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Francis Fights the Law, One Case at a Time

Joe Francis is fighting back against another lawsuit, this time facing accusations of sexually assaulting a woman -- that he never even met!
Tranae Hammond, Joe Francis
Tranae Hammond filed suit in July, one year after she was fired from her job at a "Girls Gone Wild" call center. Francis claims that Hammond was let go because she was late to work several times and missed other days altogether. Hammond claims in her lawsuit that she was the victim of repeated acts of sexual harassment by a supervisor named Ron -- whose last name she doesn't even know!

Francis recently exposed misrepresentations of two women who sued him for allegedly using footage of them without permission. He debunked that by providing video of their consent statement. After that video appeared, the girls dropped their case and issued an apology to Francis.

Joe's been in jail for the last six months, but has not been convicted of any crime.



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16. I don't particularly care for Joe Francis. But, nobody even has to buy a GGW video to see on TV what the caliber of women is who GGW pursues. This woman is clearly NOT of that caliber. Who would pursue her? She probably weighs as much as any two of the women on the videos. Plus, the picture of her could pass for a homicide or DUI mugshot. I hope she's laughed out of court. Why doesn't this idiot sue, "Ron?" Even if on the very slim chance that what she said happened, happened, Joe Fanncis was probably 3,000 mi. away at the time.

Posted at 5:56PM on Oct 30th 2007 by penny loafer

17. If you don't like Joe - don't buy his videos. The biggest sleezes are the girls that make out with other girls and think it's sexy -- they're willing and proud of themselves.

People that file bogus lawsuits should be in jail.
They cost taxpayers a lot of money, waste a lot of court time, and are a pain intheass of society.

Posted at 1:15PM on Oct 30th 2007 by getalife

18. Kaaaaak...we black men do like our big booties. But I think we'll pass on this one.

Posted at 1:45PM on Oct 30th 2007 by JCC925

19. JOE HAS CHOSE TO SIT IN JAIL!

Remember back:
if he leaves that jail, the Feds will pick him up for breaking federal tax laws, and put him in a FEDERAL PRISON. He doesn't want that to happen, so he has chose to stay in that jail. I don't remember why he "gets" to stay there, but it's part of his arrest.

Posted at 1:47PM on Oct 30th 2007 by Petite

20. He's a creep, but if she knowingy worked in his call center so is she...plus she is lazy and a money grubber too.

Posted at 5:52PM on Oct 30th 2007 by sunny

21. Re: all the "informed" people who keep on ragging on Joe's bad lawyers! Joe doesn't WANT to leave the jail he is in--if he bailed out, the FEDS would pick him up because of all of the Income Tax evasion charges he faces. Federal prisons are waaaaaaaay tougher than the state prison he is in. REPEAT!! It is Joe's decision NOT to leave his current jail.....so forget all the talk about diagreements about morality etc...that has nothing to do with anything here!

Posted at 2:29PM on Oct 30th 2007 by richierich

22. Barb,
Shut the hell up! No one care what you think. Why does everyone hate Joe?
He has millions because he filmed boobies. You're all jealous you didn't
think of it first.

Posted at 2:31PM on Oct 30th 2007 by Milo

23.


She's just jumping on that sled ride, hoping to catch some easy money.

I don't like the GGW videos, but I don't like liars either.

A big to-do was made about those other 2 girls' lawsuits, which he debunked. If his employees hadn't filmed those girls giving the go-ahead, there could have been some big problems. Good for him. His videos are still sleazy, but until there is legislation, it's still legal.


Posted at 2:31PM on Oct 30th 2007 by OCD

24. Isn't he also there because one of the cases is about him using underage girls in the videos?.

Posted at 3:14PM on Oct 30th 2007 by Joeisasleaze

25. How typical---dumb lazy ass is late for work, doesnt show up than gets fired, like anyone else would than pulls the sexual harrasment chirade on a supervisor whose last name she doesnt even know.

Another EEOC time waster.

Counter sue her ass if she loses and make her learn to play by the work rules everyone else does.

Surprised she hasnt pulled the RACE card yet, but probably didnt because they had her on Performance, or lack thereof. So jump to the Sexual Claim.

Posted at 3:24PM on Oct 30th 2007 by Yeah Sure

26. I wonder if this was the woman calling my house a month ago to see if my husband wanted to buy a girls gone wild movie. Did you guys know that they are now soliciting business during dinner time? Well, they are. Joe Francis should be castrated and turned into a pin cushion in prison. Now THAT is a tape I would buy.

Posted at 3:39PM on Oct 30th 2007 by Paula D

27. Always late and not showing to work altogether is all anybody needs to know why this woman was fired.

Who would sexually harass a very ugly woman like this? would you? anyone?

Posted at 4:36PM on Oct 30th 2007 by tony gee

28. He's in Jail? There is a God!!
Ewwww....He is so gross. He is such a sick pervert.
Ha..He's in Jail !!!

Posted at 2:06AM on Oct 31st 2007 by Pia

29. Joe Francis is a business man, he has made millions , if you look at these videos these girls are having the time of their lives, they can't wait to lift their T shirts up and pull their panties down, I never saw one of them with handcuffs on or tied to a tree and having their clothes ripped off. Men want to see it and these girls want to do it, obviously.
The fact that he is being held for 6 months without charges should be the real worry here, I don't care if he's atilla the Hun, charge him or let him go, he's not a Muslim terrorist, where is he , in the UN's world court? I would be more worried about that then what these girls are doing. The ACLU is ignoring this because he is an American and not gay. He could use a new Lawyer.

As for that woman , he sexually harrassed her in her dreams, she lost her job and she's broke, end of story.

Posted at 2:06AM on Oct 31st 2007 by Madeleine T

30. Okay seriously, who doesn't know their boss' last name? Maybe they might not know it in a bar or something, but in an office setting? Come on now? This chick is full of poo.

Posted at 2:06AM on Oct 31st 2007 by Renee'

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