Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Karmic Sentence for Joe Francis
From Defamer
In what will surely go down as a black day for members of Hollywood's scenewhore elite who have found themselves on the wrong side of the law, Joe Francis--the world's foremost titty-flashing co-ed talent scout--has received a harsher community service sentence for failing to properly document his subjects' ages than his lawyers had bargained for:
The producer of racy videos featuring young -- and often naked -- women was sentenced today to 200 hours of community service over two years by a federal judge in Los Angeles and was placed on two years probation for failing to adequately document the ages of his subjects. The amount of time was double what Francis' lawyers had sought. [...]
Outside the courthouse, Francis said he was relieved the process was over and that he now felt free to say that he had been unfairly persecuted by the Justice Department.
"Of course I've been unfairly targeted by the government," Francis said. "What better target than Joe Francis?"
The sentence may put the Girls Gone Wild mogul in the same green-coveralls-and- reflective-vest league as close friend and confidante Paris Hilton, who was given the option of community service in exchange for reducing her DUI-related probationary period. (Ironically, it wasn't that long ago that both were working on the right side of the law, with Paris courageously delivering the crucial testimony that put Francis' dildo-wielding tormentor safely behind bars.)
In what will surely go down as a black day for members of Hollywood's scenewhore elite who have found themselves on the wrong side of the law, Joe Francis--the world's foremost titty-flashing co-ed talent scout--has received a harsher community service sentence for failing to properly document his subjects' ages than his lawyers had bargained for:
The producer of racy videos featuring young -- and often naked -- women was sentenced today to 200 hours of community service over two years by a federal judge in Los Angeles and was placed on two years probation for failing to adequately document the ages of his subjects. The amount of time was double what Francis' lawyers had sought. [...]
Outside the courthouse, Francis said he was relieved the process was over and that he now felt free to say that he had been unfairly persecuted by the Justice Department.
"Of course I've been unfairly targeted by the government," Francis said. "What better target than Joe Francis?"
The sentence may put the Girls Gone Wild mogul in the same green-coveralls-and- reflective-vest league as close friend and confidante Paris Hilton, who was given the option of community service in exchange for reducing her DUI-related probationary period. (Ironically, it wasn't that long ago that both were working on the right side of the law, with Paris courageously delivering the crucial testimony that put Francis' dildo-wielding tormentor safely behind bars.)
Labels: Joe Francis, Paris Hilton
