Ex-model wants $1.5M for flopped career

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:58:56 +0000

A former aspiring model is suing a top New York talent agency for spoiling her dreams of runway riches by allegedly stiffing her out of a “guaranteed” pageant prize.

Caitlin Williams filed a $1.5 million lawsuit yesterday against New York Model Management, charging that the firm – which touts supermodel Elle Macpherson as a client – ripped her off.

National Post – Canada / Modelling competition fixed, runner-up says

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:25:51 +0000

NEW YORK – The runner-up in a U.S.-wide modelling competition won by Canada’s Jessica Stam says the contest was fixed and that the talent agency promoting it stiffed her out of her “guaranteed” second-place prize.

Former aspiring model Caitlin Williams claims in a US$1.5-million lawsuit against New York Model Management that the agency had “chosen ? Stam? to be the winner” of the 2002 competition ahead of time.

NY Post – Page 6 – “PHOTOG SUES OVER ‘LUNATIC’ JIBE”

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:14:02 +0000

FASHION photographer Markus Klinko has filed a $100 million defamation lawsuit against a romantic rival who allegedly called him “a lunatic” who’s “on the brinko.” In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Klinko says he suffered “public ridicule, contempt, scorn [and] disgrace” from the comments Rock & Republic CEO Michael Ball gave to fashion-trade magazine DNR, which also included the statement “If you see this guy’s rap sheet, he’s a scary guy.” Klinko’s lawyer, Anthony LoPresti, told The Post’s Dareh Gregorian that his client was not “on the brinko” and had no rap sheet.

TMZ / – Fashion Photog Klinko Sues Jeans Exec for $50 Mil

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:08:26 +0000

Hotshot fashion lensman Markus Klinko is taking on embattled Rock & Republic Founder/CEO Michael Ball yet again, suing him for libel after Ball called him “a lunatic” and “a scary guy” in a magazine interview — and this time he’s demanding a whopping $50 million!

NatGeo airs new TV show “Rescue Ink Unleashed”

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:53:01 +0000

In New York’s war on animal abuse, some of the worst offenders are pursued by a group of tattooed motorcycle-riding tough guys on a mission to save animals in danger. They call themselves Rescue Ink, and these are their stories.