EXCLUSIVE: International Artists Management (IAM) has been removed from the UK’s respected agency professional body after Deadline revealed it sent a client misrepresented self-tape audition invites.
The Personal Managers’ Association (PMA) said in a statement that it had revoked IAM’s membership amid concerns over the company’s honesty and integrity.
The PMA’s decision comes after a Deadline investigation showed that IAM sent client Mark Barrett at least six illegitimate self-tape invites over a two-year period.
In five of the purported invites, IAM appeared to change the wording of emails from casting directors to make it seem as if they had requested Barrett to tape for a role when in fact he had not been called to audition.
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