![]() That case alone wound up costing him more than a million dollars and 11 months in jail. The most famous, perhaps, was when Francis was tried for a whole laundry list of things, felony child abuse, misdemeanor prostitution, racketeering, tax evasion and then he somehow got another charge for sneaking sleeping pills and cash into jail. Dating as far back as 2003, Francis has been in and out of legal battles. Francis had all this at the ripe old age of 25.īut it wasn't all dental floss bikinis and Kamikaze shots Francis ran into some trouble along the way. Girls Gone Wild titled their films with remarkable creativity such as "Best of Horny School Girls," "Extreme Orgy," "Finally 18!", "Finger Me" and "Sex Starved Panty Raid." The company had gotten the attention of various celebrities, some of whom made appearances in the videos such as Snoop Dogg and Bubba Sparxxx. Why didn't anyone else think of this ingenious concept before? It's basically cinéma vérité film-making depicting sorority-girl behavior when taken out of its natural habitat and placed in the wild jungle of Senor Frogs, Cancun.įrancis and GGW were king! By 2001 the company had sold more than four million videos and by the end of the next year had amassed more than 80 titles. I can't imagine the pitch meeting for this idea but I hope everyone high-fived and snorted coke when they were done. Girls Gone Wild was developed by mastermind Joe Francis who devised a premise so simple and so brilliant its success was inevitable: go to spring break locations where girls are wasted, give them free stuff like T-shirts and hats, and ask them to flash you their boobs. ![]() In the mid-2000s, the company was spending millions in advertising revenue and raking in even more. Their name was synonymous with dirty fun and freedom from bras. There was a time in our history when Girls Gone Wild infomercials were a regular staple on late night cable. ![]() ![]() With spring break right around the corner, it seems apropos that the Girls Gone Wild franchise has just filed Chapter 11. ![]()
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