Starlight
Century City,#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Thu, July 15, 2010
All of these reports have been written most likely by two disgruntled employees that were terminated according to Ann Marie Scarpa (see#1)
Her friend Mary Jo Geddes was also terminated after 4 weeks of employment by Glamour Models, Inc. in 1995 for lying on her application.
BAMBINI L.A. is a Childrens Agency. They only work with children.
You are not a child and you claim you took a loan. You must have been over 18. Absurd.
Having worked 25 years in the entertainment industry I have never told anybody to get a loan. Total fabrication.
Tried to sue you. Ridiculous. Never knew Billy.
You misspelled my name in all of your reports.
If you have some personal anger or hate work it out.
Note: Spectrum and Bambini agency have been around since 1993 and they have offices in different cities and have nothing to do with me.
You have fabricated the reports from the BBB. Especially with the court case# that was dismissed and sealed, which is totally illegal. You, etc has hid all reports under false names.
In 1996 Glamour Models, Inc. sued Paramount Pictures and the BBB. Later the BBB was dropped in the lawsuit and Girardi & Keese took the case on contingency.
The deposition of the President from the BBB William Mitchell was taken. There were only 5 satisfied complaints in 14 years. A complained was filed from Bonnie Bimbo on 6969 Hollywood Blvd. William Mitchell said it was a valid complaint since it had a valid street address.
Glamour Models was a management company and was never shot down. Print work was never regulated and management companies did not require an agency license.
Management made a decision to change the business due to the new laws in 2000.
Visionaire Media, Inc. was formed and did not manage or book models.
In February 2000, two weeks before the trial against Paramount Pictures charges were filed against Glamour Models, Inc. by the D.A. s office in the amount of $7,000
The same day Paramount already had filed a dismissal with the Appeals Court and the civil case against Paramount Pictures was dismissed.
The case was reduced to a misdemeanor and went to pretrial for 15 month, costing the taxpayer maybe million dollars.
After the pretrial in 2003 all charges were dismissed and all records to be sealed. Unfortunately in California the court has no jurisdiction over the Internet.
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All of these reports have been written most likely by two disgruntled employees that were terminated according to Ann Marie Scarpa (see#1)
Her friend Mary Jo Geddes was also terminated after 4 weeks of employment by Glamour Models, Inc. in 1995 for lying on her application.
BAMBINI L.A. is a Childrens Agency. They only work with children.
You are not a child and you claim you took a loan. You must have been over 18. Absurd.
Having worked 25 years in the entertainment industry I have never told anybody to get a loan. Total fabrication.
Tried to sue you. Ridiculous. Never knew Billy.
You misspelled my name in all of your reports.
If you have some personal anger or hate work it out.
Note: Spectrum and Bambini agency have been around since 1993 and they have offices in different cities and have nothing to do with me.
You have fabricated the reports from the BBB. Especially with the court case# that was dismissed and sealed, which is totally illegal. You, etc has hid all reports under false names.
In 1996 Glamour Models, Inc. sued Paramount Pictures and the BBB. Later the BBB was dropped in the lawsuit and Girardi & Keese took the case on contingency.
The deposition of the President from the BBB William Mitchell was taken. There were only 5 satisfied complaints in 14 years. A complained was filed from Bonnie Bimbo on 6969 Hollywood Blvd. William Mitchell said it was a valid complaint since it had a valid street address.
Glamour Models was a management company and was never shot down. Print work was never regulated and management companies did not require an agency license.
Management made a decision to change the business due to the new laws in 2000.
Visionaire Media, Inc. was formed and did not manage or book models.
In February 2000, two weeks before the trial against Paramount Pictures charges were filed against Glamour Models, Inc. by the D.A. s office in the amount of $7,000
The same day Paramount already had filed a dismissal with the Appeals Court and the civil case against Paramount Pictures was dismissed.
The case was reduced to a misdemeanor and went to pretrial for 15 month, costing the taxpayer maybe million dollars.
After the pretrial in 2003 all charges were dismissed and all records to be sealed. Unfortunately in California the court has no jurisdiction over the Internet.
Larry
Hollywood,#3Consumer Comment
Sun, June 06, 2004
It's the same company as this. They have been caught. I have been informed by an idividual at the DA's office in Los Angeles that there's some new law coming out and they're going to file charges against this company. Apparantly, they has already been a case against them when they were operating as a company named Glamour Models. This guy said they're going after them again...and for jailtime. Now they've changed the spelling of their names. They have to go down...
