Joe Francis

Joe Francis Convicted of Assaulting Woman After Hollywood Club Outing

Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild fame has been accused of hitting girls in the past. But this time the charges stuck. The L.A. City Attorney's office triumphantly stated that Francis was convicted by a jury today of "three counts of false imprisonment, one count of dissuading a witness from reporting ... More >>

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Pecking Order, Episode 305: Camille Grammer Makes All the Right Moves

See also: *Our Real Housewives archives We don't even want to rank the Housewives this week. We really don't. They should be punished for perpetuating the stereotype that when women are alone together, all they do is make out, sniff panties and moon each other. What, ladies, no naked pillow fights ... More >>

Joe Francis, Girls Gone Wild Founder, Wants Us To Use A Better Photo Of Him

We've called Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild fame "girl fighter extraordinaire" and noted his crowning a few years back as "Douche of the Decade." And we never heard from him. Until now. His problem? Like any good citizen of Hollywood, he wants us to use a better photo of him:

Butt Chugging Is Latest Campus Scourge

Yesterday we told you how Southern California has some of the best universities in the world. In fact, Caltech ranked number one and UCLA made number 13 in the latest World University Rankings by Times Higher Education in the UK. But that doesn't mean even the smart kids won't find a way to get t ... More >>

Banned From The Grove: 6 Others Who Should Never Step Foot There

Following our story about the Grove shopping center banning Manny Pacquiao as a result of his recent anti-gay statements, people started asking, via Twitter: Since when is the Grove L.A.s moral compass? Fair question. In the land of porn, legal marijuana, and Charlie Sheen, some entity has to step ... More >>

Joe Francis: Girl Fighter Extraordinaire

Normally we would fear being sued by the lawyer-wielding stud behind the Girls Gone Wild video juggernaut for calling him "girl fighter extraordinaire." But in this case there doesn't seem to be any question about it. Joe Francis got down with a girl following a fender bender in Beverly Hills today ... More >>

Top 5 Douches of 2011, L.A.-Style: Kobe Bryant Breaks The Color Barrier

rorjnd.com​This is Los Angeles, douche capital of the world. When you talk douche here, you have a lot to talk about. So it wasn't easy chosing our Top 5 douches of the year. L.A. can go douche-for-douche with just about any global metropolis -- even New Jersey. Perhaps the only place on ear ... More >>

Girls Gone Wild Party House Visited by LAPD

Girls Gone Wild​Updated with more details at the bottom. First posted at 3:56 p.m. Cops today responded to a disturbance at a Hollywood Hills home being used by the producers of Girls Gone Wild, possibly for a photo shoot, police told LA Weekly. Neighbors phoned authorities this afternoon to ... More >>

Charlie Sheen's Comedy Central Roast: The Fort Knox of Comedy Gold

Charlie Sheen at his roast​If you didn't know better, you'd think that Charlie Sheen spent all this time sabotaging the highest-paying gig in TV just so he'd wind up the guest of dishonor at his own roast, specifically, the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen, airing Sept. 19. For the show' ... More >>

Joe Francis Loses L.A. Countersuit Against Casino Magnate Steve Wynn That Claimed He Should Get Gambling-Debt Discount

DefamerJoe.​Girls Gone Wild founder and lawsuit magnet Joe Francis wasn't #winning in court this week. His countersuit against casino magnate Steve Wynn, alleging that the Vegas mogul promised a discount on a large gambling debt, was thrown out of Los Angeles Superior Court like Andy Dick at ... More >>

Hollywood Producer Gino Cabanas Allegedly Left Unpaid Crew Members Holding The Bag While He Continues To Seek Investors

Facebook'Work of Genius' was a scam, critics say.​ Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis has been called the Douche of the Decade, but critics of Hollywood producer and alleged scam artist Gino Cabanas would probably vote for him instead. He's been the target of production-related lawsuits sin ... More >>

Civil Case Against 'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Joe Francis Becomes A Test Of Free Speech

girlsgonewild.comShould we know the names of a few of the allegedly underage Girls Gone Wild?​It looks like sometime Angeleno, blondsploitation artist and alleged "douche of the decade" Joe Francis might actually add a historic footnote to his Wikipedia entry: A man who inspired a serious free ... More >>

Today In WTF: Girls Gone Wild Founder Joe Francis Sues To Prevent Being ... Exposed

He doesn't want to be exposed.​So let's get this straight: Joe Francis, the man who has made millions off of exposing the body parts of young women is suing a would-be author so the Girls Gone Wild founder isn't ... exposed?! Indeed. Francis, once dubbed the Douche of the Decade, filed suit i ... More >>

Joe Francis' Case Against Interior Designer In Doubt

​A countersuit against an interior designer by Girls Gone Wild founder and Douche of the Decade Joe Francis was in doubt Wednesday as a Los Angeles Superior Court judge gave the video producer three weeks to continue the action or give it up. The judge was actually inclined to throw the hole t ... More >>

Big City Blues: L.A. Ranks 17th In Penis Size

Ron Jeremy couldn't carry the team.​Los Angeles might be the adult video capital of the world (as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa might say), but when it comes to penis size, the city doesn't quite measure up. The chain store and prophylactic-maker Condomania states that it analyzed its sales of di ... More >>

Lawsuits Gone Wild: Joe Francis Taken To Court (Again)

Gawker​A Playboy Playmate who is suing reported Douche of the Decade Joe Francis (of Girls Gone Wild fame) for damages resulting from an alleged assault is asking a court to throw out Francis subsequent counter-suit. Francis, who has been accused of assaulting the fairer gender in the past, f ... More >>

Readers Gone Wild

Joe Francis Strikes Back: 'Douche' Says Touché

Joe Francis: Not douchey at all.​Girls Gone Wild mogul and sometime Angeleno Joe Francis lashed out against the website Gawker and its owner Nick Denton for naming him "Douche of the Decade." In its post, Gawker called Francis a rapist and a "coked-out amoral direct-marketer." In response, Ga ... More >>

'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Named 'Douche Of The Decade'

GawkerJoe Francis.​If you haven't noticed, it's that time of year when the best-of lists, biggest-story roundups and top 10 rankings arrive, and it's especially pronounced as the '00s are coming to a close. (BTW, we hope this post ends up in your top 10 posts about top 10 posts). The headline ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Polanski Loses Bid to Nix L.A. Judges The AP's Linda Deutsch reports that a three-member appellate panel has rejected self-exiled film auteur Roman Polanski's motion to bar any Los Angeles County judge from participating in his case. Polanski, who claims he has no plans to ever return to the U.S., i ... More >>

Joe Francis' New Jewelry: A House-Arrest Bracelet

Today saw considerably more media in Department 880 of the Roybal Federal Building than on Monday morning. That was when Judge James Otero had been set to rule on a request by Bob Bernhoft's law firm to withdraw from Case No. 08 CR 494 SJO. The trial Bernhoft and partner Bob Barnes wished to be cut ... More >>

Judge: Arrest Joe Francis

This morning was supposed to be the day Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis would formally divorce his current lawyers of the Bernhoft firm and find someone else to represent him in his  $20 million federal tax-evasion case. With Robert Bernhoft and Bob Barnes present in Judge James Otero's c ... More >>

Bob and Bob Make It Legal: The LA Arrival of the Milwaukee Tax Attorneys That Saved Wesley Snipes

Don't fall into the prosciutto — Robert Bernhoft and Robert Barnes set up shop in Century City and throw themselves a cocktail party

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