Celebrity Justice
Joe Francis to Candy: Back Off!!!

Joe Francis has fired back at Candy Spelling for the open letter posted this morning on TMZ. Francis is currently in Federal custody. Spelling's letter was read to Francis this morning by phone. Francis tells TMZ he wrote the response himself.

Dear Candy:

I don't know you, I have never met you and I don't know anything about you. After reading your letter posted on the internet, my mental picture of you is of a lonely old woman living in a mansion in Holmby Hills with let's say 300 cats jumping around, some in their own feces.

I have tried to think to myself what would compel a woman such as yourself to write a letter to someone they have never met? Even worse, you are making up your mind based on headlines. I can understand you writing Paris Hilton a letter out of care because as you said in your letter, you have known her most of her life. Then again, it's sad and pathetic you had the audacity to post that letter on the internet instead of just sending it to Paris personally.

Candy, you don't know any of the facts concerning my situation. I am a hardworking, compassionate and honest person. I will prevail just as I have in the past because overcoming adversity is not only a part of the entrepreneurial experience but a part of life. You should appreciate this and know this more than anyone and I am ashamed of you for forgetting how hard it is to make it in this world and the people who would love to tear you down because you have. Sadly, it appears you have become one of those people.

Contrary to what you have said in your letter, my world has not changed. My business Girls Gone Wild is thriving and posted record sales last month. Most important, my friends and my family (I love you guys....) have stood by me. This whole situation will be over soon and I will be standing strong.

I have never played a victim but I have always been a fighter. I will ultimately prevail in the matters at hand but I am concerned that you will die a lonely and unfulfilled person playing with those cats and posting open letters to people you have never met on the internet.

Sincerely,

Joe Francis



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46. loves it Joe......you WILL prevail.......keep those underage girls out though......they get you in trouble and there are many more hot women of legal age that would love to be on one of your many DVD's.......and pay your damn taxes.....we have to........other than that i love you and am a huge fan........you are quite the businessman and you are right.......'cat lady candy ' should keep that giant nose of hers out of everyone elses business! GOOD LUCK!

Posted at 4:56PM on May 19th 2007 by tonialovesboobs

47. TMZ, could you please give me Joe's e-mail address? And could you get an "open" letter from some of the inmates in Joe's prison? I'd like to know what is really going on with him. I'd like this information in the next hour, too. Oh, and while you're at it, Please send me the name of his attorney so I can give him some free legal advice about how not to sell your client out or alternatively, how to gain a little client control.

Posted at 4:58PM on May 19th 2007 by Tell us how you got this

48. I think all this is bogus. Joe & people like him who DO make their living off of women, and those that enjoy it, and enjoy the humiliation of a women (even the teen age ones-hence one of the reasons Joe is in jail) who are all so stupid, will get theirs. Men like Joe & including Joe, should THINK about all the ya-yas they had at a womans expense BEFORE their wives someday present them with newborn daughters...And as these men VOW protection for these little female babies, and then POSE for the camera, they should be reminded of all the humilation they enjoyed watching or inflicting on immature 'girls' who made them money, and then they should IMAGINE someone exploiting their tiny little daughters someday in the same way or worse then they did. People like Joe are not men, they are leeches. A dime a dozen. If the women of this world acted together to stop exploiting all women, you'd all see what pissants these males are. They deserve zero respect from the public and less than that of internet time. I believe they all fall under the "scum of the earth" category.

Posted at 5:02PM on May 19th 2007 by What Goes Around....

49. go joe! give her HELL????

Posted at 5:03PM on May 19th 2007 by tony from jersy

50. Isn't Joe in prison in Atlanta? He does NOT have access to the internet-get real people.Maybe some one read it to him? I live in Atlanta and this all sounds fishy-don't fall for this mess.

