Ticketholders Want Fyre Festival Class Action Lawsuits Centralized

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Duped ticketholders who shelled out thousands of dollars to attend a failed festival they allege was a “get rich quick” scheme have asked a federal court to centralize their class action lawsuits in California, New York or Florida.

The organizers of the infamous Fyre Festival were hit with class action lawsuits after the event went down in flames of failed services and allegations of fraud.

Festival-goers alleged that they had been promised the experience of a lifetime on an exotic island, but arrived to find that event organizers had failed to obtain even basic services for the crowds.

The ticketholders are seeking more than $100 million in damages for the experience which they claim was billed as a luxurious “cultural event of a lifetime,” but featured “FEMA” tents as accommodations and a surprising lack of basic sanitation services.

Fyre Festival organizers, Jeffrey Atkins, also known as the rapper Ja Rule, and Billy McFarland, were hit with a number of lawsuits after the disappointing event and ticketholders are now asking the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to consolidate the cases. Currently, six actions are pending against Fyre Organizers.

One of the representatives for the ticketholders claimed that the class actions should be consolidated in California because most of the victims of the alleged fraud live there. Other representatives argued that the cases should be consolidated in Florida because that was the jumping off point for the debacle as festival-goers were instructed to depart for the doomed event from Miami.

Another ticketholder representative argued that New York is the appropriate place to hear the consolidated class actions because the bankruptcy proceedings are being held there for Fyre Festival LLC.

The plaintiffs also indicated that they plan to bring charges against Fyre Festival investors, along with anyone who knew or should have known that the event organizers were planning a colossal failure.

According to a representative for defendant Billy McFarland, federal agents picked up Mr. McFarland on federal wire fraud charges a few weeks ago.

Daniel Jung is represented by Mark J. Geragos, Ben J. Meiselas, Zack V. Muljat and Alexander Alarcon of Geragos & Geragos APC.

Matthew Herlihy and Anthony Lauriello are represented by Eduard Korsinsky, Nancy Kulesa, Rosemary M. Rivas and Andrea L. Clisura of Levi & Korsinksy LLP.

Matte Projects LLC is represented by Dana J. McElroy, Carol Jean LoCicero and James J. McGuire of Thomas & LoCicero PL.

Kenneth Reel and Emily Reel are represented by Jeffrey A. Backman and Rachel E. Walker of Greenspoon Marder PA, and Chad E. Levy.

Sean Daly and Edward Ivey are represented by Marc L Godino, Mark S. Greenstone, Robert V. Prongay and Lesley F. Portnoy of Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP.

Ritu Jutla, Daniel Sepulveda and Zenovia Pittas are represented by Tina Wolfson of Ahdoot & Wolfson PC.

Andrew Petrozziello is represented by Andrew Grous and Philip A. Tortoreti of Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer PA.

The Fyre Festival Class Action Lawsuit MDL is In re: Fyre Litigation, MDL docket number 2787, before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

UPDATE: On Jan. 28, 2019, Instagram influencers such as Kendall Jenner may be subpoenaed in a Fyre Festival bankruptcy case following a recent court order.

UPDATE 2: On July 10, 2019, a federal judge dismissed claims against rapper Ja Rule and Fyre CMO Grant Margolin in a class action lawsuit filed by Fyre Festival attendees who claim that the infamous festival was not the luxury experience that was advertised.

UPDATE 3: On June 19, 2020, a proposed Class of Fyre Festival ticket holders have asked a federal judge in New York to order the ill-fated festival’s founder to pay them $7.5 million.