UPDATE 7:23 A.M. PST: A federal judge ruled on Monday that Kendall’s company, and the modeling agencies representing Bella, Hailey, and more who promoted the Fyre Festival can be subpoenaed.
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Kendall Jenner might be catwalking her way to court thanks to her involvement with the Fyre Festival.
According to Billboard, a subpoena is expected for the KUWTK star and other model-influencers who received payments from entrepreneur-turned-felon Billy McFarland to promote the festival that never was.
The new round of subpoenas was requested on Friday by Gregory Messer, the trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of Fyre Media, as part of an effort to find out what happened to the $11.3 million paid out by McFraudland in the months leading up to the ill-fated event.
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Messer told a judge that IMG Models, the agency that represents supermodels like Bella Hadid and Hailey Bieber who appeared in a popular promo video for Fyre Festival, received payments of $1.2 million from McFarland between November 2016 and February 2017. A separate subpoena was requested for DNA Model Management, the agency that represents Emily Ratajkowski and was paid $299,000 by McFarland in March 2017.
As for Kenny, Messer is also looking into a $250,000 payment she received in January 2017. Four months later, she promoted the event on Instagram without indicating that she was being paid for the post; sparking a warning from the Federal Trade Commission about rules for sponsored posts on social media. Tsk, tsk.
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Additional subpoenas were requested for Jerry Media, the agency behind the Instagram account @f*ckjerry that promoted Fyre Festival on social media, and multiple artists who were paid to promote or use the Fyre Media app — including Soulja Boy, who received a payment of $115,000 in August 2016, and Waka Flocka Flame, who was paid $150,000 around the same time.
This new round of summons is part of an ongoing effort by officials to figure out where the $26 million McFarland raised from investors went. Earlier this month, a judge signed off on subpoenas for talent agencies like Paradigm to find out information about the $1.4 million in payments for artists booked to play at the festival.
It’s all very complicated, so we can only hope both Netflix and Hulu make documentaries about this legal aftermath.
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