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Title: Judge Gone Wild!
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URL Source: http://www.usatoday.com/life/people ... -francis-arrested_N.htm?csp=34
Published: Apr 11, 2007
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2007-04-11 06:59:53 by Paul Revere
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Views: 807
Comments: 50
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — The founder of the Girls Gone Wild video empire was taken into custody by federal marshals early Tuesday to face a contempt of court citation after initially defying a federal judge. Joe Francis was booked into the Bay County Jail in Panama City, said Ruth Sasser, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office. "His attorneys continue to work toward a settlement," Ronn Torossian, a Francis spokesman, said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press. Francis, 34, makes an estimated $29 million a year from videos of young women exposing their breasts and in other sexually provocative situations. He appeared Tuesday afternoon before federal Magistrate Larry A. Bodiford, who ordered him held without bail. Torossian said Francis would likely be held until at least Thursday, when he is scheduled to appear before U.S. District Judge Richard Smoak, the judge who issued the contempt citation. He drew the contempt citation during negotiations in a civil lawsuit brought by seven women who were underage when they were filmed by his company on Panama City Beach during spring break in 2003. My comments: A federal judge in a civil case in Florida ordered Girls Gone Wild owner Joe Francis held in jail for contempt for his refusal to settle the civil case. Are you kidding me?! A federal judge who orders a party to settle or face contempt charges? It is common for federal judges to put pressure on litigants to settle cases, especially cases the judge doesn't want to try. But the only duty a party has vis-a-vis settlement is to make a good faith effort. If a party doesn't want to settle, the remedy is TRIAL, not contempt for refusing to settle. This is yet another judge gone wild, a man who thinks he is the law.
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#36. To: Paul Revere (#0)
He was sent to jail for his behavior during the civil trial you nit-wit. This has nothing to do with a settlement. Yes, the Judge gave him a way out of going to jail by settling, he didn't have to do that, he was being kind to the a-hole pimp. Is it so hard for you to see kindness on the part of this Judge? He did nothing wrong at all and I applaud him for his decision. This punk was threatening these girls lawyers with being "burried", that is a pretty bad threat and I don't think many Judges would put up with that crap in their court rooms.
No, you nitwit, you're wrong. It wasn't a trial. It was a mediation. Ever been to one? Ever conducted one? Do you know anything at all relevant to this topic? You're a perfect example of the illogic that consumes many people when they try to look at a case. The judge has a role, and that role is not to decide pretrial that GGW should pay a settlement. You are end oriented, like most idiots who don't have the slightest notion how a case is developed, tried, or judged.
Here's another picture of your girl friend you are defending over an honorable Judge doing the right thing under the law. Yeah, it is pretty obvious what kind of "industry" you work in.
#41. To: RickyJ (#40)
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The industry I work in is the legal industry. I try cases. I'd strike you from the jury panel for cause.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestLawyers for the women told Smoak that Francis became enraged during the settlement talks, shouting obscenities at the lawyers and threatening to "bury them." Smoak ordered Francis to settle the case or go to jail for his behavior.
#37. To: RickyJ (#36)
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He was sent to jail for his behavior during the civil trial you nit-wit.
#40. To: Paul Revere (#37)
Replies to Comment # 40. Here's another picture of your girl friend you are defending over an honorable Judge doing the right thing under the law. Yeah, it is pretty obvious what kind of "industry" you work in.
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