Dear Rip off report,
I am writing this letter to inform you of what is going on with the Zoom Modeling Agency and John Casablancas in Pittsburgh, PA. I spent almost $3,000 to enroll my 15 year old daughter in John Casablancas with the promises of job opportunities with Cover Girl and auditions with Elite Model Management. They told me Cover Girl is a big client and they do work for them all the time.
Needless to say we were excited since we love the products and are loyal customers. We were never informed these jobs are passing things out at Wal-Mart, they made it seem like it was for the Cover Girl commercials. But it still seemed like a good paying job. When my daughter heard about an upcoming Cover Girl job she asked John Emerick if she could work at one of the Wal-Marts, he told her no she was too young she had to be 16.
My daughter then talked to other girls who were in her class and found out that some girls as young as 14 were doing the Cover Girl job and had done them in the past. One girl even told my daughter that John paid her mom for the job because she was too young.
After hearing all this I decided to do some investigating. I called a friend from college who lives in Cincinnati and works for Proctor & Gamble, he looked into it and told me you needed to be at least 18 years of age to do Cover Girl jobs at Wal Mart.
At this point I became angry and realized John Casablancas was probably lying to Cover Girl and Wal Mart just as they had lied to me. Using underage kids just to collect their commission. Just to make sure I had my facts straight I went to the Wal Mart at Robinson yesterday and saw the girl working and she is only 15 years of age.
I also talked to dozens of parents who's children were ages 15 and 16 and working the Walmart jobs.
I also called Elite Model Management in New York. They told me John Casablancas Modeling Schools have nothing to do with them. That they are not the same company as I was told.
I am not using my name because my daughter still has classes at John Casablancas and I do not want any retaliaiton. I will be contacting the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry to see if any child labor laws have been broken.
0 comments