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Girls Gone Wild Producer Joe Francis Drops Gay Slur

Vanessa Baker — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:10:39 +0000

Joe Francis, founder of Mantra Films Inc., which produces Girls Gone Wild, shouted a gay slur at a doorman after he was denied entry into a night club, reports TMZ.

This comes less than a week after Francis was seen marching in the Equality March in Washington, DC.

Girls Gone Wild Boss Faces Jail

andPOP Staff — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:27:35 +0000

The man behind the GIRLS GONE WILD video and DVD empire faces jail in Panama City after failing to appear in court for a mediation hearing.

A federal judge has ordered JOE FRANCIS to surrender to authorities so he can begin serving jail time for contempt of court.

US District Judge RICHARD SMOAK insists Francis should be jailed until he agrees to participate in mediation talks aimed at ending a four-year-old legal battle between the media mogul and seven underage women, who sued the Girls Gone Wild boss after he filmed them in sexual situations.

Negotiations were set to begin last month but Francis stormed out of proceedings after verbally attacking lawyers. The media mogul then made a settlement offer for the plaintiffs to consider.

But Francis failed to appear at an emergency hearing on Wednesday, prompting Judge Smoak to raise the amount of money the Girls Gone Wild boss has to pay the plaintiffs’ lawyers.

Girls Gone Wild Creator Plans Topless Restaurants

andPOP Staff — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:35:25 +0000

GIRLS GONE WILD creator JOE FRANCIS is turning his soft porn DVD empire into a new restaurant business.

Francis, a former boyfriend of PARIS HILTON, plans to open diners in Cancun and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico by the end of 2007.

The “sex sells” entrepreneur insists the GGW dining experience will be fun and sexy.

He tells the Los Angeles Business Journal, “You’ll be comfortable going in there, but you’re gonna get a Girls Gone Wild experience.”

And Francis has big plans to take the new venture international.

He adds, “In some countries, we’ll do topless optional at night.”