We hear he’s been keeping pretty quiet, and when he was recently spotted blowing off some steam at upscale sports bar Bounce, he told other guests it was only the second time he’d been out on the party scene since getting sprung. Sources say McFarland is living in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn but hopes to make it back to Manhattan when his new ventures get off the ground. (We don’t wish to be cynical, but we’re guessing that while execs may indeed have been impressed by his undeniable knack for creating buzz, which was on display in the various documentaries about his criminal escapades, there’s probably also a certain amount of cocktail-party currency in having taken a meeting with him.) McFarland alienated many former associates during the Fyre debacle, including Andy King, who infamously considered performing oral sex to secure the delivery of bottled water to the doomed festival site. “It seems as though many people want to meet with McFarland for his marketing skills,” says the insider. Sources tell us that the Fyre Festival organizer is back in business after being released from prison in March - and has been stunned to find that it’s even easier to get business meetings than it was before he was convicted of fraud.Īccording to an insider, McFarland, 31, has recently been telling friends “that people have been very kind to him on the streets, asking for photos with him - much to his surprise,” and also that he’s been shocked by “how easy it is for him to get business meetings.” The Fyre Festival organizer was a notoriously successful schmoozer before his arrest. Sean Hannity says he ‘dug in his heels’ with newest bookīilly McFarland has been surprised to find that being one of the world’s most infamous scammers is good for business, Page Six hears. Ja Rule distances himself from disastrous Fyre Festival ahead of its return The festival was scheduled to take place on April 2830 and May 57, 2017, on the Bahamian island of Great Exuma. It was created with the intent of promoting the company's Fyre app for booking music talent. ‘Fyre Festival 2’ kicks off with zero-gravity flights, no catastrophesįraudster Billy McFarland hits Hamptons party circuit fresh from prison as he launches ‘Fyre II’ Fyre Festival was a fraudulent luxury music festival founded by con artist Billy McFarland and rapper Ja Rule.
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