“It is highly disturbing, but perhaps not surprising, that two years into the #MeToo era, a model management business like ENY exists.” “Some of the older men who currently lead ENY have engaged in sexual relations with the models they represent, and otherwise condoned, facilitated, or knowingly turned a blind eye to similarly exploitative conduct,” it is alleged in court papers. One more jab comes in the allegation that Women Management labels itself as a female empowerment agency, “driven by a vision of female empowerment and protecting models in an industry that has historically been exploitative of women.” The lawsuit says Elite is the antithesis, historically hiring men with a “sordid past,” citing an instance in 2005, when Florida developer and Elite owner Eddie Trump (no relation to the president) hired John Casablancas, who had been sued in 2002 by a model for sexual misconduct when she was 15. He added a “key man clause” that allowed models to end their contract if half of Women’s managers left.
The suit claims the “mass exodus is part of a coordinated scheme to destroy Women” and that the defendants - who include former Women Management CEO Dejan Markovic - have tried to “sabotage Women from within” as models are “being illegally lured away.”Īnother defendant, Sergio Leccese, allegedly changed some of the models’ contracts to allow them to cut ties with Women and sign with Elite instead, just one month before Leccese left Women for Elite himself. The company argues that leaving and joining Elite violates its employees’ agreements, which don’t allow them to work for a competitor for six or 12 months after leaving Women Models. Mickey Gets a Manga Makeover in Disney and Tommy Hilfiger's 100th Anniversary Collection
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