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Kendall Jenner agrees to pay $90,000 as she settles Fyre Festival lawsuit

Kendall Jenner has settled a lawsuit demanding $275,000 for repayment of the money paid to her to advertise the infamous Fyre Festival on her social media pages

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Kendall Jenner has agreed to pay out $90,000 (£73,767) as settlement against the lawsuit stemming from the infamous Fyre Festival.

The 24-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star was paid $250,000 (£204,908) in 2017 for an Instagram post that advertised the doomed project.

Kendall, along with a number of other celebrities had lawsuits filed against them for promoting the festival by a bankruptcy trustee who is looking to recover money lost by investors.

The supermodel has denied any liability related to the lawsuit but has agree to make a payment after mediation with trustee Gregory Messer.

Kendall has 129 million followers on Instagram and TMZ has reported that documents filed in the US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, showed she was paid to use her following to promote the event.

The reality star also received $25,000 (£20,490) from Fyre Media Inc., which was the company owned by Billy McFarland who founded the festival.

The lawsuit reportedly accused Kendall of showing a “clear lack of good faith” as she did not indicate that the now deleted Instagram post was an advert and that she was being paid for it.

The lawsuit allegedly reads that the model failed to “inform their fans and followers that they ultimately decided not to attend the Festival because of problems with the Festival of which they and their agencies were uniquely aware”.

The doomed Fyre Festival was marketed as a luxury music festival based in the Bahamas, with McFarland raising $26 million to help promote it.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars were paid to music acts and models to appear at the festival, which was scheduled to open in April 2017.

It is claimed that money paid to the celebrities and music acts should be returned as they were part of McFarland’s plan to defraud those investing in the festival.

 

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