| Brian
Evans & Mark
Vella were named & shamed by The
Mail on Sunday, Elle Magazine, and Sugar Magazine plus
BBC UK’s
Worst Agencies show. Trade as a number of companies
under the C.P Promotions banner which include B & M,
Classic People, Open Door & Regardez. see also our
news item here. |
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Dean
Coles - Imprisoned for rape
and sexual assault of teenagers aiming
to become models. The three-week trial
of Dean Coles, 40, ended when he was found guilty of
two final counts of indecent assault. A jury at Bristol
Crown Court had earlier convicted him of one count of
rape, one of attempted rape and one of indecent assault.
Coles, who ran the Cotswold Model Agency from his home
in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, was sentenced
to seven years in June 2003. |
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Diesel Models - A Sun Woman exposé discovered mis-information and hard sell by this studio who are not even an Agency - see the Sun article online. |
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Go Models - A recent report by Penman and Sommerlad of The Mirror found Go Models coming out top of the heap with their demands of £1,725 for pictures - see the Mirror article online. |
| James
Cudd - Spirit Group & Global Spirit Group ( GSP)
, named & shamed by Financial Mail on Sunday –column “It’s
your money”. |
Mark Paul - also known as Mark
Anthony – Imprisoned for a second time, aged
38, a known paedophile from Maidenhead, Berkshire,
was jailed for four years after appearing at Worcester
Crown court charged with indecent assault of a small
boy, having posed as a model agent & photographer.
Sentenced in December 2001 for producing indecent pictures
of young children and sexual assault. He also received
a four-year consecutive sentence for fraud and will
remain on the sex offenders' register for life.
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| Models Direct – named & shamed
by Mail on Sunday Elle Magazine and BBC Watchdog. |
| Paul Pimley -
Platinum Models Southampton - Court convicted this man
of forging
a 15 yrs girl birth certificate so he could work her
in strip clubs, and also convicted of downloading child
pornography sentenced to 4 months in August 2000 and
to remain on sex offenders register for 7 years! |
| Peter Azim - (A1, Blaze,
Shades, Models International) – named & shamed
by Mail on Sunday, Birmingham Evening News, Brighton
Evening Argus. |
| Philip Foster - (Prima,
Desire, UK Model Management, Models inc, Modelz inc,
Model Instincts), named & shamed by Liverpool Echo,
Manchester evening News. |
| Ruby Mear Models
Ltd – Robin
Findlay Named & shamed by BBC Hard Cash and also
fined by the DTI for non- payment to workers. Ruby Mear
Models Limited admits to withholding money An employment
agency based in Corby admitted today that it had failed
to pass on money, totalling £320, owed to two models
for a photographic assignment, which the agency had found
for them. Corby Magistrates' Court sentenced the company
to £800 (plus £3,099 costs), following investigations
by the DTI's Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate. |
Vanity Model Management
You should always be very wary of any company that ONLY has a web site as a correspondence address and no land address for you to visit or write to. Anyone wishing to request a refund from this company this is their current address: Unit 7, Elysium Gate, 126- 128 New Kings Road, London. SW6 4LZ
(PLEASE NOTE: NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH IMM / International Model Management, who are in the same complex but are a legitimate agency) |
Wilhelmina Scouting
Network, Wilhelmina Scouts.
(Trans Continental Talent, Options Talent Group, Emodel,
Edge Talent,) – named & shamed by ITV This
Morning TV & USA press. |
Zebra Collection.
Loads of negative feedback on model networking sites such as Purestorm plus many complaints from models about them direct to Alba.. |
