Complaint Review: Devon Blaine - Beverly Hills CA

Devon Blaine BREACHED her own agreement and then tries to collect over $200,000 on a sum that she claimed was originally $15,000, violating all state and federal debt collection laws.

This money is NOT OWED.  Devon Blaine DID NOT complete the terms and conditions of the contract.

Further, it's odd how the response to this rebuttal is exactly the same as that of her "debt collection company" in Scottsdale, Arizona under the name of Corporate Collections International.  Also, these rebuttal responses came in at exactly the same time.

I'm wondering...is Devon Blaine the same person as her "debt collector" Sharon English?  Is Devon Blaine impersonating a debt collector under the out-of-state guise of Corporate Collections International in Arizona?

That's pretty sleazy if that's the case.  It seems that she'll go to any extent to bully money that is NOT owed to her by using tactics that even shammy used car salesmen won't even bow to.

Everyone has the right under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America to state the facts and talk about personal experiences.  So, libel/slander doesn't apply and the facts will continue to be laid out for the public to see until this case is put to bed.

It's recommended that Devon Blaine put her reputation before her greed and drop this nonesense -- chasing money she knows she isn't owed on a contract she herself breached and blatantly did not baased on her lack of media connections -- before this gets really ugly as a multi-year court case which I will end up winning due to her blatant breach of her own agreement.

So, she had me sign an agreement for 6 monthly payments of $5,000 each, totaling $30,000.

Unfortunately, that statement pretty much binds you to pay the full $30,000, and no other information is needed to bill you.  That is the basis of your invoice.  For some reason, you agreed to a fixed fee contract, which I don't understand since most contracts like this are billed hourly.  She probably promised you it would cost you more to bill hourly, which is generally baloney, but you fell for it. 

So what you did is guarantee she gets paid the full amount regardless of what you expectations were or what she could do for you.  The agent can then provide you an itemized bill on who and what she contacted and the time spent. 

If an agent can't sell your story in the time she spent, then it's because either

(a) they suck as an agent, or

(b) your story is uninteresting. 

As much as you would like to say, you haven't really described anything that would constitute a breach of contract because of the fixed fee nature of the contract.  By signing a fixed fee contract, she gets paid whether she obtains publicity for you, or not.

Your signed contract is the basis on which the collection agency is now coming to get money.  If you require basis on which payment is to be made, then that contract is it.  You may believe the contract is unenforcable, however...it is.  Both parties generally have to agree to the termination of the contract - and I doubt seriously the agent is going to agree to that, especially since you signed a fixed fee contract. 

I don't know why the lawyer specifically advised you against signing such a contract, BUT there are so many red flags in your story, that I can see a number of reasons why the lawyer said...not to do it.  Your lawyer is there to protect you.  You chose to not listen.  You now owe the money.

Your countersuit is going to get tossed because you have no basis to countersue; you contracted for services for a fixed fee and there will be all kinds of documented attempts the agent is going to show and no interest shown.  As long as those documents exist, and they will, you lose.  You aren't going to be able to sue for punitive damages because, of course, there is nothing punitive to sue for. 

The agent, in turn, will try to sue for court costs, in addition to what she is owed because she can.  Whether she can collect will be up to the judge.  Now, you made the decision not to listen to your lawyer before signing the contract - there is a reason why you need to listen to your lawyer.  The reason is because the lawyer knows more than you. 

Once you are served with a lawsuit for payment, take the documents to your lawyer and LISTEN to what the lawyer says.  If the lawyer says settle, then you need to settle, no matter what you think or what you want to do.