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Complaint Review: Options Talent - Orlando Florida
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1701 Lake Ellenor Dr Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
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Options Talent lawsuit alleges certain agencies illegally fixed fees and charged excessive commissions Orlando Florida
Just wanted to ad anoyther thing about the company. They are being sued big time by a bunch of models. This is part of an article from the LA Times. I know they are very nervous about being sued.
Models Get Tough; Their lawsuit alleges that certain agencies illegally fixed fees and charged excessive commissions The Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles, Calif.; Jul 5, 2002; VALLI HERMAN-COHEN;
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Last week, [Carolyn Fears], 32, joined five other California models in filing a class-action lawsuit in New York federal court against eight top modeling agencies, alleging that the firms violate the law by fixing fees and charging far more in commissions than is legal. Fears hopes the lawsuit will give models with New York agencies more protection and a larger share of their earnings. The case, filed by a partner of antitrust heavy hitter David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, alleges that New York modeling agencies have been fixing prices on fees for nearly 30 years.
According to the lawsuit, models are given form contracts, which the agencies claim are standard and not subject to negotiation. Few complain because like Fears and co-plaintiffs Amanda Masters, Lorelei Shellist, Barbara Cheeseborough, Carla Gross (also known as Sebastian Cardon) and Justin Klentner, they are concerned that they may be blacklisted--a key reason it has taken so long for the allegedly illegal practices to come to light, according to Brian Rishwain, a partner in the Los Angeles firm Johnson and Rishwain, which has joined the case.
Most of the models involved in the lawsuit are edging toward the ends of their careers and have established other sources of income, which helps shield them from potential backlash. Jobs have become scarce in the slow advertising climate following Sept. 11, making many models averse to more risk. Shellist, of San Diego, was reluctant to discuss the case because she still works as a model, in addition to using her fashion experiences to teach teen girls about self-esteem. "Who wants to bite the hand that feeds them?" she said. "The majority of us make a normal, average living," said Fears, who estimated the average salary of a successful model at $40,000. "There were years that I was borrowing money from my parents to get by."
David
Orlando, Florida
Models Get Tough; Their lawsuit alleges that certain agencies illegally fixed fees and charged excessive commissions The Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles, Calif.; Jul 5, 2002; VALLI HERMAN-COHEN;
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Last week, [Carolyn Fears], 32, joined five other California models in filing a class-action lawsuit in New York federal court against eight top modeling agencies, alleging that the firms violate the law by fixing fees and charging far more in commissions than is legal. Fears hopes the lawsuit will give models with New York agencies more protection and a larger share of their earnings. The case, filed by a partner of antitrust heavy hitter David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, alleges that New York modeling agencies have been fixing prices on fees for nearly 30 years.
According to the lawsuit, models are given form contracts, which the agencies claim are standard and not subject to negotiation. Few complain because like Fears and co-plaintiffs Amanda Masters, Lorelei Shellist, Barbara Cheeseborough, Carla Gross (also known as Sebastian Cardon) and Justin Klentner, they are concerned that they may be blacklisted--a key reason it has taken so long for the allegedly illegal practices to come to light, according to Brian Rishwain, a partner in the Los Angeles firm Johnson and Rishwain, which has joined the case.
Most of the models involved in the lawsuit are edging toward the ends of their careers and have established other sources of income, which helps shield them from potential backlash. Jobs have become scarce in the slow advertising climate following Sept. 11, making many models averse to more risk. Shellist, of San Diego, was reluctant to discuss the case because she still works as a model, in addition to using her fashion experiences to teach teen girls about self-esteem. "Who wants to bite the hand that feeds them?" she said. "The majority of us make a normal, average living," said Fears, who estimated the average salary of a successful model at $40,000. "There were years that I was borrowing money from my parents to get by."
David
Orlando, Florida
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Julie Kack
Minnetonka,Florida,
U.S.A.
DAVID YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A RABBLE ROUSER- YOU KNOW THAT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OPTIONS TALENT!!!! (((HOLD)))
#2UPDATE Employee
Wed, September 04, 2002
How stupid a guy are you? Why don't you read the article you quote in it's entirety?!?
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OPTIONS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A MODELING AGENCY!!
Your postings are ridiculous and I've already cc'd all of them to the site webmaster.
The Three Ex-Con Amigos - Is Alec going to have to pay for his parole violation?
(If you rehabilitate a criminal, is he still a criminal? "To rehabilitate," means to restore to previous condition, which is why they became criminal in the first place, right?)
Joe Gomez - Puppet CEO, HIREBUG
Formerly head of customer relations at TransContinental Talent
Confidential Source retains copyright to photo. No use allowed without specific permission from Rip-off Report
Alec Defrawy - Shadow CEO of HIREBUG (Formerly Shadow CEO of Options Talent, WSN, TransContinental Talent) & Goddess of Franchising (franchiseitnow.com) - Terri Bears aka Terri Nix aka Terri Hatfield-Bears aka Terri Hatfield-Nix
Svetozar - "Bulgarian Mafia" Operative
"Obry" - the "Bulgarian Mafia" partner is less attractive so doesn't like to be photographed.
- also web developers for BOTH the WSN and HIREBUG website - NOTICE THE SIMILARITIES!
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