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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK LISA-ATHENA S. ABU HANTASH, in her individual capacity and as mother and natural guardian of JORDAN-ANNETTEE JAZZMIN RICHARDSON, a minor, and JORDAN RICHARDSON, INC., a Virginia Corporation,  

                        Plaintiffs,   

-against-   V MODEL MANAGEMENT NEW YORK, INC. and VNY MODEL MANAGEMENT, LLC,    

                        Defendants.  

 Docket No.:  07 Civ. 3363      

VERFIED COMPLAINT   

  Plaintiffs, LISA-ATHENA S. ABU HANTASH (“Abu Hantash”), in her individual 

capacity and in her capacity as mother and natural guardian of JORDAN-ANNETTEE 

JAZZMIN RICHARDSON, a minor, and JORDAN RICHARDSON, INC. (the “Company”), by 

and through their attorneys, NISSENBAUM LAW GROUP, LLC, complaining of the 

Defendants, V MODEL MANAGEMENT NEW YORK, INC. (“V Management”) and VNY 

MODEL MANAGEMENT, LLC (“VNY”) (collectively “Defendants”), allege the following, 

upon information and belief, as their Complaint: 

NATURE OF THE ACTION 

1. This is an action arising out of two (2) agreements between Jordan-Annettee 

Jazzmin Richardson (“Jordan”), a minor, and Defendant V Management and Defendant VNY, 

respectively.  It is Plaintiffs’ contention that the Jordan/V Management agreement, signed on 

April 22, 2005, was disaffirmed by Jordan and, therefore, no longer enforceable.  The law is 

quite clear that infants always have the common law right to disaffirm a contract barring certain 

exceptions, namely, where a court approves the contract.  Because the parties hereto did not seek  

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