Celebrity Justice
"Girls Gone Wild" Creator Smirks at $500,000 Fine

Joe Francis, creator of the "Girls Gone Wild" franchise, was in court Monday to formally plea guilty to charges that he and his companies failed to create and maintain age and identity documents for performers in sexually explicit films. In other words, he officially acknowledges several girls may have been underage when they flashed their goods for the popular adult series.
As TMZ first reported, Francis agreed to a deal that orders him to personally pay a $500,000 fine, and his company to pay a $2.1 million fine.

TMZ cameras caught up with Francis today outside a Los Angeles Federal courthouse, and Francis reminded us that "'Girls Gone Wild' is still up and running" and is "bigger than ever." The CEO of Mantra Films is happy to be "moving on" from this matter.



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16. If Joe's embarassment and fine helps bring out just what a racist and druggie Paris is, then all the better. I want to see Paris go down in a ball of flames, a totally disgrace of a person who loses all her business.

Posted at 12:01PM on Sep 26th 2006 by Nicole Richie

17. Hey Post # 4 : Tony J ........................ you must be this scum bags attorney

Who else would follow this guys EVERY MOVE ? ( except his loser lawyer. ) Trying to justify this guys motives by sugar coating them, makes you as bad as him.

" Oh as long as he wasn't promtoing alcohol, Oh as long as he was filming in a public place. ...... OH... They gave their consent... blah blah blah blah.......

Give me a break.. They were under aged girls. He was the film maker. He had an obligation and a duty to get their I.D's. He could have hired older girls to play younger. He took advantage of minors and now he has to pay. He is no better than a pedifile. This guy needs to go down for the count. Paying a fine isn't enough. He needs to go to jail and see what it's like to be taken advantage.of.

Maybe a nice large guy as his cell mate, ( who needs a new bitch ) would be Karma for this guy. Just wait. He will get his. It will wipe that stupid smirk right off his face. What he did to these under aged girls is no less than rape. What a prick.
He had plenty of whores. He should have hired one.

Posted at 2:30AM on Sep 26th 2006 by the wise old owl

18. Post # 12 : parissuckslittarally :

Are you kidding ? That was suppose to be joke when I said that. I feel like I am going to vomit. Who hasn't Paris been with? It's like all these scum bags in Hollywood have fuc##d each other.

Nothing surprises me anymore. After all Paris was with Tom Sizemore. You can't get any lower than that. I will be looking for that video when it comes out. Thanks for the update.

Posted at 2:40AM on Sep 26th 2006 by the wise old owl

19. This guy is a gross rich scumbag...I bet his dad paid for his camera and this was the best idea he could come up with. He is a shit stain on the underpants of America.

Posted at 8:50AM on Sep 26th 2006 by Leslie

20. Imagine a seedy 50-year old man hanging out with a camera in the place where your teenage and college age children gather to party! This guy comes in late at night and films these young people trying to have fun; he waves a release for them to sign; then he disappears into the night.

He is a nothing but a pedophile and predator with a camera. Yet he is embraced by Hollywood and he's able to advertise on TV.

Posted at 10:00AM on Sep 27th 2006 by Ginny

21. Just when I thought no one in the world had any morals left, I come on here and find that yes, there still are people with morals and values. I am so glad that I am not the only person that finds this man and what he did repulsive. It really gives me hope by reading some of the comments here that the world isn't doomed just yet. I wish more people would speak out against shit like this.

My husband works at a school, and within the school district, there have been so many charges of molestation/rape, yet the teachers and staff that commit these horrible crimes get transfered to another school, with a PAID suspension. Kids these days litteraly have their innocense ripped away from them. It is such a shame. I can onle hope that more people come to thier senses and realize what this world has become, and try to change it before it is too late!

Posted at 10:35AM on Sep 26th 2006 by Jenn

22. JUST what the world needs an UGLY guy peverting around for pictures of dumb ass young girls...just as long as he makes his millions off this silly boob bearing broads. He gets rich and these females just look plain stupid. I mean WHY do this. Why degrade yourself, girls? THIS pig of Joe "fuckin" Francis is getting rich off your willing to take your clothes off just to give off a rise to the opposite sex. JOE FRANCIS, wherever you are, EAT SHIT, you shameless prick.

Posted at 10:41AM on Sep 26th 2006 by JK

23. I dunno, seems like much ado about not very much. Drunken underage girls in a public place? Shows us your tits honey...no, okay NEXT! How diffcult is that? To paraphrase that Willie Nelson song: "Mommas, don't let your babies grow up to be drunken whores...."

Posted at 10:43AM on Sep 26th 2006 by That's why you have lawyers....

24. Don't you poeple get IT....he is a disgusting human being that is doing all females an injustice...come on woman don't be idiots! If you have or ever have a daughter would you want her to be exposed in such a manner? Believe me you would not unless you have no pride in yourself and or your daughter! DO NOT be soooooooooo stupid..have more pride..if not for you then think of all of us other woman that have class, self pride and honor!

Posted at 11:32AM on Sep 26th 2006 by BABEE

25. By now,every young woman should know that exposing yourself to the "Girls Gone Wild" crew is nuts. The worst offenders seem to be College girls, don't they have any IQ at all?
And just judging from the T&A, few of the girls look underage.

Posted at 11:46AM on Sep 26th 2006 by angie

26. I went to high school with this guy. He hasn't changed a bit! Even back then he would perve out on us girls, offering us money to take off our tops.

Posted at 12:39PM on Sep 26th 2006 by Olemadrid

27. Post #25 Rebecca : Oh my. I remember those video's . They came out in the 80's. It think they were called " The mask of death " or something like that. He went around filming scenes of people actually dying on tape. It was horrific. I had no idea it was him. I just knew who ever it was they were very very sick.

I also didn't know that he was held at gunpoint and made to sodomize himself. I hate to laugh but talk about pay back. Some pisst off dad of one of those under aged girls or somebody he's fuc##### along way. He must sleep with one eye open after that incident. WHAT A CREEP. I think his retrobution for what he has done , is just begining. We will all be hearing more about this DEVIL.

Posted at 4:31PM on Sep 26th 2006 by the wise old owl

28. This guy represents everything wrong with the sexism that clearly still exists in this society. He's a millionaire for being a gross misogynist. I think we should also take in to account of all the people who keep this guy in business, both the girls exploiting themselves and the men getting off on it. Maybe one day we can actually have an enlightened society instead of one obsessed with male-driven heterosexual, hypersexual media. I hate sharing the planet with these mental midgets.

Posted at 3:49PM on Sep 26th 2006 by MB

29. He wasn't forced to "do himself" with a dildo on video-tape, he was forced at gun point to say that he likes gay sex....

Posted at 5:14PM on Sep 26th 2006 by Jenn

30. This kind of guy will always exist. He will always be around to exploit girls who don't have the self-esteem to stay away from him. He is unfortunately part of the world we live in. It is our responsibility as parents to raise our daughters with integrity and self-respect. The girls in those videos are missing that. You can see it in their eyes. They think that flipping up their tops for a stranger with a camera will gain acceptance. Why do they crave that? Because they didn't have it growing up. Pay attention to your daughters. Femininity is not a tool and it does not equate to weakness. Treat your daughter to respect herself for what she believes and what she thinks, not just what she looks like or what she's wearing. Instill confidence in her abilities to exist on her own in the world and she won't fall victim to this kind of nonsense.

Posted at 5:22PM on Sep 26th 2006 by Missy

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