Talent agent Melisa Spamer’s legal efforts to oust partner Joe Vance from the LLC that operates as Domain Talent has met with court approval, preliminarily.

Four months after Spamer filed suit alleging that surviving partner Vance had once again been engaging in “unlawful activity” and “acts of embezzlement” totaling over $500,000, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Linfield last week officially granted a preliminary injunction against the latter partner.

“The Court concludes that Petitioner has shown a probability of prevailing on the

merits of its claim that Respondent breached his duty of loyalty to Ksv and that Respondent will be dissociated as a result,” said the June 30 minutes of hearing that day in Dtla (read it here.) Listing an extensive timeline and provided evidence, the Lasc judge stated that Spamer’s filings “demonstrates that Respondent likely breached his fiduciary duties to Ksv by embezzling funds, taking clients and employees,...