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Resigned! Fired!: Michael Kassan & UTA Scorch Each Other With Competing Suits Of Fraud, Breach Of Contract & Jeremy Zimmer’s Role In Agency Partner’s Exit
Michael Kassan and UTA file competing fraud and breach of contract lawsuits against each other in a Hollywood agency brawl.
EXCLUSIVE: Amidst allegations of financial impropriety and corporate skullduggery, the collapse of the relationship between UTA and MediaLink founder Michael Kassan now sees the parties battling it out with competing legal actions and lots of finger pointing – even by Hollywood standards. With Kassan’s apparent history of bad corporate break ups, multi-million dollar lawsuits and arbitrations with past employers like Western Initiative Media Worldwide, UTA may just have to nurse themselves through their buyer’s remorse when it come to the 2021 MediaLink acquisition. Almost immediately, Kassan abused his title and authority by circumventing or failing to maintain standard control processes to ensure that company funds were used to pay for his extravagant personal expenses, without question, and with the goal of not leaving any trace behind.
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