Joe Francis, the founder of the brand "Girls Gone Wild," has once again found himself in trouble with the law, adding to a year of ongoing litigation, police run-ins, and drug trafficking allegations.
"Girls Gone Wild" producer Joe Francis filed a $25 million lawsuit Monday against a woman who accused him of drugging and raping her at the Ritz-Carlton hotel. Francis in his defamation suit also is asking the court to award him $36 he says he spent on hamburgers and fries.
The “Girls Gone Wild” concept is expanding to food and beverage. XBiz learned Monday that Santa Monica, Calif.-based Mantra Entertainment signed a deal with Titan Bar Concepts to launch Girls Gone Wild Cantina and Dance Club in Las Vegas, New York, New Orleans and Miami.
Joe Francis, who hit it big with the production of the ''Girls Gone Wild'' series, is being investigated by Miami Beach Police for allegations of rape. Police say they are probing allegations by a Texas woman he invited to his South Beach hotel room earlier this month.
Girls Gone Wild owner and producer Joe Francis got off the hook on a child porn charge this week after a judge decided that featuring an underage girl on a Girls Gone Wild videotape was not a child porn offense.
With no shortage of legal troubles on its hands since a 1998 launch, Voyeur Dorm is once again in a hotbed of legal trouble, only this time involving its own bevy of webcam girls
The Federal Trade Commission filed a formal complaint against Mantra Films alleging that it was involved in deceptive marketing practises for charging customers for videos that were never ordered