They sent her a show-cause notice and the matter ended, because she was at fault. In 2018, she had sent us a legal notice, to which our lawyers responded the same year. She had a client that she used to represent and worked with that client directly. Arlette was in breach of contract in 2018 with the company. Regarding the social media posts, Soni says, “Sadly, some people have made this a propaganda, they have misused social media. People as possible even at this time of crisis.” All those models who are approaching us amicably are being paid. There are a lot of dues owed to the company by so many different clients. In this industry payments do not come in on time.
We are in talks with others, every day there are collections and out payments. He adds, “Almost 70 models out of 120 have been paid and we intend to pay the rest also. So for one and a half years I have been trying to do that,” he explains. I stepped in at that point of time and I covered that loss. They worked with the company till 2018 and ran the business into losses. There were investors in the business also. My job was to promote the business and models. I wasn’t involved in day-to-day operations even remotely. “The operating partner was based in Europe, who decided to exit the company in 2018 when the business was running into losses. Soni tells us that TFM 360 was formed in 2015 and he was a promoter with them. We have paid 70 models in the last month, fully intend to pay the rest: Ashish Soniįashion designer Ashish N Soni, who is a Director at the talent agency TFM 360, has been named in the complaint filed by Arlette and other models. One of the models who has worked with the agency says that lack of work due to the pandemic forced many models to quit the profession, adding that those who were trying to survive this period with no new work decided to bring up the issue online as a last resort to get their pending payments. But after a few shared posts about it on social media, others also joined in. Some of the other models awaiting their dues say that they were hoping that it will get resolved over time. In between, they had sent some emails suggesting that they would clear the dues, but partially, which wasn’t acceptable.” If they had the intention to pay, two years is a long time. However, I was forced to do this now because they just don’t want to pay. I didn’t want to escalate this matter or take it up legally. It’s only after I left the agency that I learnt about it after meeting the models at auditions and events. She further adds, “I wasn’t aware that other models were also facing this issue. They wanted me to pay commission even after I ended my association with them and for work which wasn’t even facilitated by them.” I was thus not liable to pay them any money. To my surprise, in their reply, they issued a show-cause notice to me, insinuating that I had breached the contract, which wasn’t true unless they were relying on forged documents, because I ended my association with them in August 2018 and completed my notice period. So, I sent them a legal notice on October 23, 2018. I desperately needed the money they owed me. I live alone in Mumbai, have an old parent to take care of and bills to pay.
While I continued working with them even after that, I ended my association with them in August 2018 because of perpetual payment discrepancies and delays.
That was the only contract I had with them. I was exclusively bound with them for 18 months from February 1, 2016, to August 2017. They had convinced me to sign a contract with TFM 360 when I started working with them as a model. So, I constantly followed up with them via emails, calls, messages and even shared my plight with directors (of the agency) Rishu Bartaria and Preity Venu. A few among them are foreign nationals whose signatures I haven’t been able to procure,” says Arlette.Īsk her why she waited for two years to file an official complaint and she replies, “I didn’t want to ruin the relationship and just wanted to leave the agency. Three of them even accompanied me to sign the statement as my witnesses. I took the initiative of filing this complaint and 29 models are listed in it. I filed a complaint at the Bandra Police Station on October 19, 2020. In fact, I ended my association with them in 2018 because they never paid on time. The outstanding amounts range between Rs 5,000 to Rs 30 lakhs. “TFM 360 owes money to more than 29 models.
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