Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Brandon Kenneth Wright lures American model to London, Ontario for a fake modeling campaign.

Brandon Kenneth Wright is a self-proclaimed modeling agent based in London, Ontario. Models and actors BE WARNED, Brandon Wright does not have a modeling agency and he has lured at least one American model to Canada with false promises and fake modeling campaigns. It was reported by well known and highly respected model and actor Paul Vandervort (of Abercrombie & Fitch and the Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency) that Brandon had been contacting him for over a year, via Facebook, offering to directly book him for various modeling jobs. In May 2010, Brandon guaranteed Vandervort two modeling campaigns for Canadian based company "Bootlegger" and promised that Paul would be paid for both campaigns upon arrival for a total of $23,000USD. Paul accepted the offer and Brandon booked his flight and made hotel reservations. Vandervort spent four days in London, Ontario waiting to shoot his campaign with Bootlegger but the shoot kept getting pushed back, however Brandon claimed he'd already received confirmation from his contact "Evelyn" at Bootlegger that Paul's fee of $23k USD was already successfully wired to Paul's account in Los Angeles and that Paul had nothing to worry about if the shoot were to get pushed even further or postponed. This was NOT the case at all.

Paul spent four days in Ontario waiting and hanging out with Brandon Wright, during which time Wright also claimed to be moving to LA and starting as a junior agent at Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles, California. Brandon claimed that he'd also received a large inheritance and because of his respect and admiration for Vandervort, he'd be willing to help him tremendously back in LA financially and also by representing him as an agent at CAA. Based on Vandervort's report, it turned out that Brandon Wright has no legitimacy in the modeling or acting industry in the US or Canada. Brandon Wright was simply a fan of Vandervort and the very detailed and elaborate story of Wright's was his way of establishing contact and getting to know Paul Vandervort on a personal level. Paul stated that he spent the following two weeks after his Canada trip constantly on the phone with Brandon trying to collect his money. Brandon provided Paul with a receipt of the transfer from CIBC in Canada however it didn't have a reference number and when Paul called the bank, they verified no money had ever been sent. After over 10 transfer "attempts" and days of excuses, Paul finally confronted Brandon Wright and told him he refused to waste anymore time with him on the phone and that if Brandon had no intention of paying him for flying all the way to Canada and his "guaranteed" modeling campaigns, then to never contact him again. Paul reported a week later that he stopped receiving contact from Brandon. Actors and models be WARNED that based on our research, Brandon is a compulsive liar and even though we can't be certain of exactly what his motives are, Brandon Wright is a con-artist.

You can Google "Brandon Wright Ontario" and you'll find another story about Brandon being nearly beaten to death after another modeling deal of his went sour with Canadian football 'hero' Alex Myros of the London Silverbacks. Brandon claims that he was beaten out of Alex's gay hatred. We can't confirm one way or the other; however, we do know that Paul has many gay friends and is reported to be "a super nice kid", so there is no excuse for Brandon this time. Brandon Wright simply had no intention and further had no ability to book Paul any modeling work.