Exclusive: Talent agency Kmr Talent has left the Association of Talent Agents (ATA), the trade organization of talent agencies that negotiates agency franchise agreements with the major entertainment guilds and does legislative lobbying on behalf of its members.

The exact timing of the exit is unclear but it is recent. A source indicates that it may have happened following Deadline’s report on Friday about major delays in client payments by the agency which have triggered rumors that it may fold. Kmr owner and President Mark Measures has not responded to an email seeking comment.

In an interview with Deadline Friday, Measures admitted that the agency is grappling with a “talent payment breakdown” as reps who share clients with Kmr revealed to Deadline that actors have been waiting for months to get their checks. There are additional testimonies in the comments section of our story about how long this has...