Really? Even if they WANTED to go take dirty pictures.. it's still a crime and of course illegal.. when the people defend parasites like this, its just shows the level that the country has dropped too... Bring on the Muslims.. maybe they are making sense after all :roll:

So if you talk a drunk minor into taking nude photo's profit.. this is now some sort of "right" to be defended as if somehow some civil right has been infringed upon? Please! Just as I also am not trying to paint ALL these kids as innocent victims... to try and portray this leech as a victim of anything but his own greed is laughable! Not to mention pathetic.

 

I would bet 2974 people would disagree with you?

I'm sorry CAD for posting this. I should have known better than to post something you would actually have to read before coming to a conclusion.

 

the thing is, what you read was written by Joe Francis. it isnt fact, it's his side of the story, because you choose to believe him doesnt make everyone else dumb, it just means you believe his story, that doesnt mean the rest of us have to believe him

 

CUT & PASTE.....

Panama City officials seized Francis’ private jet and announced in a press release that a "quantity of cocaine" had been found on the plane. This claim, as well as many others made by the Sheriff’s Department, turned out to be completely false.


Why was the judge, a former law partner of a lawyer representing the girls who lied about their ages, not disqualified from the case?

Why has Joe Francis been refused bail, when defendants charged with far worse crimes (like OJ Simpson and Phil Spector) are allowed to walk free?

Why did Florida District Attorney Steve Meadows allegedly commit a second degree felony in an attempt to keep Francis behind bars?


Sounds like he wasn't SMART enough to PAY off the Elected Officials....

 

So who made that comment? Was it Bubba or Howard?

Yes I read his side, I also read the prosecution's side and what the media portrayed. Obviously you didn't because you couldn't the broadside of a barn with your little fact about him telling the girls to lie.

 

copy paste,copy paste,copy paste,copy paste,

The story begins in Panama City, Florida in 2003. Panama City is a small, conservative town of 36,000 people. It is situated in the northern panhandle of Florida, in what is referred to as the heart of the “Bible Belt” region of the United States. Coincidentally, it is also a top Spring Break destination. As background, Girls Gone Wild is one of the hottest entertainment lifestyle brands around. The company has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on national TV advertising, and is well known for its unscripted reality and lifestyle videos featuring college-aged girls getting naked and “going wild.” The Girls Gone Wild brand has become synonymous with Spring Break.

Girls Gone Wild planned a live Pay Per View event in South Padre Island, Texas during spring break with Vince McMahon and the WWE. To promote it, a then 29 year old Joe Francis said in numerous TV appearances that it would be live from Panama City, Florida, South Padre Island, and Cancun. When Panama City Beach Mayor Lee Sullivan publicly announced that he would shut down the GGW event, calling Francis "scum-sucking trash", Francis proclaimed it was his First Amendment right to film Girls Gone Wild in Panama City and said he would do it anyway. The mayor of Panama City and Joe Francis participated in a widely publicized TV debate on Fox News Channel’s The Greta Van Susteren show. During this debate, it was alleged that Girls Gone Wild was an organized crime ring engaging in racketeering (RICO) with Francis heading it. The mayor also told Francis that if he stepped foot in his town he would be arrested. Francis then replied to the mayor that "you can come arrest me" but he wasn't breaking the law. Francis was not worried because Girls Gone Wild has been filming for years all over the United States without incident. (Video of March 7, 2003 Greta Van Susteren Show - The Mayor of Panama City vs. Joe Francis; Transcript of March 7, 2003 Greta Van Susteren Show)

When the crew arrived in 2003 for Spring Break in Panama City to shoot Girls Gone Wild they were harassed by local law enforcement. In response to this, Girls Gone Wild and Francis filed a First Amendment lawsuit to prohibit the town officials from interfering with the filming. In the First Amendment lawsuit Girls Gone Wild and Francis sued the city, as well as Mayor Lee Sullivan, Bay County Sheriff Guy Tunnel, and the Panama City Chief of Police Robert Harding, individually and in their official capacities. Local TV stations broadcast images of these individuals being served with papers. The law firm that represented Panama City, as well as the officials individually, was Harrison, Sale, McCloy, and Thompson, this becomes important later in the story. Panama City was forced to back off and settled Francis’ lawsuit.

 

they played the tape on the news

 

 

I AM NOT A FAN OF JOE FRANCIS. This is just a matter of his right to due process. Wha happened to the right to a fair and speedy trial.

 

He gave that up in an attempt to look cute or smart.. now he can eat jail food and wish he'd not forced the issue.