Complaint Review: Ab Fab Management - Internet

Unless models take REAL action, things will never change. You must file a formal complaint with every overseeing government department (federal, state, county and city). You should start with the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. 
www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr

These types of agency problems are NOT new and are NOT exclusive to the agency that you are referring to; it happens every single day, all over the country. Until an agency gets in trouble for what they are doing, and are splashed in the newspaper when their license is revoked, other agencies will not take notice not bother to change their policies. 

If you are under contract, and are not receiving casting calls or quality casting calls, then you may have the legal right to break the contract. The agent is OBLIGATED to work hard on your behalf and not merely present you with the left over scraps that their favorite models declined. Your prime modeling years will pass you by before you know it, which is why you need to obtain the legal advice of an attorney and get a new agent right away. Again, you will encounter many of the same issues at other agencies, but perhaps not at such drastic degrees.

Whether an agency keeps or destroys their records, is of no importance during an investigation -- an agency's inconsistencies and dishonest behavior will be revealed. Subpoenaed bank statements will show: when an agent received or deposited client payments, their subsequent withdrawals or charges, as well as when the models' check was issued and cashed. In addition, the affected models will have a copy of all their emails to show how frequently they were requesting their payment, which would prove that the agent did NOT pay within the 5 days that Florida statute requires.

Relying on an Internet "complaint" site does nothing in the long run...these posts will soon drop down on major search engine results. And when readers see that the agency is STILL up and running, without having endured any major fallout, they will assume that these posts were merely the rants of scorned models.

I am sorry you went through all of that!  My mom and I met with the owner Jane too and she seemed so honest and likeable and she talked about how she mothers her models like they are her babies and protects them from scammers but something about her true side started to show after I signed her contract.  She was constantly harrassing me about attending these photo shoots and paying to be on her website.  I had been with another bigger agency so I already have pictures and I am on their website. 

I know I can go to any photographer and have photos but she kept on insisting I use hers.  I told her no paid her to be on her website but refused to go to the photoshoot.  My mom and dad sensed a potential shady scam taking place and I am now cautious about any phone calls I get from Jane and AbFab.  I have gotten paid jobs from her but she says I owe money towards my account and either gives me a portion of pay or keeps the whole check and says she will continue to do this until my account is paid off or if I want out of my contract I can pay her the balance in full and she will release me. 

Because I signed that contract she gets paid off all jobs I do even ones she doesn't get for me.  My parents and I regret the day we ever went in there to meet with Jane. Oh and don't ask her about any of the negative things you hear about her agency because then you will see a very different side of her.  She gets even more shady and can't look you in the eye and lies and says it is all not true and that it is former models or coworkers who have it in for her.  

She says she is the only legitimate agency in town and that all of the good clients in town like Neiman Marcus are her friends and that if you want legitimate work you have to sign with her because those clients like the good photgraphers in town, Orlando Style, Orlando Magazine, Universal Studios, Fused Fashion, Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus and the Mall at Milennia only deal with her. Which I am finding out is not true. 

Earlier this year she announced that she is opening in Miami and she has all of the connections to good jobs in Miami.  I met her Miami connections and they are all drunks and drug addicts and wannabee designers, nobody important.  Too many lies and very unethical! I agree with you it truly is a scam and every detail you give about her and her business practices in your statement is true.  I saw or experienced it first hand and so did some other really angry models.  We are all ready to leave.  As someone else said in there complaint run far away from this agency!

Hey, I heard from a few models pretty much the same thing about Jane Rooney and her lies.  I was also was told that she said the photographer (Azwah) disappeared with pictures and didn't give them to her.  But, the truth is that Jane Rooney stole the money that the models paid her to pay him for photo shots and he didnt get paid.  Just send him a email found on his website and the detailed information he'll give about Jane Rooney will surprise you like it surprised me.