Denied! Joe Francis Stuck In Jail As Judge Rejects New Bail

RENO, Nev. — "Girls Gone Wild" mogul Joe Francis has lost his bid to be released from a Nevada jail without fear of being extradited to Florida.

The 34-year-old video empire founder is facing trial in Nevada for tax evasion. He's wanted in Florida on charges related to filming underage girls on spring break. Francis has been jailed for nearly a year while caught in a tug-of-war between the two states.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Brian Sandoval denied arguments by Francis' lawyers that would have freed Francis, but kept Florida prosecutors from jailing him.

Francis has made millions selling videos of often inebriated women exposing themselves.

Comments

[CheshireCat2]

05:43 PM on 03/08/2008

This guy totally got hosed and I believe those "Girls that went Wild" and then brought suit against him were opportunists and a bit drunk the night they had no objection to GGW taking their pics then the next day when they realized what they had done...seemingly changed their minds. This is wrong. Then it opened up other investigations.....Any one see Wesley Snipes lately/

[the964kid]

01:14 PM on 03/08/2008

Its sad, cuz, if you read into the details of the case, it does seem like he's being treated unfairly. That being said - this guy is a scumbag and he shouldn't be surprised that public support is non-existent. I'm sure he'll continue to get treated shabbily by our judicial system.

[GQTaste]

03:45 AM on 03/08/2008

I too have read the Times story and this couldn't have happened to a nicer fella. Self hating, nosejob getting, sumbitch of a person. Fuck him and again and again and again. yeah the young girls are stupid and insecure but they don't exactly have the perfect role models. Paris, Lindsey, Nicole, Britney, etc. And yes I know they shouldn't be looking up to them in the first place but in fact majority of them do. And this is what you get when you have these young, impressional girls who can't get enough of E channel, people mag, Us weekly, perezhilton and on and on and on.

Being a man I simply don't understand why women think the only way to a man's heart is w/ using their sexuality to get that said man. It's sad that so many of them think that's the only way to winning a dude.

[boycottrightwingthings]

08:51 AM on 03/08/2008

I don't think that when young women do these things (show their boobs) that they are trying to win a man, I just think they are drunk and having fun, and this Joe predator takes advantage of them and deserves to be getting it from Big Bob in prison. He is one of the lowest forms of sleeze, taking advantage of the moment by taping girls in ways that may come back to haunt them when they have had a little too much to drink. Shameful and disgusting!

[bitabingbitabangbitaboom]

09:42 PM on 03/07/2008

Just wondering if he is someones bitch in the pokey

[TRYKER]

07:38 PM on 03/07/2008

After reading the LA Times article, the jail where he sits sounds like the perfect place for him...until the next State that puts him in jail too.

Getting young women drunk to get them to sign releases and then "act" in his movies for nada $$ certainly doesn't sound like a gentleman, or even a half-nice guy. In this case, Karma is doing what the justice dept was lax in taking care of...seems so fitting,

[boycottrightwingthings]

08:53 AM on 03/08/2008

Tryker, you are so right, and I definitely believe in Karma! He is getting his just desserts, the slimeball. May he rot in prison!

[SaintN]

07:27 PM on 03/07/2008

He was an exploiter sure,but on the other hand he didn't have to go far to find lots and lots of eager girls who were more than willing to be exploited! Also if this guy deserves to be in prison for exploiting women by way of a video camera then what does Bill Clinton deserve for his even sleazier exploitation of women?

[stanblack]

03:43 PM on 03/07/2008

This is a problem with the parents and the communities this guy happened. Sure, he should have probably checked ID's and verified ages for his wild videos; so he should accept responsibility for his part in the matter. These girls knew what they were doing, drunk or not.

[PracticalIdealism]

02:52 PM on 03/07/2008

Let me try this link one more time... it is well worth a read.

http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-gonewild32aug06,0,5620406.story?page=1

[groucho]

12:17 AM on 03/07/2008

hahahahahahahahahaha

hey, good placement ad, the one below about losing weight. What weight do those girls need to lose?

[PracticalIdealism]

11:56 PM on 03/06/2008

Poetic justice. This is a morally corrupt man whose fortunes were made off the backs of young women who feel prey to his misogynist ideals and predator tactics. Karma, baby. Karma.

[jrb35]

01:36 AM on 03/07/2008

Bullshit. These young women acted stupid and they're victims? Try taking responsibility for your own actions. If you want women to be treated as equals, then stop pretending that women shouldn't be responsible for their own decisions, drunk or otherwise. You drink and drive, you pay the price. Same goes for drinking and then doing soft core porn. They chose to flash their breasts or whatever the hell they do on those videos. I'm sick of the "women are victims" routine. No one forced them to go to the Girls Gone Wild bus and take their clothes off for money. The only victims are the idiots who pay God knows how much money for that crap.

[javaman]

11:57 AM on 03/07/2008

I reiterate my comment to mike101 to you.

[unfettered]

12:04 PM on 03/07/2008

I hope he makes a "Joe goes WILD in prison " video.

[mike101]

02:25 AM on 03/07/2008

Sure it's this guy's fault. God forbid the drunken little bimbos should take responsibility for their own actions.

[javaman]

11:56 AM on 03/07/2008

Okay, so then by your sense of reality, it's prefectly okay for a guy, any guy, to take advantage of any drunken underage girl. Is that correct? Do you have a sister? do you have a mother? do you have childen? Do you have female friends?

Ahhh but with an attitude like yours, I'm sure you are just surrounded by fawning women.

[boycottrightwingthings]

08:58 AM on 03/08/2008

Little Bimbos? Why are you judging the girls so harshly, they are drunk and being taken advantage of. Sexist woman hater much??

[ergoth]

09:01 PM on 03/06/2008

this piece of shit deserves to rot in jail. maybe if you're drunk on pruno it won't hurt as much smart guy.

ha ha ah ah aha.......

[usingmybrain]

08:16 PM on 03/06/2008

Ha! Couldn't happen to a nicer guy......

[jukesgrrl]

04:26 PM on 03/06/2008

Maybe now he'll know how it feels to be a sex object.

[Stanley]

04:09 PM on 03/06/2008

What a shame such a great guy sits in jail. Perhaps he'll put out a prison video of him stripping for the boys in cellblock 11? Karma Joe, it's a bitch.