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Originally posted by ytcracker
i fail to understand why someone sitting on that kind of branding and name empire would risk everything over a couple of years on a girl
plenty of fish in the sea id rather hug my fucking money than my prison toilet
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It really was a matter of him being too full of himself. He came from money, a spoiled brat of a rich kid. Probably bought everything he ever wanted including his way out jams along the way.
The bit in Panama City was over the top though, right on the level of flippin' off the police after they'd told him to behave. See, right before spring break this year... well, here's a copy of the initial AP release, pay attention to the last four paragraphs to see how stupid that whole deal was:
I found this on rec.arts.movies.erotica at the time of the bust (can't find the archive link to it on Google or I'd post that instead):
The Associated Press
The head of a company that produces the "Girls Gone Wild" videos was
arrested on racketeering and drug charges after parents complained to
police he told underage girls to say on camera that they were 18,
police said Thursday.
Search warrants on five locations and a private Gulfstream jet turned
up videotapes to corroborate the stories of five girls who said they
stripped and acted out scenes on camera although producers knew they
were underage, police said.
Joe Francis, chief executive officer of Mantra Entertainment, was
arrested outside of his condominium Wednesday evening. Three other
employees were also arrested.
Francis, 30, and Mark Schmitz, 26, were charged with prostitution and
sexual exploitation. Francis was also charged with drug trafficking.
The other two employees were charged with drug possession.
Mantra Entertainment spokesman Bill Horn said they deny all charges.
Police said they seized a 2002 Ferrari, electronic equipment, waiver
documents and a safe containing original footage of young women baring
forbidden flesh.
Panama City Beach is the nation's leading spring break destination,
attracting up to 400,000 college and high school students in March and
April.
Four 17-year-old girls and a 16-year-old came across a "Girls Gone
Wild" van Monday evening and were asked to go to a motel room with a
video crew to act out nude scenes in front of the camera, police said.
Two of them did, and were paid $100 for their performances, police
said.
"One of the 17-year-old girls came clean to her mother, and they
called us," said Bay County sheriff's spokeswoman Ruth Sasser.
Police said they found video to confirm that Francis told the
16-year-old to say she was 18 when he filmed her baring her breasts on
video.
All four men were still in custody Thursday evening in the Bay County
Jail in Panama City, officials said.
Area officials started feuding with the video company earlier this
year when a "Girls Gone Wild" crew came to town during spring break.
Mayor Lee Sullivan and local law enforcement officials threatened to
arrest anyone violating a public nudity ordinance as well as those who
encouraged such lawbreaking.
The producers went to court, asking a federal judge to declare that
certain activity associated with the filming would not be
automatically illegal and seeking a temporary restraining order
preventing authorities from making or threatening arrests.
They dropped the restraining order request March 12 after getting a
written promise police would not interfere with their constitutional
rights.