US ticket operator Tablelist has become the latest claimant to take legal action against the organisers of last month’s ill-fated Fyre Festival in Bahamas.
The Boston-based startup, which was founded in 2013 to provide a VIP clubbing and dining booking service, filed a lawsuit against Fyre Festival for $3.5m (£2.7m/3.1m) to refund money to its customers.
The suit, filed in court in Massachusetts, accuses Fyre Media, Inc. and its promoters William McFarland and Jah Rule as well as Grant Margolia and Carola Jain of breach of contract and fraudulently deceiving Tablelist and ticket purchasers. Billboard reports it is the sixth suit to be filed against Fyre Festival, which took place in the Bahamas last month.
According to court papers, Tablelist sold more than $3.5m in concert tickets and VIP experiences and gave “nearly every dollar to the Fyre Festival organisers”. The Tablelist suit also asked for damages caused to the business, and alleged it has had to lay off 40 per cent of its workforce while it focused on litigation.
Despite announcing that “all festival goers this year will be refunded in full,” festival organisers have not “remitted a penny to Tablelist to pass along to consumers,” according to a statement released by Tablelist.
Festival goers paid between $1,500 and $12,000 to attend Fyre Festival on the Bahamas island of Exuma at the end of April, with the promise of great music, yacht parties, luxury accommodation and gourmet food.
However, the event was a disaster with headline act Blink 182 pulling out, and patrons who had no way of leaving the island claiming that they were going without basic essentials such as secure accommodation, food, drink and electricity.
The event was postponed after organisers admitted “we didn’t think security could keep up”.
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