On Monday, a judgegranted an ex parte orderin favor of Fyre Festival trustee Gregory Messer — who is overseeing the bankruptcy of Fyre Media — to issue subpoenas to many celebrities, includingKendall Jenner,Bella Hadid, Hailey Baldwin andEmily Ratajkowski, who appeared in abuzzy promotional video shot in the Bahamasor shared Instagram posts positively advertising the festival, theDaily Mailreported.
An ex parte order refers to a ruling made “on the request of and for thebenefit of one party only,” according to People’s Law Dictionary.
The request to issue the new group of subpoenas was made on Friday, Messer confirmed to PEOPLE, though he had no comment on if the ex parte order had been granted.
IMG Models, which represents numerous models who promoted the disastrous 2017 festival, including Hadid, Baldwin andVictoria’s Secret Angel Elsa Hosk, was among the list of organizations that will receive subpoenas, as will DNA Model Management, which represents Ratajkowski.
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The trustee has said IMG received $1.2 million from thefestival’s founder Billy McFarlandbetween November 2016 and February 2017, and DNA received $299,000 from McFarland in March 2017, according toBillboard.
DNA did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment, while IMG Models had no comment.
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The purpose of the subpoenas is to determine what happened to the millions of dollars McFarland raised from investors, acollective $26 million, to finance the festival.
Jerry Media, an agency which was responsible for the social media promotion of the festival, will also be issued a subpoena.
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The disaster that wasFyre Festivalgripped the internet when the eventfell apart in April 2017. Now, with both Hulu and Netflix releasing documentaries about the rise and fall of the festival, viewers have even more questions about why McFarland, his partnerJa Ruleand Fyre CMO Grant Margolin thought the event would befeasible in less than six months.
Although the event was sold as aluxury music experienceheld on Pablo Escobar’s former island in the Bahamas, guests arrived to find no luxurious housing, no gourmet meals and no musical acts.
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Hadidpreviously apologizedfor her role in promoting the festival in a since-deleted Twitter post.
McFarland wassentenced to six years in prisonin 2018. Heapologized in a November statementto PEOPLE.
source: people.com
