Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland Apologizes to the Bahamas Ahead of New Scheme

Fyre Festival mastermind Billy McFarland is offering an olive branch to the Bahamas , the state where the disaster of a music fete kinda sorta direct place in 2017 .

April 27 , 2017 was one of the respectable days to be on Twitter as the highly - anticipated and vaguely marketed Fyre Festival — a “ luxury ” music fete — was set to kick off . The main mankind behind the fete , Billy McFarland , has since been the subject of several lawsuits and served jail clip , and he is quick for his next Bahamian adventure . After a serial publication of cryptic videos tease a treasure hunt unionise by McFarland in the Bahamas , the entrepreneur fraudster settle to make thing justly in a statement addressed to the res publica .

“ I am write to you to abundantly rationalize for my actions 5 years ago . I was completely wrong and I wholly regret my action , ” McFarlane said in a statement to the Bahamas , according toreporting from TMZ . While this is all well and good , McFarland allegedly made no direct acknowledgment of Fyre Festival itself . Interesting …

McFarland and others reportedly defrauded investors $27.4 million in a bid to host Fyre Festival in The Bahamas.

McFarland and others reportedly defrauded investors $27.4 million in a bid to host Fyre Festival in The Bahamas.Image: Mark Lennihan (AP)

“ The Government of The Bahamas will not endorse or O.K. any event in The Bahamas associated with [ McFarland ] , ” Bahamas Minister of Tourism , Investments , and Aviation Chester Cooper aver in a written statement , also covered by TMZ . “ He is considered to be a fugitive from justice … Anyone knowing of his whereabouts should report same to the [ Royal Bahamas Police Force ] . ”

Last calendar month , McFarland began teasing his newest speculation : Some variety of treasure hunting . The hunt , that is touch to as PYRT ( which I can only assume is some caper on “ pirate ” ) onMcFarland ’s TikTokhopes to take place in , you guessed it , the Bahamas . McFarland explains in a later C. W. Post thathe will be cover 99 bottlesacross the Earth , and each bottle will have its own set of clue and hoarded wealth that hunting watch can find . In an update place three days ago , McFarland confirmedthat he sent the two groups that find the first two bottle to the Bahamas .

It ’s not immediately well-defined if McFarland is gunning for another fete by drumming up excitement via the treasure hunt , or if he ’s really just trying to somehow stimulate the local economy and attempt to right his wrongs by direct people to the islands . Whatever the case may be , it seems like in this situation the Bahamas ’ are trying to operate under the proverb , “ Fool me once , dishonour on you ; befool me twice , shame on me . ”

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