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Complaint Review: Screen Actor LA HG Smith - irvine California
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Screen Actor LA HG Smith
6 Morgan St. Suite 116 Irvine CA irvine, 92618 California, United States
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949-402-9594
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www.screenactorla.com
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Screen Actor LA HG Smith School rip-of!! HG Smith fake promises that did not deliver. Screen Actor LA is more like "Scam" Actor LA. irvine California
*REBUTTAL Owner of company: Alecs Vildosola AKA Fernando Vildosola Criminal Records, Background Check 2845 E Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90803
*REBUTTAL Individual responds: Reference Alecs Vildosola
*Consumer Suggestion: Kharma is finally catching up to Helene Goldnadel AKA HG Smith from Screen Actor LA
*UPDATE EX-employee responds: Alecs Vildosola AKA Fernando Vildosola may or may not work with The Performers Academy in Lake Forest.
I was at the Whole Foods and I was approached by a woman who said how beautiful my daughter was and have I ever considered her for modeling? She gave me a business number to call and talk to someone. I spoke to someon named HG Smith. That should have been my first sign that someone using their initials is maybe hiding who they are. After I left her, I was at the Food Court an hour later and here was the same woman giving the exact speech to someone else. My husband told me to walk away. But it was a "free evaluation" so what could I lose? I saw some outdated commercials & I met with this French woman and I don't mean to sound cruel, but my daughter was afraid of her. She's had so much surgery done to her face that she does not look normal. After I signed up for a small program (while trying to PUSH me on a bigger program), I relented as my daughter really wanted this as we were promised agents... big bookings... On and on it went. Whaty did we get? These highly skilled instructors were lousy. This HG Smith talk the class and kept mentioning "elocution," and Shakespeaing acting. She has a heavy French accent and wants to teach my child how to pronounce things? No qualifications whatsover to teach kids. She is like 70 years old and has no credentials. In doing a county background on this company through the hall of records, it is barely two years old yet her website claims 20 years. I was told by another Dad that the company filed for bankruptcy and the only reason he was there is because they too, paid and could not get their money back. They make such an air-tight contract, that you can't get your "money back," as they told me. It's been over a year. Commercials booked? Zero. Agent representation: Zero. Money we spent? $100's. Now that the dust has settled what have I learned? This "acting" school is anything but. I finally finished my daughters classes because I had to drag her to them. She hated them. Incredibly boring. A converted office space with no stage or lighting. A square classroom with chairs. Do not fall for this scam business. "Screen Actor LA" is more like "SCREAM ACTOR LA," because they forget who you are and you're left screaming in agony. Oh, google this womans alias Nadel Paris or Paris Nadel. I would never let my kid ever take classes with a senior citizen showing this kind of photos. Make your own decision. Do what I didn't do: Ask questions, ask for proof of this schools claim and ask to speak with former parent students. Never, ever again.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
S B, Irvine
Irvine,California,
USA
Alecs Vildosola AKA Fernando Vildosola may or may not work with The Performers Academy in Lake Forest.
#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Tue, March 26, 2024
PUBLIC NOTICE
The fake report above and the equally defaming answers were filed by the same person under different aliases. That person applied for a job as a teacher at the school in 2021. His name is Alecs Vildosola AKA Fernando Vildosola. He &failed the background check. (if you do not wich to read all this, please scroll down to the pasted background chech below, which we obtained on Vildosola). Mr Vildosola has been attempting to defame and slander the school since 2021, and its employees. Please ask the school for the details of the full background check. The alleged perpretrator ;t appears,has worked and works for acting schools for children, teaching children. Please see below his criminal background. Alecs Vildosola likely understands that different business models exist for service oriented businesses and drama schools. He knows that schools offer various educational programs etc. The school he alleges he works with, when you look up Mr Vildosola , likely does & background cheecks as well. The acting institute which he is defaming here, has now ceased activities and while in business employed industry professionals. The school & nbsp;would work from referrals mostly, and they also participated in local events and retained booth spaces at malls. Their graduates worked on major sitcomes, episodic dramas and many national commercials. To all businesses, we wish to indicate that a background check for about $185 will bring limited results. The school which Alecs Vildosola names as his current employer, The Performers Academy, likely conduces background checks as well, but to their credit and to any small business credit, it is extremely expensive and tidious to get an accurate criminal background check on an applicant. The school described and defamed here which I mysefl worked for and which did not hire Mr Vildosola, conducted a background check on Mr Alecs Vildosola, with the help & nbsp;of a detective office specializing in such in depth, criminal background checks. That investigative office was able to locate Vildosola & #39;s accurate criminal background. The cost of such detective work may seem a bit prohibited, but for $1,200 to $1,500 business owners can identify who they may be hiring, and be made aware of potentially disqualifying felonies and misdemeanors. We wish all businesses and employees better luck with the entities who apply for a job at their places of business. We hope that nobody will ever have to deal with such despeakable situation we have been in.
That applicant would not qualify to work for the school and was not hired once again.
Here are the following criminal records about Alecs Vildosola AKA Fernando Vildosola, 2845 E Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90803
Federal Civil Cases:
None found.
