Yesterday, disgraced Fyre Fest huckster Billy McFarland bought the model’s IP and rights on eBay for $245,300. Whereas that looks like an honest chunk a change, particularly for an occasion synonymous for by no means truly occurring, McFarland was noticeably bummed that the public sale didn’t fetch the next quantity.
“Rattling. This sucks, it’s so low,” McFarland lamented throughout a livestream broadcast within the last moments of the eBay public sale (through Billboard). The 33-year-old convicted felon put the Fyre model up for public sale after a purported seven-figure deal he had apparently fell by. On the time, McFarland mentioned, he was “performed taking part in video games,” including that, whoever buys Fyre “may have an consideration engine to launch festivals, do merch collabs, do insane pop-ups, run livestreams, or construct a media model.” McFarland has but to establish the individual behind the successful eBay bid.
For McFarland’s half, he little question hoped for a a lot bigger buy value provided that he owes greater than $20 million in restitution to the unique Fyre Pageant buyers, in addition to tens of millions in again taxes, stemming from his 2018 conviction for federal wire fraud.