Talent agencies embroiled in Fyre Fest lawsuit
CAA, UTA, ICM Partners among agencies being sued by Fyre Festival trustee for a collective $1.75m
News By | 30 August 2019
A Fyre Festival trustee has filed a lawsuit against major talent agencies, demanding a return of fees paid to artists they represented to play in the failed event. Multiple artists were paid to perform at the festival, at which no music was ever played, despite fans paying between $1,500 and $50,000 for tickets.
Festival organiser Billy McFarland was later given a six-year prison sentence for fraud and ordered to pay a $23 million fine.
A festival trustee is now attempting to sue Creative…
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