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Old 04-08-2011   #1
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Default All-woman jury clears Girls Gone Wild boss of causing emotional distress
All-woman jury clears Girls Gone Wild boss of causing emotional distress

April 8, 2011 - 2:50PM

An all-woman federal jury has decided that Joe Francis, founder of the Girls Gone Wild video franchise is not liable for the emotional distress four anonymous plaintiffs claimed to have suffered from appearances in one of his videos.

The verdict, handed down on Thursday, followed an eight-day trial in Panama City, Florida.

The jury of eight women began deliberating late on Wednesday morning and took 14 hours to reach a decision.

The lawsuit claimed Francis exploited the then underage women by filming them flashing their breasts and engaging in other sexual activities for his soft porn videos.

It also claimed they were ridiculed, ostracised and forced to leave school when videos were released.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/allwoman...408-1d738.html


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I believe they signed a release form before they were put on the show right? That should have absolved him. Now if they were actually under age, that would have been a crime from the get go.
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I believe they signed a release form before they were put on the show right? That should have absolved him. Now if they were actually under age, that would have been a crime from the get go.
It is possible they were been drunk when they signed any paperwork, which could be viewed as some sort of coercion or being taken advantage of. I guess the next video will be "Girls Gone Video: Courtroom Vixens".
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It is possible they were been drunk when they signed any paperwork, which could be viewed as some sort of coercion or being taken advantage of. I guess the next video will be "Girls Gone Video: Courtroom Vixens".
Good point.
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I don't understand. If the girls were underage when filmed, then he's guilty of distrubuting child poronography.
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I don't understand. If the girls were underage when filmed, then he's guilty of distrubuting child poronography.
Based on the article, it looks like he cut a plea deal on that already, and these are civil suits brought by the girls.
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