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Models such as Bella Hadid and Hailey Bieber can be heard in the Fyre Bahamas Festival case that failed.
Kendall Jenner can also expect a call. Billboard
The models were shown in a video to promote the festival, which resulted in a major disaster in 2017. Jenner did not appear in the video, but was announced via Instagram.
The brain behind the festival, Billy McFarland, was arrested in June 2017 for fraud. He had invested 26 million dollars (about 21 million euros) in his company – Fyre Media – and the festival under false pretenses.
Gregory Messer, trustee in charge of the bankruptcy of Fyre Media, asked a judge of a summons for the model agency representing among other things Hadid and Bieber. According to him, McFarland would have paid more than $ 1.2 million (more than one million euros) to the agency.
According to Messer, Jenner would have received 250,000 dollars (219,000 euros) for a publication on Instagram. The Conservative wants to have an accurate picture of what happened with the money McFarland has raised in the months leading up to the Fyre Festival.
The festival is presented as a luxurious and exclusive festival
Fyre Festival is presented as a luxurious and exclusive festival and famous stars have paid to promote the festival on social media.
When the first visitors arrived in the Bahamas in April 2017, it turned out that it was a big chaos on the island. Instead of spending the night in elegant bungalows, tents were ready.
The promised luxury meals consisted of a cheese sandwich. There was also a shortage of water and medical care. The festival had to be canceled at the last moment.
Recently, two documentaries about the Fyre festival have appeared. On Netflix Fyre came first, while Hulu came with Fyre Fraud .
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