A brace of duelingFyre Festivaldocumentaries — one on Hulu and one on Netflix — are giving spectator a better idea of how a festival - turned - shitshow managed to so badly botch its spectacular promise of being one of the peachy events the world had ever known . While countless multitude were burned by the cozenage , Maryann Rolle ’s story was one that stayed with viewers . Now , aGoFundMecampaign endeavor to help right a wrong has raise more than $ 150,000 .
Rolle , the owner of a eating house at the Exuma Point Resort in the Bahamas , hash out her trial by ordeal in Netflix ’s FYRE : The Greatest Party That Never Happened . Rolle say she had a squad of 10 people work for her around the clock — all daylight and night — making solid food to feed everyone working on the project . After the fete stiffed her , she says that she lost $ 50,000 of her own money . She now does n’t “ even like to talk about the Fyre Festival ” because of the hurting it ’s caused her .
“ As I make this supplication it ’s arduous to believe and embarrassing to hold that I was not pay … I was left in a full-grown hole ! My life was changed forever , and my credit was ruined by Fyre Fest , ” theGoFundMereads . “ My only resource today is to appeal for help . ”
Just seven days after its initial launching , the campaign with an original goal of $ 123,000 had by Monday evening evoke more than $ 152,000 through nearly 5,000 donations . The campaign was also shared to Instagram this week by Ja Rule , who co - founded the fete with enterpriser Billy McFarland ( the guy who’sgoing to prisonfor this whole batch ) .
“ My heart goes out to this lovely lady , ” hecaptionedthe post . “ We ’ve never assemble but I ’m devastated that something that was think to be amazing , turn out to be such a catastrophe and suffer so many ppl … SORRY to anyone who has been negatively effected [ sic ] by the festival . ” ( He ’s alsotweetingabout Fyre Festival , uh , a lot . )
McFarland , thetech bromastermind behind the fraudulent operation , pleaded guiltylast year to two counts of conducting wire fraud for swindling investors . He was doom in October tosix twelvemonth in prison .
[ Hollywood Reporter ]
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