Oksana Baiul Sues William Morris Endeavor Talent Agency: Ice Skating Legend Denied Earnings Because of Poor English, Seeks Over $1 Million

According to reports, Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist and ice skating legend Oksana Baiul is suing the popular talent agency William Morris Endeavor, claiming that the company took advantage of her at a young age when she still had very poor English speaking skills. 35-year-old Baiul and her company Oksana Ltd allege that William Morris cheated her of earnings and trapped her into a series of misrepresented contracts when the ice skating starlet was just 16-years-old, and still didn't understand English very well. Baiul is seeking at least $1 million in damages for breach of contract, concealment, intentional misrepresentation, false promise, interference with prospective economic relations, and conversion among other charges.

According to Baiul, who filed her complaint in L.A. Count Superior Court on Tuesday (Nov. 20), WME signed the Olympian in 1994, and the agreement was renewed three years later. The skater claims that when she entered into the contracts she could properly clearly read or speak English. In 2011, Baiul hired a personal manager who promptly launched into an investigation of her finances with WME. The manager discovered that during the time of her contract, William Morris had collected $9.5 million on the ice skater's behalf, but failed to go after fees that she was rightfully owed. The big-name talent agency also executed contracts to transfer some of her earnings to "legal strangers" - Olympic Champions Ltd. and Ukrainian Financial Group. WME allegedly transferred $200,000 of Baiul's personal earnings to settle a dispute between the two agencies, without her knowing.

Among a slew of other charges, Baiul claims that WME failed to account for $150,000 from a line of jewelry and a $100,000 advance and royalties for greeting cards and stationery. She also supposedly went unpaid for a number of earnings from TV specials, books, an infomercial, and other film and television contracts.

Baiul was a champion singles figure skater at the seventeenth Winter Olympics in 1994 - she was world champion in 1993. 

William Morris Endeavor has yet to comment on the lawsuit.