Billy McFarland, the man responsible for the Fyre Festival, is free from prison.
McFarland was released into the care of a halfway house in New York City, where he is expected to reside until his release in August,Jason Russo, McFarland's attorney, told NBC News that his client intends to"put together a team of good people for a solid plan to make amends and pay" what he owes in restitutions to those he defrauded.
The Fyre Festival made headlines in April 2017 when hundreds of festival-goers -- who paid up to $100,000 for tickets and were promised gourmet food and accommodations -- were left stranded on the island after arriving to an unfinished site and a lack of food and staffing, which quickly turned into chaos.
“I grossly underestimated the resources that would be necessary to hold an event of this magnitude,” he said when he plead guilty to the charges against him, in 2018. “In an attempt to raise what I thought were needed funds, I lied to investors about various aspects of Fyre Media and my personal finances. Those lies included false documents and information.”
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