Fyre Festival Threatened to Sue Critics
According to a Rolling Stone report, the badly run Fyre Festival is facing a sixth lawsuit. Kenneth and Emily Reel are bringing the lawsuit against festival creators Jeffrey "Ja Rule" Atkins and Billy McFarland. For the Fyre Festival, the North Carolina couple spent $4,600 on a VIP villa. However, when it was confirmed that the festival wouldn't take place, they were forced to stay in Miami and never made it to the Bahamas. They can consider themselves fortunate that they were in an airport rather than the cheese sandwich banquet that the festival devolved into, which was littered with trash.
The Fyre Festival was a major disaster in 2017. Despite being promoted as a sizable music festival, it primarily turned out to be a scam. On a tropical island, attendees spent thousands of dollars each for opulent lodging and fine dining. What they received instead were repurposed tents, no festival, bad food, and many people trapped with minimal access to food and water and no power.
The organizer ultimately received a six-year sentence in addition to a million-dollar fine, though he is already out of jail. Surprisingly, McFarland and his co-organizer, rapper Ja Rule, were threatening opponents with their own lawsuits while the legal battles were still going on. They alleged that those criticizing the festival on social media were stoking trouble. The threat didn't seem to have any effect, though.