Larry
Huntington Beach,#4Consumer Suggestion
Sun, May 16, 2004
IT'S VERY SAD THAT COMPANIES LIKE THIS EXIST. THEY TRYED SCAMMING ME FOR PICTURES LAST YEAR AFTER I SAW THEM AT A TRADE SHOW. I THOUGHT THEY WERE AN ACTUAL AGENCY. I WAS SOOOO WRONG. THEY ARE JUST A PHOTO SCAM PLACE. THE WOMAN WHO RUNS IT, HER NAME IS FRANCKESKA, IS A SHARP TALKING CON ARTIST. I RECENTLY HEARD THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK. GOOD. I DIDN'T GIVE THEM ANY. I WAS LUCKY. THOSE PEOPLE ARE SCUM!
William
Colton,#5Consumer Suggestion
Sat, May 15, 2004
IF YOU PAID THIS COMPANY MONEY, YOU CAN GET A REFUND BY CONTACTING FRANCHESCA OR MICHAEL AT: 310-551-4192 310-422-0202 310-271-6774 THEY ARE VIOLATING CALIFORNIA'S ADVANCE FEE TALENT SERVICES ACT. THEY MUST REFUND YOU THE TOTAL AMOUNT X2 FOR DAMAGES. YOU MUST HAVE YOUR RECEIPT. PLEASE CALL! THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN CHARGED AND CONVICTED OF FRAUD BY THE LA D.A.'S OFFICE! IF THEY DO NOT REFUND YOU, SIMPLY GO TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT. EVERYONE IS SUING THEM. GOOD LUCK!
Cherie
Hollywood,#6Consumer Suggestion
Fri, May 14, 2004
Franchesca tryed to refer me to a finance company to borrow $4500.00 for a portfolio! This is a rip!! BEWARE OF VISIONAIRE MEDIA INC. AND SPECTRUM L A She tryed to scam me for a portfolio too! Wanted me to go to a finance company to borrow the money. Franchesca and "Stan" told me that I would make lots of money but needed to go through "their" so called celebrity photographer! What a rip off! I'm glad to see that this company made rip-off report.com. They used to be called Glamour Models, which was closed down by the D.A.'s office. Now their open again under Visionaire. I did not know this when I went there, but I do now thanks to the Internet! Please warn others to stay away from this bad place! All they want is YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!! :(
Anne Marie
Beverly Hills,#7Consumer Suggestion
Tue, April 06, 2004
My friend used to work there! She said it's a total scam-rip off. They go out to malls and give cards out telling people they're an agency. It's total b.s. You go there thinking they are an agency to find out that you have to go through Visionaire to get your "portfolio" done and it will cost you x amount of dollars. While she worked there, she said no one got work. What they got were a lot of complaints! Everybody thinks that they are an actual agency. To make matters worse, they have already been charged and convicted for Fraud. They used to be called Glamour Models. Same owners. The woman there francheska lies to everyone. Watch out for this company. They also use the name Spectrum L.A. and Bambini L.A. There is the same office. They are all working together. My friend used to tell me that Francheska and her husband would be counting wads of cash at the end of each day...laughing! I can't beleive they're still operating. Of course my friend quit. She never got paid for her last week. Surprise! STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!
Anne Marie
Beverly Hills,#8Consumer Suggestion
Tue, April 06, 2004
My friend used to work there! She said it's a total scam-rip off. They go out to malls and give cards out telling people they're an agency. It's total b.s. You go there thinking they are an agency to find out that you have to go through Visionaire to get your "portfolio" done and it will cost you x amount of dollars. While she worked there, she said no one got work. What they got were a lot of complaints! Everybody thinks that they are an actual agency. To make matters worse, they have already been charged and convicted for Fraud. They used to be called Glamour Models. Same owners. The woman there francheska lies to everyone. Watch out for this company. They also use the name Spectrum L.A. and Bambini L.A. There is the same office. They are all working together. My friend used to tell me that Francheska and her husband would be counting wads of cash at the end of each day...laughing! I can't beleive they're still operating. Of course my friend quit. She never got paid for her last week. Surprise! STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!