Samuel Schultz is entitled to more than $1 million in attorneys’ fees and legal costs, a Miami federal judge ruled. Bloomberg Law is reporting that the $971,842 in fees the company must pay is less than half the $2.1 million Samuel Schultz’s lawyers sought in the Americans with Disabilities Act case, the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida {…}
The Royal Caribbean cruise ships will pay baritone Samuel Schultz $300,000 to settle a lawsuit. In May 2018, Schultz sued the cruise line alleging discrimination under U.S. ADA legislation after Royal Caribbean fired him because the company’s psychiatric evaluation established that Schultz had a risk for mental depression working on the confines of a cruise ship for weeks at a {…}
Samuel Schultz has resigned from the position of vice president of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). The baritone wrote a letter to AGMA announcing that he would leave the board after leaking information of an alleged settlement between Plácido Domingo and AGMA. He wrote, “Without [Gecker’s] tenacious reporting, Domingo’s abuses of female AGMA members would never have come {…}
Editor’s Note: This piece has been edited as statements have come out regarding the situation. Following accusations of sexual harassment, numerous opera personalities have come in defense of Plácido Domingo. In the wake of accusations by nine women, opera stars have taken to Twitter, Instagram, and news outlets to defend their colleague. Among them is Bulgarian superstar soprano Sonya Yoncheva {…}
Baritone Samuel Schultz has accused David Daniels and husband Scott Walters of rape, though the couple has denied allegations. In a report by the New York Daily News, the baritone claims that the countertenor and his then-boyfriend drugged and raped him in a hotel room. According to the report, after meeting “Daniels and Walters at a closing night party on {…}
