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MARIA: I would not trust a single word
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Fyre Fraud

I would not trusta single word that Billy saysabout his own motivations or about himself...

MARIA: I would not trust
a single word that Billy says
about his own motivations or about himself simply because Billy McFarland
is a con artist

Full Transcript

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MARIA: I would not trust a single word
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that Billy says about his own motivations
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or about himself
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simply because Billy McFarland is a con artist.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
01:23:37
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Mic,Billboard,The Cinemart

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Movie Summary

Concert promoters and rapper Ja Rule advertise a high-end festival experience that fails spectacularly when they don't plan for the infrastructure to support the venue, artists and guests.
They look into your soul, they see what you're missing, - Fyre Fraud 00:06
They look into your soul, they see what you're missing,
The most surprising thing about con artists - Fyre Fraud 00:08
The most surprising thing about con artists
For a con artist, deception is a constant practice. - Fyre Fraud 00:05
For a con artist, deception is a constant practice.
A con artist would pass a lie detector test - Fyre Fraud 00:07
A con artist would pass a lie detector test
Billy has been running small cons his entire life. - Fyre Fraud 00:05
Billy has been running small cons his entire life.
It's like, it's love. I don't know how to explain it. - Fyre Fraud 00:05
It's like, it's love. I don't know how to exp...
‐ I never had this kind of connection, - Fyre Fraud 00:08
‐ I never had this kind of connection,
MARIA: Con artists like Billy are really personable. - Fyre Fraud 00:05
MARIA: Con artists like Billy are really personable.
They're fun and have just extraordinary charm. - Fyre Fraud 00:05
They're fun and have just extraordinary charm.
‐ But then I Googled him. - Fyre Fraud 00:05
‐ But then I Googled him.
That's when I realized that he was connected to Fyre Festival. - Fyre Fraud 00:04
That's when I realized that he was connected to Fyre Fe...
My mind, maybe my head, was saying one thing, - Fyre Fraud 00:06
My mind, maybe my head, was saying one thing,
MARIA: These are people who get people to trust them, - Fyre Fraud 00:07
MARIA: These are people who get people to trust them,
ANASTASIA: He kind of explained me that, you know, - Fyre Fraud 00:08
ANASTASIA: He kind of explained me that, you know,
[overlapping voices] - Fyre Fraud 00:07
[overlapping voices]
[laughs] - Fyre Fraud 00:13
[laughs]
I said, "What are you doing?" - Fyre Fraud 00:05
I said, "What are you doing?"
And I'm thinking, like, "Wait a minute." - Fyre Fraud 00:13
And I'm thinking, like, "Wait a minute."
It was a guy named Frank Tribble - Fyre Fraud 00:05
It was a guy named Frank Tribble
My friends who had attended Fyre Festival - Fyre Fraud 00:06
My friends who had attended Fyre Festival