According to theWSJ,the lawsuits are seeking to recover money paid to talent agencies, performers they represent and some vendors, including two companies that were paid to charter musicians to the festival on private jets and yachts.
The trustee alleges inone of the lawsuitsthat Jenner was paid $250,000 to promote Fyre Festival months before the event through a since-deleted Instagram post. She earned an additional $25,000 days after sharing the post.
McFarland — who iscurrently servinga six-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to fraud charges — was also sued for $14 million that allegedly transferred to his company Fyre Media Inc. from its bankrupt subsidiary that formed to promote the fake festival.
Additional bankruptcy lawsuits issued Wednesday allege that Fyre Media paid the talent agencies of models, including Jenner and Ratajowski, and performers that they represent to book them for the festival.
Reps for both Jenner and Ratajkowski did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
In January, Messer sought an ex parte order in bankruptcy court to issue subpoenas to both models, as well asBella HadidandHailey Baldwin. The court reportedly granted Messer’s request. An ex parte order refers to a ruling made “on the request of and for thebenefit of one party only,” according to People’s Law Dictionary.
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The disaster that wasFyre Festivalgripped the internet when the eventfell apart in April 2017. Now, with both Hulu and Netflix releasing documentaries about the rise and fall of the festival, viewers have even more questions about why McFarland, his partnerJa Ruleand Fyre CMO Grant Margolin thought the event would befeasible in less than six months.
Although the event was sold as aluxury music experienceheld on Pablo Escobar’s former island in the Bahamas, guests arrived to find no luxurious housing, no gourmet meals and no musical acts.
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McFarland wassentenced to six years in prisonin 2018. Heapologized in a November statementto PEOPLE.
source: people.com
