I never thought to report this individual, but then I saw reports from other victims and realised that the more people who speak out againt Mr.Schultz, the greater the impact.
Mr. Shultz found me on Facebook, when I was brand new to L.A. Which seems to be a pattern. I agreed to meet for coffee and hear what he had to say, he offered me 'advice' and told me that he wanted to manage my career. Now, at this point I had already been in the buisness for several years on the east coast, I quickly saw through his facade. I politely told him I didn't need a manager.
He ignored what I had to say at the end of the meeting and started sending me emails with auditions. I replied that it was unnecessary for him to do so, seeing how I already had resputable representation and was already being sent out to auditions via my agencies. He kept acting like a 'manager', even though we had no such relationship. I was an annoyance, but I continued to let it go because he wasn't doing any actual harm. That was until....
It reached a boiling point.
When on my Facebook, he noticed that I had booked a commercial. He called me and demanded a percentage of my earnings. I thought it was a joke, but after 20 minutes of him screaming, berating me, and threatening me exactly how the other victims described. That he would ruin my relationship with my agencies, that he would "destroy my career"... I realised that this man was a dangerous scam artist.
I reminded him that he wasn't my manager and I owed him nothing. He argued that he was. I reminded him that we had no contract, he replied that our coffee meeting, and his emails meant that he was indeed my manager. He continued to threaten me with legal action, this went on for weeks. Meanwhile, I had already reached out to my family's attorney, thannkfully they agreed to handle it from there on out and I stopped hearing from Mr.Schultz.
He goes after women he hopes are naive enough to fall for his scheme, he then uses fear mongering and threats. I wish I had spoken out sooner, I can't imagine how many young ladies have been scammed out of their earnings.
None of this story makes any sense. If she wasn't interested in representation, why did she take the meeting? She could have said, "I don't need management" and that would have been that.
Also, I can't get auditions for clients unless the client adds me on Breakdown Services; I can't add them. The only way I can get auditions is by submitting the client's materials to casting via Breakdown Services. If this person didn't want me to rep them, why did she add me to Breakdown Services? I can't get auditions any other way. And, if I somehow magically got her auditions, why did she go? She could have turned one down and I would have stopped, because I don't want to burn bridges with casting.
Also, I don't take a commission for commercials unless I got the client a commercial agent. Some clients volunteer a percentage but I can't ask for that money, because I had nothing to do with it, so what she says is untrue.
I would threaten to "destroy somebody's career" over commercial money anyway. That's crazy!
I know who this woman is and she has gone on many sites like this for many years attacking me, creating new accounts where she creates phony names and trying to ruin my career and the careers of my clients. Well, it hasn't worked. I have been open for 17 years and had many network bookings and continue to do so.
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I never thought to report this individual, but then I saw reports from other victims and realised that the more people who speak out againt Mr.Schultz, the greater the impact.
Mr. Shultz found me on Facebook, when I was brand new to L.A. Which seems to be a pattern. I agreed to meet for coffee and hear what he had to say, he offered me 'advice' and told me that he wanted to manage my career. Now, at this point I had already been in the buisness for several years on the east coast, I quickly saw through his facade. I politely told him I didn't need a manager.
He ignored what I had to say at the end of the meeting and started sending me emails with auditions. I replied that it was unnecessary for him to do so, seeing how I already had resputable representation and was already being sent out to auditions via my agencies. He kept acting like a 'manager', even though we had no such relationship. I was an annoyance, but I continued to let it go because he wasn't doing any actual harm. That was until....
It reached a boiling point.
When on my Facebook, he noticed that I had booked a commercial. He called me and demanded a percentage of my earnings. I thought it was a joke, but after 20 minutes of him screaming, berating me, and threatening me exactly how the other victims described. That he would ruin my relationship with my agencies, that he would "destroy my career"... I realised that this man was a dangerous scam artist.
I reminded him that he wasn't my manager and I owed him nothing. He argued that he was. I reminded him that we had no contract, he replied that our coffee meeting, and his emails meant that he was indeed my manager. He continued to threaten me with legal action, this went on for weeks. Meanwhile, I had already reached out to my family's attorney, thannkfully they agreed to handle it from there on out and I stopped hearing from Mr.Schultz.
He goes after women he hopes are naive enough to fall for his scheme, he then uses fear mongering and threats. I wish I had spoken out sooner, I can't imagine how many young ladies have been scammed out of their earnings.
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None of this story makes any sense. If she wasn't interested in representation, why did she take the meeting? She could have said, "I don't need management" and that would have been that.
Also, I can't get auditions for clients unless the client adds me on Breakdown Services; I can't add them. The only way I can get auditions is by submitting the client's materials to casting via Breakdown Services. If this person didn't want me to rep them, why did she add me to Breakdown Services? I can't get auditions any other way. And, if I somehow magically got her auditions, why did she go? She could have turned one down and I would have stopped, because I don't want to burn bridges with casting.
Also, I don't take a commission for commercials unless I got the client a commercial agent. Some clients volunteer a percentage but I can't ask for that money, because I had nothing to do with it, so what she says is untrue.
I would threaten to "destroy somebody's career" over commercial money anyway. That's crazy!
I know who this woman is and she has gone on many sites like this for many years attacking me, creating new accounts where she creates phony names and trying to ruin my career and the careers of my clients. Well, it hasn't worked. I have been open for 17 years and had many network bookings and continue to do so.
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