MY MODELING AGENT HAS BEEN TELLING PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS WHO REQUEST ME, I AM NOT AVAILABLE. AND GOSSIPING WITH MY PEERS(MODELS) ABOUT ME AND MY BUSINESS,AND BREACH OF CONTRACT-- FOR MISLEADING PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS, BY SAYING I AM NOT AVL.,AND THEN TELL THEM WHY- IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE ME LOOK UNPROFESSIONAL.I RECENTLY WORKED A CONVENTION AND HAD AGREEMENT FOR 4DAYS-- I WORKED TWO AND THE THIRD DAY I WAS FIRED -- NOW THEY SAY THAT I AM NOT GETTING PAID FOR ANYTHING, WHAT CAN I DO ?
2007-01-17 14:48:47 · 7 answers · asked by live b 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You would have little or no recovery for breach of contract or defamation. I presume that you are not some superstar model, so you would have a difficult time proving any substantial damages. Since you probably have never made more than a couple hundred bucks a day, you can't really prove up lost wages in terms of damages.
You would certainly be entitled to the two days pay for working the convention.
You should sue the agent for "intentional inifliction of emotional distress." This would be your best recovery for damages, since you are clearly emotionally distressed. And the agent probably acted out of malice to make you feel bad. Because you wouldn't have sex with hiim or something like that, you tell me.
2007-01-17 15:15:57 · answer #1 · answered by mosha9999 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The legal definition of slander is the first thing an attorney would have to check your story against, and go from there. Your convention agreement would spell out if you got paid only if you finished the entire assignment.
Find a good business attorney and another agent.
2007-01-17 14:56:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It relies upon on the quantity of funds in touch. very just about all states have the equivalent of a small claims courtroom (additionally additionally commonplace as a municipal courtroom) that handles, nicely, small claims. under some thousand money. the actual limits selection by using state, attorneys are many times no longer allowed. Catspaw's advice above approximately drawing near it from a regulatory attitude is an excellent one. usually a lot extra effectual than litigation.
2017-01-01 08:29:11 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't say who fired you? Your agent or the client? If you are owed wages you should call your state workforce commission to report it.
2007-01-17 15:06:45 · answer #4 · answered by Ti 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact an attorney with all the details and facts, write them out in detail, with facts not opinions. Take it to the attorney and discuss it to see if you have a case.
2007-01-17 14:53:49 · answer #5 · answered by Wicked Good 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get another agent and a lawyer.
2007-01-17 14:57:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find another career, sounds like
2007-01-17 14:59:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