The founder of “Girls Gone Wild” videos featuring young women who take off their tops was fined $500,000 on Monday for violating rules designed to prevent exploitation of minors.
Joe Francis, 33, also was ordered by a federal judge to perform 200 hours of community service and was placed on two years’ probation as part of a plea agreement he reached with the Justice Department last September.
Justice Department prosecutor Brent Ward told the judge that Francis created a culture in his company where women were plied with alcohol and taken to hotel rooms to be filmed “with little or no regard for their age, and without any regard for record-keeping” requirements.
In Florida last month, Mantra was fined $1.6 million, and Francis was ordered with other company employees to perform community service. He is appealing that part of the sentence.
I wonder which part of the indictment was considered most serious by the Feds. Getting women drunk for sex — or having no regard for record-keeping?
To Alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of lifes problems.
And my bid goes to record keeping!
Record keeping.
Getting women to remove their tops is not a problem, in fact it’s one of the most sacred pursuits in life.
500k only?
I think this guy is scum. I hope they throw the book at him, or at least some panties.
#2, #4 – Shame on you both. 😀
Jeez, you would think this country is already ran by the Taliban! “WOW” Opie and Anthony.
So, $1.6 million, plus another $500k? That would leave him with what, $20 million left-over, after taxes and payroll?
Sounds like a bargain. Gimme a job application and a camcorder.
I got nothing against naked women but there have been enough stories about this guy to convince me he is a scum bag.
I have a lot of sympathy for young women who voluntarily remove their tops and expose their boobs, only to be embarrassed by their act in later life. Boo freaking hoo…