
Billy McFarland
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Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland Asks for Early Prison Release Due to Coronavirus Risk
By Brian Welk | April 15, 2020 @ 3:11 PMMcFarland is serving a six-year sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of wire fraud in 2018
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Unpaid Fyre Festival Cook Wins Back Life Savings From Crowdfunding Campaign
By Brian Welk | January 21, 2019 @ 1:54 PMMaryann Rolle, who appears in documentary ”Fyre,“ surpassed $123,000 fundraising goal
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Rival Fyre Festival Docs Ignite Fiery Words Between Filmmakers
By Tim Baysinger | January 15, 2019 @ 11:44 AMNetflix and Hulu are fighting over whose documentary about unethical behavior is more ethical
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Netflix Acquires Documentary About Disastrous Fyre Music Festival
By Trey Williams | December 10, 2018 @ 9:14 AMFilm is directed by Emmy-nominated Chris Smith
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Fyre Festival Organizer Billy McFarland Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
By Tim Kenneally | March 6, 2018 @ 2:39 PMThe man behind disastrous Bahamas event cops to two counts of wire fraud
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Fyre Festival Organizer Freed on $300K Bail, Uses Public Defender
By Ashley Eady | July 2, 2017 @ 2:40 PMMaserati-driving Billy McFarland declines to hire his own attorney
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Fyre Festival Organizer Arrested on Wire Fraud Charges
By Matt Pressberg | June 30, 2017 @ 7:41 PM25 year-old Billy McFarland ran disastrous Caribbean music festival
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The Fyre Festival Is Now Subject of FBI Probe
By Ashley Boucher | May 22, 2017 @ 11:43 AMAn FBI investigation is another problem in a long line for the infamous festival fail, which is facing more than one lawsuit
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Fyre Founder Takes Chutzpah to Whole New Level as He Tells Employees Nobody’s Getting Paid
By Itay Hod | May 11, 2017 @ 5:23 PM”Unfortunately we are not able to proceed with payroll,“ organizer tells staff during conference call
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Fyre Festival Blew $250K on Kendall Jenner’s Instagram Endorsement (Report)
By Ashley Boucher | May 4, 2017 @ 11:08 AMJa Rule’s disaster wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars on promotion before spending money on key necessities, according to Vice
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Mark Geragos Files $100 Million Lawsuit Against Fyre Fest
By Tim Molloy | April 30, 2017 @ 10:41 PMProminent attorney’s class-action suit says concert billed as a festival in paradise was a ”get-rich quick scam“
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Ja Rule Says Fyre Festival Guests Are Safe, Offers Refunds
By Jeremy Fuster | April 30, 2017 @ 2:56 PMThe official Twitter page for the doomed Bahamas festival also issued an apology
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Fyre Festival Organizers Apologize: ‘We Were Simply in Over Our Heads’
By Umberto Gonzalez | April 29, 2017 @ 9:53 AM”We apologize for what all of our guests and staff went through over the last 24 hours and will work tirelessly to make this right,“ Billy McFarland says