More Trouble for Kendall Jenner and the Fyre Festival
by EG
Fyre Festival organizers have been hit with another class-action lawsuit after canceling the disastrous Bahamas concert last weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Cofounders Ja Rule and and Billy McFarland are being accused of duping people into buying tickets by having social media influencers promote the festival without disclosing that they were paid by the company.
As previously reported, thousands of festivalgoers were expected to attend the two-weekend music festival, which cost anywhere from $1,000 to $125,000 for ticket packages. Guests were promised private charter flights to the island, luxury accommodations, gourmet meals and performances by musical acts including Blink 182, Migos and Major Lazer. However, when attendees arrived, they found they would be sleeping in disaster-relief tents and eating cheese sandwiches. Fyre Festival decided to cancel the event and evacuate everyone from the island after people started to panic.
Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski and dozens of other models advertised Fyre Festival on their social media accounts. The lawsuit claims that the celebs’ campaigns skirted FTC rules that require all ads be clearly identified as such.
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Kendall Jenner became an "influencer" thanks to her appearances on Keeping Up with The Kardashians.