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NEWS ABOUT: Girls Gone Wild

Girls Gone Wild stories: 13 news summaries
GOSSIP ROUNDUP


 Hef Is Healthy; 
 Jon + Kate's 
 Marriage Isn't 

Plus, Eminem is back—and more

Mar 6, 09 11:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Yesterday it was Ed McMahon protesting rumors of his demise; today it’s Hugh Hefner. The 83-year-old Playboy magnate is “in very good shape and feeling very good,” he tells E!, adding that the breakup with his exes certainly isn’t taking a toll: “The recovery, thanks... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • Eminem • celebrity divorces • Hugh Hefner • Ivana Trump • Rossano Rubicondi • celebrity marriage • The Girls Next Door • Brody Jenner • Jon and Kate Plus 8

Flu Gone Wild: Vid King Busted For Missing Court Date

Francis 5 hours late for tax-evasion hearing

Feb 3, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The flu has sleaze-meister Joe Francis going a bit wild himself, his lawyer tells E! Online. The Girls Gone Wild producer was arrested yesterday after he was five hours late to a Los Angeles court for a tax-evasion hearing. Francis is accused of hoarding $20 million in bogus deductions. More »

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Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • tax evasion • court • arrest • bench warrant

 Porn Kings Want 
 Federal Bailout 

$5B sought to 'rejuvenate sexual appetite'

Jan 7, 09 4:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Recession depression has hampered America's sex drive, claim Larry Flynt (of Hustler fame) and Joe Francis (Girls Gone Wild). The adult-entertainment kings want a federal bailout for slumping DVD sales, down 22% in the past year. Placing themselves alongside Detroit’s automakers in national importance, the duo says Congress should... More »

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Congress • Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • pornography • Larry Flynt • Hustler • bailout • economy • financial crisis • recession depression

Woman Sues Spitzer Call Girl in ID Theft

Dupre 'showed driver's license closeup to get on Girls Gone Wild'

Jul 18, 08 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A New Jersey woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Ashley Dupre—better known as Eliot Spitzer's high-priced call girl—and Girls Gone Wild for defamation and invasion of privacy for Dupre's use of the woman's lost driver's license on the raunchy program. More »

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Girls Gone Wild • lawsuit • identity card • defamation • driver's license • political scandal • Ashley Dupre • invasion of privacy

Spitzer Call Girl Drops 'Girls Gone Wild' Suit 

Woman said she was 17 when she signed video contract

Jul 5, 08 1:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The call girl at the heart of the Spitzer sex scandal has dropped a $10 million lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis, AP reports. Ashley Dupre, who said she was17 at the time she was filmed for a raunchy video, had claimed she was duped into giving her... More »

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Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • Eliot Spitzer • Ashley Dupre

 Spitzer Call Girl
 Speaks Out
 on 'Hard Times' 

Leaves MySpace message of thanks for supporters

Jun 24, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The call girl whose trysts with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer triggered his resignation is speaking out for the first time, reports People. Ashley Dupré, 23, has written a message of thanks on her MySpace page to those who have left supportive comments—and responded to some not-so-kind zingers.... More »

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MySpace • Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • Eliot Spitzer • political scandal • prostitution ring • Ashley Youmans • Ashley Dupre

Spitzer Hooker Sues Girls Gone Wild for $10M

Francis exploited
her with booze,
call girl claims

Apr 28, 08 8:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The call girl who once serviced New York's governor is now charging $10 million—in a lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis, People reports. Ashley Alexandra Dupré alleges that Francis persuaded her to be filmed topless when she was underage and exploited her name and image for profit. More »

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Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • video • lawsuit • exploitation • Ashley Dupre

'Kristen' Was 17 in Wild Videos, Says Lawyer

Girls Gone Wild boss may put nude footage online anyway

Mar 20, 08 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Girls Gone Wild mogul Joe Francis thought he'd hit the jackpot when he discovered he had raunchy videos of the call girl from the Spitzer sex scandal on file. But his find may prove less of a bonanza than he'd hoped, now that Ashley Alexandre Dupre has said she was... More »

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prostitution • Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • sex scandal • Miami • Eliot Spitzer • Larry Flynt • Hustler • Ashley Dupre

 Call Girl Was a 'Girl Gone Wild' 

Spitzer hooker filmed Spring Break videos in '03

Mar 19, 08 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The call girl who ended Eliot Spitzer's career started hers on a nude Girls Gone Wild video during a wild Spring Break weekend in 2003, reports the LA Times. Ashley Alexandra Dupré was celebrating her 18th birthday in Miami when she stumbled across the Girls Gone Wild production bus,... More »

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prostitution • Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • sex scandal • Miami • escort • Eliot Spitzer • prostitute • political scandal • spring break • prostitution ring • Emperors Club • Mayflower Hotel • Kristen • Ashley Dupre • call girl

 Girls Gone Wild
 Mogul Goes Free 

Coed video millionaire cops deal from Florida judge

Mar 13, 08 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis, who's been behind bars for nearly a year, is a free man today after cutting a deal with Florida prosecutors, E! News reports. He faced felony charges from filming underage girls for the raunchy videos that have made him millions. Francis blasted the "... More »

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Florida • Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • adult films • Nevada • spring break

Even in Jail, Francis Still Not a Guy Gone Mild

Fiery 'Girls Gone Wild' chief faces myriad
legal hurdles

Dec 16, 07 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Wild antics usually sell videotapes for Joe Francis, the iconoclast behind “Girls Gone Wild.” But now they’ve landed the 34-year-old entrepreneur in jail and a slew of legal trouble. “I am not a criminal,” Francis insists, but his trail of civil suits and charges—including... More »

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Florida • Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • Oklahoma • Nevada • Reno • Bay County • soft porn • Roy Black • Quincy Jones

'Guards Gone Wild,' Claims Video Maker

Producer alleges mistreatment in Oklahoma jail

Nov 23, 07 5:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Girls Gone Wild producer Joe Francis claims prison guards abused him by denying him medication and visits and threatened to tie him naked to a chair for 2 days, the Oklahoman reports. In court filings, Francis says the abuse took place during a 3-week stay in an Oklahoma jail earlier... More »

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prison • Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • civil lawsuits

Judges Gone Wild!

Girls Gone Wild founder lashes out at judge

Apr 7, 07 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - "This is a case of a judge gone wild," declaimed Joe Francis, the sleazemeister behind the Girls Gone Wild videos, after being held in contempt of court yesterday. Francis is facing suits from seven underage girls who are not so wild about his cameras probing into their partying.... More »

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law • Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • erotica • lawsuit

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