kept the $500,000 fee. Additional artists, like Pusha-T, Desiigner, and Tyga, were no-shows and their talent agency NUE is being sued for a $730,000 payment that went unaccounted for. Messer and Stevens are also suing influencers that did not clearly state they were[(read more..)](https://www.ticketnews.com/2019/12/fyre-fest-trustee-kendall-jenner-blink-182/)
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