Jailed Francis takes legal case online

[Scurrilous]

Source: Associated Press

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"Joe Francis, founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" video empire, has engineered an ad campaign to call attention to his legal woes, which began in Panama City Beach in 2003 and now have him in a Nevada jail cell.

"Marketing is what I do best," Francis, 34, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

Francis, who makes at least $29 million a year from his videos of young women baring their breasts and in other sexually provocative situations, said he's now in a marketing fight for his freedom.

"I have been vilified," he said.

Francis said he's been treated like a terrorist and likens himself to an enemy combatant in legal filings. He says that's why he chose to feature a picture of himself taken during a 2004 White House visit - a campaign donor's perk - in a series of online advertisements running on newspaper Web sites from Pensacola to Tallahassee."



Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/283000.html

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Jailed Girls Gone Wild founder turns to online ads in legal case

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"The smiling founder of the Girls Gone Wild video empire stands shoulder to shoulder with President Bush, the White House in the background, in a series of online advertisements running on newspaper Web sites from Pensacola to Tallahassee.

Joe Francis, 34, engineered the ad campaign to gain support from any audience that will listen to his twisted legal story, which began in Panama City Beach in 2003 and now has him in a Nevada jail
cell."

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"Francis, who became famous in the late 1990s after he came up with the Girls Gone Wild slogan and began filming spring break debauchery, has been in jail since April when he was cited for contempt after yelling at attorneys during mediation in a federal lawsuit brought by women who were underaged when his production company filmed them in 2003.

That lawsuit has since been settled, but Francis' bond was revoked on criminal charges related to the 2003 filming when he was charged with having contraband ($700 and prescription anti-anxiety medication) in the Bay County jail.

Federal officials then extradited him to Nevada to face tax evasion charges.

Francis could bond out of jail on the federal charges, but would face extradition back to Florida to face trial on four felony charges related to using minors in a sexual performances and two misdemeanor prostitution charges. The charges are all that remain in an original 73-count indictment in the 2003 Spring Break filming.

Francis would rather stay in jail in Nevada than return to Florida."

http://www.kolotv.com/news/headlines/10752606.html

[LostinVA]

1. I wish that scum would get life in prison

*cue sexual predator apologists*

[Javaman]

5. I'm waiting for the standard...

"it's the girls fault" or "they were adults, they knew what they were doing" or the classic "they were drinking underage, they should expect this".

some people will never get it.

now will begin the flaming of my post. lol

[erpowers]

2. Democrats Should Have Used Picture

The story makes me question why Democrats did not use the picture of Francis and Bush in the 2004 election.

[mitchleary]

3. Showing yourself with *

That will get you a ton of support these days. :LOL:

[Javaman]

4. "Marketing is what I do best,"...

naaa, being a sleaze is what you do best, marketing comes in a distant second.