State Criminal Cases:
Los Angeles County (CA):
Case Number: NA078573
Filing Date: 07/11/2008
Violations: PC 487(A) ; Grand theft
PC 459 Burglary
PC 666 Petty Theft with a prior
PC 459 Burglary
Sentencing: Unknown
Case Number: NA056352
Filing Date: 07/10/2003
Violations: PC 118 Perjury
PC 487(D)(1) Grand Theft Auto
PC 470(B) Possession of a Fake ID in California
Sentencing: Three (3) Years of Formal Probation
Nine (9) Days in Los Angeles County Jail
Case Number: 6LM04499 Filing Date: 04/25/1996 Violations: PC 647(A) & amp; ndash; Lewd Conduct in Public Sentencing: One (1) Year of Summary Probation Ten (10) Days in Los Angeles County Jail Fines. Imperial County (CA): None found. Other counties/states: Orange County (CA): Case Number: ML63629 Filing Date: 08/11/2000 Case Type: Misdemeanor Violations: Unknown Sentencing: Destruction Date 12/14/2010
Address:
2845 E BROADWAY, LONG BEACH, CA 90803
(07/31/1995 to 08/22/2023)
Jennifer
Mission viejo,California,
United States
Kharma is finally catching up to Helene Goldnadel AKA HG Smith from Screen Actor LA
#3Consumer Suggestion
Tue, March 12, 2024
So glad to read this!! This woman " HG Smith " used to work for an acting school until she stole the entire process and started her own school with money from a "divorce.” She forgets the lies she tells. No acting background or credentials. She’s a car salesman trying to sell you a broken down Chevy disguised as an expensive flashy tacky Maserati. Screen Actor LA should be closed down and this woman HG Smith (formerly Helene Goldnadel / one of several names she used to hide her background) - should be ashamed of herself. She should go back to France to scam her native country and leave acting to real professionals. Not to agents she PAYS so they take in your kid to keep you happy. If you go, blatantly ask those agents if they receive "gas money,” to go to OC from LA ($400 +). Completely erroneous and illegal. They hide it in such a way to not exactly break real laws. These professional agents should be ashamed of themselves. Shame on everyone at this school. Fixing false hopes… Fake Facebook reviews which are locked to prevent the truth from coming out. Google her past and you’ll see what others have said. This woman makes her own reviews and pays companies for others. So sad. Be careful parents! Ask questions - don’t just take her word for it! Her old school filed for bankruptcy not to long ago. Look it up under Child Actor LA. All those poor parents?? Out of luck. Discover credit card filed a court case trying to seek monies. Her old Eureka building where she was a tenant? She fled owing back rent in middle of the night like a rat. All she cares about? Money money money.
Alex
Long Beach,California,
United States
Reference Alecs Vildosola
#4REBUTTAL Individual responds
Thu, February 29, 2024
Hello! For some reason while my employer was googling my name, your site has me erroneously listed along with my personal home address and false criminal reports. I am not sure who even filed it. I am currently seeking help from an attorney to have this erased as it mentions some alias connected with my name. My personal address where I live with my family is posted! Can you please assist in deleting this? Also, is there a way to block myself from being on this site? Can you ban the person who did this? Thank you kindly in advance.
S. J Irvine, CA
Irvine,California,
USA
Alecs Vildosola AKA Fernando Vildosola Criminal Records, Background Check 2845 E Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90803
#5REBUTTAL Owner of company
Thu, February 15, 2024
PUBLIC NOTICE
The fake report abve was filed by a person who applied for a job at the school, but failed the background check. He has been attempting to defame and slander the school since 2001. & nbsp; Please ask the school for the details of the full & nbsp;background check.
Here are & nbsp;he following criminal records & nbsp;about Alecs Vildosola AKA Fernando Vildosola, 2845 E Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90803
Federal Civil Cases:
None found.
State Criminal Cases:
Los Angeles County (CA):
Case Number: NA078573
Filing Date: 07/11/2008
Violations: PC 487(A) & ndash; Grand theft
PC 459 & ndash; Burglary
PC 666 & ndash; Petty Theft with a prior
PC 459 & ndash; Burglary
Sentencing: Unknown
Case Number: NA056352
Filing Date: 07/10/2003
Violations: PC 118 & ndash; Perjury & nbsp;
PC 487(D)(1) & ndash; Grand Theft Auto
PC 470(B) & ndash; Possession of a Fake ID in California
Sentencing: Three (3) Years of Formal Probation
Nine (9) Days in Los Angeles County Jail
Case Number: 6LM04499
Filing Date: 04/25/1996
Violations: PC 647(A) & ndash; Lewd Conduct in Public
Sentencing: One (1) Year of Summary Probation
Ten (10) Days in Los Angeles County Jail
Fines.
Imperial County (CA):
None found.
Other counties/states:
Orange County (CA):
Case Number: ML63629
Filing Date: 08/11/2000
Case Type: Misdemeanor
Violations: Unknown
Sentencing: Destruction Date 12/14/2010
Address:
2845 E BROADWAY, LONG BEACH, CA 90803
(07/31/1995 to 08/22/2023)
