This turned into $25 million enterprise before momentum stalled and the the company ultimately filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy before selling to Bang Bros.
Yet years have passed and we've entered that rich, fertile Whatever Happened to That Guy phase.įrancis released his first Girls Gone Wild video in 1997 and the series would go on to sell millions of copies. Why? Because there was a time where Francis' name was plastered all over the internet. The repeated spots have bludgeoned us into submission to the point we will be tuning into the premiere on Saturday night. And you know what, credit where it's due. It does, however, seem to confirm the accuracy of this portrait of Francis as a cagey criminal convinced that he’s protected by his wealth and successful friends-the latter of whom (including a honeymooning Kim and Kanye) reportedly continue to visit him south of the border.Our analytics department is still crunching the numbers in regards to just how many times a full commercial or in-game read has brought this content to the forefront, but we feel safe saying that it's been impressively ubiquitous. The fact that he’s fled prosecution and is currently residing at his estate in Punta Mita, Mexico, means that there’s no definitive conclusion to this saga.
Numerous speakers agree that Francis has a habit of being scarily physical with women, and Newman even reveals that his own parents have taken out restraining orders against him, so fearful are they of his volatility. There’s a collection of similar arrests and indictments detailed in Rich & Shameless: Girls Gone Wild Exposed, from the IRS putting him behind bars for 11 months for tax evasion, to a 2009 Los Angeles bar incident in which security cameras caught Francis beating up a young woman who’d poured a drink on him. That was especially apparent in 2003, when Panama City Beach mayor Lee Sullivan set his sights on Francis for his nasty misconduct, which resulted in a litany of charges that included child pornography and prostitution. Such practices were part and parcel of Francis’ operation, and there’s only minor self-reflection from his colleagues about their decision to participate in this venture despite understanding that what was happening was tasteless at best, and ugly at worst.
That said, it also provides a venue for multiple Francis victims to explicate his underhanded tactics, and to express their hurt and anger over being featured in videos-if not plastered on their packaging-without having been first given a clear understanding of what they were signing up for. 1, 2020, audio recording made by Francis’ current girlfriend (and mother of his two daughters) Abbey Wilson, during which he screams, “Fuck you, you selfish cunt!” and “I hope you fucking die!” while she cries out “You’re hurting me, Joe… You’re killing me!” and “You stepped on my fucking head, you stepped on my neck, you fucking choked me!” In light of such material, Entertainment Weekly journalist Joel Stein’s subsequent remark about Francis-“His attitude toward women is complicated”-reeks of laughable understatement.Īrchival news and talk-show snippets underscore how the media gleefully validated and celebrated Francis for his lewd trade, and to be sure, Rich & Shameless: Girls Gone Wild Exposed often leans too heavily on tawdry footage of the very females whom it contends were mistreated. Director Newman opens her two-hour investigation with an Aug. Nonetheless, Rich & Shameless: Girls Gone Wild Exposed casts this attack as merely one of many examples of Francis’ horridness. Jannel’s accusation was supposedly brushed off by police at the time, and Francis later denied having behaved improperly with her. And then he got off of me like I was garbage.” According to Jannel, what followed was a nightmare: “I didn’t give my consent that night and he totally raped me.
Charmed by the celebrity businessman into downing drinks, Jannel soon found herself agreeing to return to his bus, where in the back room she drunkenly signed a waiver and then was pressured into pleasuring herself on-camera with sex toys. The biggest bombshell delivered by Rich & Shameless: Girls Gone Wild Exposed comes from a Chicago native named Jannel, who as a self-described 18-year-old “party girl” visited a favorite nightclub that was also playing host to Francis and his colleagues.
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