GoFundMe raises 216k for Bahamian locals who were screwed over by fyre festival

https://www.gofundme.com/exuma-point-fyre-fest-debt

Netflix documentary highlighted a woman in Bahamas that used her 50k savings to pay locals the wages they didn't get when the fyre festival went belly up.

In one day, GoFundMe raised 216k

Lots of everyday people got screwed by bill mcfarland

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.thisisinsider.com/gofundme-campaign-for-fyre-festival-caterer-raises-thousands-2019-1

On Friday, Netflix dropped a documentary about the Fyre Festival failure that contained some wild revelations. Many people were shocked at festival cofounder Billy McFarland's lack of organizational skills as well as how workers on the island in the Bahamas were treated.

One islander in particular, Maryann Rolle, runs the Exuma Point Bar & Grill, where many festivalgoers first appeared. It initially looked good for business because people were partying and drinking at her establishment. But she revealed in the documentary that she was never paid for her services.

As a result, Rolle had to use $50,000 from her own life savings to pay the staff members who helped at the event.

"I had 10 persons working directly with me, just preparing food all day and all night, 24 hours," Rolle said in the documentary. "I had to literally pay all those people. I am here as a Bahamian, and they stand in my face every day."