Complaint Review: michael silberman

  "I am Jeremiah Vaughn, aka, JD Valenti, and I write this statement on my own free will and accord. I wish to publicly apologize and take responsibility in effort to correct the situation concerning the work which I hired Michael Silberman to do for me approximately three years ago, which has been promoted/discussed here and amongst other web sites, and across the internet. As Michael Silberman stated in his rebuttal, everything he has stated about this situation is true, and Michael Silberman was never fired from this project. I did indeed, deliberately breach my contract with him because I did not properly pay him as I had agreed to, because I did not have the money to pay him. Not only did I not fire him, he pretty much quit on me when I did not pay him. When he asked for his payment, which I did not have, he became irate and verbally belligerent with me, as anyone who was ripped off or taken advantage of naturally would be. I became evasive in his follow up efforts to be paid because I didn't have the money to pay him. In turn, I, and my associates Tina Brown, Rob Walker, Sean Morelli, and Michael Placencia set out to maliciously, anonymously, and spinelessly lambaste him, his professional reputation, and his rightful efforts to be paid for the work he did for me; both on this website, as well as numerous others by attacking his personal character and the work he did. We tried to ruin his professional reputation by placing erroneous falsities, homophobic statements and rhetoric concerning his work performance and personal life, when in reality, it was my own actions, and/or lack of them, which initially created this situation to begin with. Michael Silberman is far from unstable, bigoted, or a malicious person. He is an experienced professional line producer, and was merely defending his rights as someone who had been ripped off because I did not pay him, as agreed. I, in turn, projected the entire situation, making myself the victim, when Michael Silberman was the one whom was wronged. For this bait/switch, and manipulation of the situation, I am regretful. I am truly sorry for this unprofessional behavior and in order to rectify this situation I am compensating Michael Silberman an unspecified amount of restitution, we mutually have agreed to for the breach of this contract, and the lies and misrepresentation and defamation which followed. I understand Michael Silberman was the true victim here, and that it was I who failed to hold up to my end of the agreement. He had every right to be angry in effort to seek to get paid from the work he did, which I used without paying him.I hired him from the very beginning because his work is good and his reputation is solid as a line producer. He was willing to give me a good deal, per his professional experience. Michael Silberman was so gracious towards me that he allowed me to take and use his work before I paid him because he genuinely wanted to help me succeed as a producer and help get my film financed. I apologize for creating this situation and taking advantage of a website such as this to defame Michael's character via libel and provide a convenient and easily accessible forum for me, and others not even involved, to lie about Michael Silberman and tarnish his good, professional reputation as a motion picture line producer and production supervisor."

Ms. Alvarado's childish rant is as transparent as the work she set forth to complete in her unfinished so called "film" Do It In Post.  I'm confident it was such a terrible production that most of it did had to be completed or left on the cutting room floor in post because they could not get what they needed on the set when they were supposed to. 

The bottom line and truth in my defense is this:  The job posting I responded to was a bait/switch being initially being promoted as paid legal employment and then when I actually spoke with her about this position I was told it was unpaid; effectively being lied to from her initial posting and completely manipulated, something she seems to be quite good with after speaking with numerous south Florida production crews about her. 

Had I known she was promoting and soliciating illegal labor, I never would have even bothered to submit my professional resume, for professional work as even hookers get paid.  This was a complete waste of my time and I let her know that it was a violation of both federal and state labor law to compensate less than minimum wage and to illegally classify employees as independent contractors.  In turn, she chose to label me the stalker and project her own insecurity and wrongdoing on account of her illegal behavior.  I did nothing wrong and was defending myself and the laws of the State Of Florida. 

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones, although from someone living in Florida, it seems the heat and humidity have gotten to her head, if she ever had a brain at all.  Alvarado is an amateur and has no clue to what the law is and how to work with professional filmmakers.  It's time to stop turning the internet into a freeforall of rhetoric where people can hide and be blamed without evidence, by mere name calling.  I will stand up to anyone who challenges me on that.  The links below document Ms. Alvarado's own identity and her own criminal behavior. 

http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Alissa_Alvarado_5548680/

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