Posted at 6:50PM on May 19th 2007 by cant stand the freaks

51. ALL OF YOU PEOPLE ARE IN HERE TALKING ABOUT HOW JOE FRANCIS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THESE "YOUNG GIRLS" WELL LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. NUMBER 1 THESE "YOUNG GIRLS" A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER. ONE REASON WHY THEY GO TO SUCH SPRING BREAK DESTINATIONS AS MEXICO AND THE CARRIBEAN IS BECAUSE DOWN THERE THE LEGAL AGE IS EITHER 18, 19, OR 20 AS COMPARED TO HERE IN THE STATES. NUMBER 2 THESE PEOPLE GET SO STUPIDLY DRUNK THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING OR THEY DONT HAVE TO BE DRUNK TO BE STUPID SO THERE FOR I DO NOT FEEL SORRY FOR THESE GIRLS. THEN AFTER THEY APPEAR ON CAMERA BEING DRUNK AND STUPID THEY WANT TO CLAIM THAT THEY WERE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. GIVE ME A BREAK. THEY DESERVE IT. AS MANY TIMES AS I HAVE BEEN DRUNK I HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING STUPID. SO THERE FOR JOE FRANCIS A BUSINESS MAN AND IS MAKING MONEY OF OF PEOPLE AND THEIR STUPIDITY. THIS IS COMING ALL FROM A LAWYER.

Posted at 6:06PM on May 19th 2007 by KRISTI THE LAWYER

52. (I AGREE WITH LEELEE)
ALL OF YOU JOE FRANCIS HATERS NEED TO SHUT UP. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN TO EITHER SPRING BREAK OR A NIGHT CLUB WHERE PEOPLE HAVE HAD ONE TOO MANY DRINKS AND DID SOME PRETTY STUPID THINGS. I HAVE NEVER DID THE SPRING BREAK THING BUT I BEEN TO A NIGHT CLUB WHERE PEOPLE GET STUPID AFTER HAVING TOO MANY DRINKS. NOBODY HELD A GUN TO THESE GIRLS HEAD TO FLASH THE CAMERAS AND DO RETARDED STUFF NOR DID NOBODY HAVE HELD A GUN TO THEIR HEADS AND FORCED THEM TO GET DRUNK. THAT NIGHT AT THE CLUB I WAS DRUNK BUT I DID NOT DO ANYTHING STUPID BECAUSE I KNEW MY LIMITS. SO ALL YOU PEOPLE NEED TO LOOK BACK IN YOUR LIVES AND LOOK AT ALL THE DUMB THINGS YOU DID. THESE GIRLS NEED NO SYMPATHY FROM BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GETTING IT. THEY ARE GROWN AND THEY SHOULD KNOW BETTER AND THEY SHOULD THINK USING THEIR HEADS.

Posted at 9:35PM on Nov 29th 2007 by TIM

53. so your the creep whose cameraman allegedy raped a 17yr old girl wow

Posted at 5:14PM on May 19th 2007 by xbunnyrnr

54. Candy needs to jump her ass off her pedestal. It is doubtful that she knows any more about Joe Frances, his strengths or his weaknesses than does my pet bunny.

Candy, shut the hell up and go wrap some packages!

Posted at 10:28AM on May 21st 2007 by paula

55. TMZ LIES!!!! This is a false story; people in federal custody do not have access to computers or the internet. Why would you make up a story like this, Harvey Levin? Slow day? You as an attorney should know that committing fraud of this sort is a federal offense, and is actionable; I can't imagine why you would open yourself up to that kind of mess, just to write a stupid story like this...

Posted at 5:21PM on May 19th 2007 by WTF?

56. i like to know what is wrong with candy spelling its none of her busness what other people do look at her son on sons of hollywood hes out every night getting drunk write him a letter plus there is some kind of reason her daughter wasnt talking to her look at ur own kids before writing letters about other people

Posted at 5:23PM on May 19th 2007 by lisa

57. They really need to keep the pedophiles away from computers.

Posted at 5:34PM on May 19th 2007 by He is gross

58. Dear Candy,

Please write an open letter to Tori and Randy before skipping ahead to criticizing and chastising other people's ADULT children.

Sincerely,

Tired Of Reading Candy Spelling's Opinions

Posted at 5:32PM on May 19th 2007 by J

59. Joe sure you will prevail( just a little more gay. )

Posted at 5:33PM on May 19th 2007 by shay

60. I'm a little confused....Joe Francis saying...he is an honest person. when did honest people get sent to jail for not paying their taxes?

Posted at 5:43PM on May 19th 2007 by alabamagirl

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