Music Biz: Fyre Festival, Ja Rule, Billy McFarland Sued for Fraud and Lying #FyreFestival
Billy McFarland and Ja Rule defrauded the chumps who plunked down thousands of dollars for the Fyre Festival in the Bahamas, a festival that more resembled “The Hunger Games” or “The Lord of the Flies” than Coachella … at least that’s the take in a new class action lawsuit.
A concertgoer, who’s trying to set up a class action with others, calls the festival a get-rich-quick scam, saying Billy and Ja Rule knew months before the event it was in crash-and-burn mode.
The suit, filed by Mark Geragos, claims Billy and Ja Rule outright lied about the festival’s accommodations and safety. It claims people put down between $1,200 and $100,000 a ticket for the event, which left most people who showed up stranded on the island.
The lawsuit takes particular aim at the FEMA tents that were the so-called luxury accommodations. It even alleges wild animals were roaming the festival grounds.
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