@desireereports: SAG-AFTRA WHISTLEBLOWERS: I just confronted SAG-AFTRA’s National Executive Director, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, about his $1.1 million in compensation and allegations involving unreturned production security deposits. He told me I should schedule an interview. But will that interview ever actually happen? When I raised his $1.1 million compensation, he deflected. I then attempted to question him about producers who have reportedly been waiting months, and in some cases over a year, to recover their security deposits. One of those productions is The Sunshine Project out of New Mexico, which hired SAG-AFTRA actor James Franco. According to the production, everyone was paid more than a year ago, yet the producers still cannot recover their security deposit from the union. Where is that money? Why hasn’t it been returned? And what is SAG-AFTRA doing with the millions of dollars producers are required to deposit? My investigation continues, and I intend to bring these findings to Capitol Hill in November.

Desirée Townsend

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Saturday 24 October 2026 16:21:17 GMT