He was given early release from prison due to the covid pandemic. Because, of course.
From the New York Post:
Billy McFarland, the fraudster behind the ill-fated Fyre Festival, is out of prison but he’s far from home free in his halfway house.
McFarland was sprung from prison this spring after serving less than four years of a six-year sentence in connection with his 2017 Caribbean retreat fiasco....
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Much of the history has been lost although fragments of tweets from the well-to-do young Blink-182 fans survive:
right now steven is swinging a gym sock filled with dead iphones over his head while wild dogs circle the camp #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/ypkPIDl55e
— the lawyer destroyer (@porn_horse) April 28, 2017
Many people mentioned the feral dogs, either silently eyeing the festival-goers or howling in the moonlight.
Craziest thing ive read so far #Fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/ZzF8Fl1TKW
— don alejandro (@_ALEXGEM) April 28, 2017
This was also nice:
The Notebook: Fyre Festival edition. pic.twitter.com/gjUvDvUKhW
— William N. Finley IV(It’s real. I made it up) (@WNFIV) April 28, 2017
And afterwards:
Scam the Scammer: "Wannabe socialite swindler may have bilked Fyre Festival fraudster"
and the gourmet cuisine memorialized in "With The Second Anniversary Of Fyre Festival Fast Approaching: The Lego Fyre Festival Set".
Or "Hulu and Netflix could face subpoenas over their dueling Fyre Festival documentaries"
Because of course.
Maybe "Fyre Festival Lives On In The Hearts Of Those Who Believe: British Adventurers Edition"
We had seven or eight posts teed up in the queue but many of the tweets were deleted, especially from the 400 or so influencers ( Ja Rule et al.) who touted the deal.
Maybe they could chip in on the $26 mil.
