Life & Culture / NewsLife & Culture / NewsKendall Jenner and Soulja Boy might be served subpoenas over Fyre FestivalAlong with many others involved in Billy McFarland’s ill-fated festivalShareLink copied ✔️January 27, 2019January 27, 2019TextThom Waite Celebrities and musicians being served subpoenas in high-profile fraud cases – ring any bells? No, it’s not Grimes and Azealia Banks being made to preserve Elon Musk evidence this time; instead, it’s pretty much anyone who took money for the fiasco that was Fyre Festival in 2017. Obviously, Billy McFarland’s luxury festival quickly descended into a Lord of the Flies-esque free-for-all when guests arrived in 2017, but to get people to pay the $4,000 – $12,000 ticket fee in the first place, the organisers had some pretty massive names attached. Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, Hailey Bieber, Emily Ratajkowski, and Elsa Hosk were some of the models paid to appear in the event’s marketing and plaster it all over social media. Now, though, DNA Models and IMG Models might face subpoenas requesting info on the reported $1.2 million they were paid to cast these models. Kendall Jenner could even face her own, separate subpoena, for posting the promotional video to her Instagram for $250,000. These subpoenas are subject to the approval of bankruptcy trustee Gregory Messer’s requests, but similar subpoenas – to talent agencies such as ICM, CAA, and Paradigm – were approved earlier this month. These were part of an investigation into the $1.4 million in booking fees paid for artists such as Rae Sremmurd, Blink 182, and Major Lazer. Even more subpoenas might be received by Soulja Boy and Waka Flocka – paid $115,000 and $150,000, respectively, to promote a Fyre Media booking app – and Jerry Media, a marketing firm paid $90,000 to advertise the festival. Also caught up in the investigation are 16 companies that contributed food (remember those soggy cheese sandwiches?), travel, beverages, and more. McFarland still faces years behind bars, but who knows how long the Fyre Festival fallout will last? Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORECould singles wrestling be an alternative to dating apps?‘I could have a piece of him come back’: The murky ethics of pet cloningPull&BearKaroline Vitto: ‘I just wanted people to start feeling a bit hopeful’Gone Norf: The Manchester collective uplifting Northern creatives‘It’s good for the gods’: Inside Taiwan’s booming temple rave sceneWhy are we still so obsessed with love languages?How Madeline Cash wrote the most hyped novel of 2026From looksmaxxing to mogging: How incel language went mainstreamWinter Olympics 2026: The breakout stars from Milano Cortina Why do we think we can’t find love in the club?No, Gen-Z aren’t too dumb to read Wuthering HeightsRomance is booming. But is our culture less romantic than ever?Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy