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  • July 2008

    • Spitzer Call Girl Drops 'Girls Gone Wild' Suit

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 5, 08 1:00 AM CDT

      Spitzer Call Girl Drops 'Girls Gone Wild' Suit

      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 consent. Francis later released film in which Dupre says she is 18 and agrees that he can use footage of her. More »

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

  • June 2008
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  • March 2008

    • 'Kristen' Was 17 in Wild Videos, Says Lawyer

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 20, 08 6:24 AM CDT

      'Kristen' Was 17 in Wild Videos, Says Lawyer

      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 under 18 when she spent a week on the Girls Gone Wild bus, the AP reports. More »

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

    • Call Girl Was a 'Girl Gone Wild'

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 19, 08 8:07 AM CDT

      Call Girl Was a 'Girl Gone Wild'

      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, and made seven videos over several days. More »

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

    • Girls Gone Wild Mogul Goes Free

      newser  |  E! Online  |  Mar 13, 08 10:29 AM CDT

      Girls Gone Wild Mogul Goes Free

      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 "corrupt town, run by corrupt officials" that put him away on "trumped-up charges." He pleaded no contest to a charge of child abuse for the filming and several misdemeanors. More »

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

  • December 2007

    • Even in Jail, Francis Still Not a Guy Gone Mild

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Dec 16, 07 1:55 PM CST

      Even in Jail, Francis Still Not a Guy Gone Mild

      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 use of minors in sex acts, possession of contraband, and tax evasion—suggests otherwise. More »

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      Florida  • Nevada  • Oklahoma  • Girls Gone Wild  • Joe Francis  • Reno  • soft porn

  • November 2007

    • 'Guards Gone Wild,' Claims Video Maker

      newser  |  Scripps Howard News Service  |  Nov 23, 07 5:41 PM CST

      'Guards Gone Wild,' Claims Video Maker

      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 this year. Officials deny the charges, calling Francis "quite a character." More »

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      prison  • civil lawsuits  • Girls Gone Wild  • Joe Francis

  • April 2007

    • Judges Gone Wild!

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 7, 07 11:06 AM CDT

      Judges Gone Wild!

      "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. The judge ordered Francis into custody. More »

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

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