What happens when ambition meets deception?
According to multiple sources, Cecilia Gomer, founder of Kansas City–based Crazy Stone Studios, has been accused of posing as an executive from platform DramaBox in a scheme to extract sensitive production information — including crew lists, budget structures, and even director contacts — from another Midwest based team.
đź’Ą Yes, you read that right: impersonation.
And what really puts the crazy in Crazy Stone? She allegedly pulled the stunt on former production partners she had worked with in the past.
Sources say she directly misrepresented herself as a DramaBox exec to gain access to confidential materials from the production company, saying she was considering them for a job and needed to see the requested info as part of the platform vetting process.
“It was fraud, plain and simple,” said one insider. “She pretended to represent our company [DramaBox] — but she wasn’t affiliated. She just wanted to steal the playbook from a team we respect”
🚨 Fallout in Kansas City: Nobody Will Work With Her
All this goes back to early 2024, insiders say Gomer left her business partners, after she was called out for her allegedly unethical and untraditional accounting methods. From that point forward, Gomer’s name became radioactive in KC circles.
Crew stopped answering her calls. Directors distanced themselves. Vendors quietly declined to re-engage.
“She burned every bridge she had,” said one production coordinator. “Nobody wanted to touch her.”
This scandal reportedly explains why Crazy Stone Studios suddenly disappeared from the Kansas City production scene — and why Gomer began outsourcing all future work to Atlanta-based producers instead.
“She couldn’t staff a shoot anymore in KC,” another source said. “So she tried to reinvent herself in a new market.”
Unfortunately, Atlanta isn’t buying the act either.
🧾 Vertical Gold Rush… or Budget Skimming?
What makes this saga even more revealing is Gomer’s lack of industry background. Sources claim she had no film experience prior to 2024 — working full-time in an administrative office job before and during jumping on the vertical-video gold rush.
Her husband and co-founder of Crazy Stone, Peter Gomer, allegedly continues working a full-time office job in Kansas City, even while the company claims to “produce” in Atlanta.
Despite this, Crazy Stone somehow landed deals with Vigloo, ReelShorts, Galatea/Candy Jar, Kalos, and other China-based vertical platforms. But insiders allege that Crazy Stone keeps 20–30% of the budgets for themselves, while outsourcing the actual production to third-party teams.
“Platforms started comparing notes,” said one platform producer for a Chinese based app. “We all realized Cecilia wasn’t actually producing — just acting as a middleman and skimming the top. She would tell her outsourced team a budget number which was far less than what we would wire her.”
🌪️ Trouble in the ATL: Crazy Stone’s Karma Tour Hits the South
Word on the vertical streets of Atlanta? Crazy Stone’s tricks have officially overstayed their welcome. After months of whispers, producers are finally comparing notes — and it’s not looking good for Cecilia Gomer. “Everyone’s got a story,” one insider spilled. “They’re realizing the math doesn’t add up — and neither do the morals.”
Apparently, platforms and production partners have started ghosting the studio, quietly distancing themselves after a string of sketchy dealings. The real tea? Sources say their most recent Atlanta shoot in October 2025 nearly imploded when the crew threatened to walk. Reports of verbal blowups, unpaid prep days, and mysteriously shrinking day rates have been circulating faster than a call sheet on fire.
One crew member put it bluntly: “They don’t call it Crazy Stone for nothing.”
⚠️ A Wake-Up Call to Vertical Platforms
The Crazy Stone case isn’t just one bad actor; it’s a cautionary tale for the entire vertical film boom.
As new platforms rush to churn out content, due diligence often takes a backseat to speed — giving opportunists room to exploit funding pipelines and creative teams alike.
When platforms hand six-figure budgets to unvetted “producers” with no film background and no oversight, the results are predictable: chaos, loss, and deception.
Creators deserve better.
Viewers deserve better.
And the vertical revolution won’t last if it’s built on fraud, ego, and corporate impersonation.
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