June 22, 2020
A proposed class of ticket holders of the ill-fated 2017 Fyre Festival, including some who were "stranded" in the Bahamas, have asked a New York federal judge to order imprisoned festival founder Billy McFarland to pay them $7.5 million.
October 17, 2017
Billy McFarland, the beleaguered Fyre Fest impresario who faces fraud charges and class action suits over the failed Bahamas music fest, was accused Tuesday in Manhattan federal court by counsel for Ja Rule of ripping off the rapper's vision.