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Mar 19, 2008 8:07 AM CDT

Call Girl Was a 'Girl Gone Wild'

Spitzer hooker filmed Spring Break videos in '03

(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, and...

Girls Gone Wild
Mogul Goes Free

Mar 13, 2008 10:29 AM CDT

Girls Gone Wild Mogul Goes Free

Coed video millionaire cops deal from Florida judge

(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 "...

Even in Jail, Francis Still Not a Guy Gone Mild

Dec 16, 2007 1:55 PM CST

Even in Jail, Francis Still Not a Guy Gone Mild

Fiery 'Girls Gone Wild' chief faces myriad legal hurdles

(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...

'Guards Gone Wild,' Claims Video Maker

Nov 23, 2007 5:41 PM CST

'Guards Gone Wild,' Claims Video Maker

Producer alleges mistreatment in Oklahoma jail

(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...

Judges Gone Wild!

Apr 7, 2007 11:06 AM CDT

Judges Gone Wild!

Girls Gone Wild founder lashes out at judge

(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....