Joe Francis and ‘Girls Gone Wild’ doc: Biggest bombshells

Things got a little more wild.

A new documentary covers the rise and fall of Joe Francis, 51, the infamous mastermind of “Girls Gone Wild”.

First created in 1997, “Girls Gone Wild” was an entertainment franchise that captured regular girls acting “wild” on camera at parties, often flashing the cameras during college spring break.

Now streaming on Peacock, “Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story” delves into the intriguing aspects of what was really going on behind the scenes, and uncovers the secrets of Francis, who has been arrested several times And Spent almost a year in jail.

Francis is also a longtime friend of the Kardashians, has been romantically linked to Tara Reid, and has been photographed partying with celebrities like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.

Here are the biggest bombs.

FRancis’ confusing backstory

In the documentary, Francis, who currently lives in a compound in Mexico and has not been interviewed in years, agreed to speak to journalist Sketchy Cool in an audio-only interview.

His voice can be heard describing the hard-working upbringing that took him from poverty to a life of wealth.

“I did it all alone through incredibly hard work,” he said in describing his empire.

Francis continued, “And it was all arranged. Let me actually take you back. I am a paper boy about 7 years old. I have been an entrepreneur my whole life and have always been making money. My dad had a lot of financial problems so I got a special work permit so I could eat ice cream.

Francis claimed to be supporting his family when he was 13 years old and bought his first private jet just a decade later.

However, Kaul points out that these alleged “facts” are difficult to confirm, and whatever details it is possible to find about Francis’s childhood point to it being “prosperous and quite comfortable”.

Many of the girls were underage and felt forced to

Danielle, who was not identified by last name, is now a mother of three. She appeared on screen recalling the time she took off her clothes in front of the camera on the “Girls Gone Wild” bus.

Janet, who also went on the bus and took off her clothes in front of the camera, recalls, “They would say whatever they could to get you on that bus.”

She alleged that cameramen promised young vulnerable girls that they would become famous, everyone would think they were beautiful, and that alcohol was waiting on the bus.

“I remember walking to this bus and staggering the whole time, I was so drunk,” Danielle recalled.

Danielle was 18 at the time and signed a release before filming. She explained that she was inexperienced and did not read newspapers. “I wanted to be a part of something that felt good to me at the time… After we signed, it became more sensual, like a ‘Come on, take your shirt off now’ situation.”

Danielle continued, “I felt like what I had to say made no sense. I got that vibe very well from this cameraman. Like, if I don’t comply, things could go very bad for me.”

Janet recalled that after she was taken to the bus, the doors were closed and locked, and she was taken to a back room where there was a bed.

“I remember my older brother trying to get me off the bus,” Janet said. “And they wouldn’t let him get me off the bus. They closed the door on him.”

Danielle and Janet were both eighteen years old at the time, but some girls were not.

Lori, not identified by last name, appeared topless on the “Girls Gone Wild” tape in 1999, when she was 16. The video spread around her high school, and a teacher asked her to sign a copy of his tape. ,

“I was very insulted. I was 16, I was very young,” she recalled.

After watching the footage she said, “I was clearly drunk.”

She was so embarrassed, “I stopped going to school, I didn’t know what to do.”

Eventually, she found a lawyer who said she was too young to be taped, and she got “a small settlement.”

“But I was never after the money, my little 9 second mistake, I wanted it to go away… There are a lot of girls on that tape that are underage,” she said.

Following a 2003 raid, authorities found footage of at least 30 underage girls on tape for “Girls Gone Wild”.

After that incident, staff became more diligent about documenting the women themselves, checking their identities to ensure they were 18 years of age before taping them.

In his audio-only interview onscreen, Francis can be heard saying, “I don’t want minors in my school. I don’t want to go to jail. Have I been completely misunderstood? Absolutely.”

Regarding the “Girls Gone Wild” cameraman who filmed the minors, Francis said, “I was the owner of a company. You can’t hold Jeff Bezos responsible for one of his million Amazon delivery people. If he Pees on the lawn – and that’s basically what we’re talking about here.”

rape allegation

Joe Francis is not in jail at present. At various times, he has been convicted of tax evasion, bribery, false imprisonment, and has pleaded no contest to child abuse and prostitution.

The documentary details how a woman named Janelle alleged that Francis raped her.

The woman does not appear onscreen, and the account is relayed secondhand. However, Janelle has spoken out about the alleged incident In previous documentariesSuch as the 2022 TNT doc “Girls Gone Wild Exposed.”

Onscreen text states that Janelle filed a police report at that time, but did not press charges. The document details how Francis denied it at the time.

During the interview his voice can be heard saying to Kaul, “Trust me. By now, there would be many other girls saying that I raped them, if I had done it. I have never raped any woman. Sometimes. Or a man. Or a child.”

In the doc, former “Girls Gone Wild” cameraman Mark Schmitz alleges, “Joe has no boundaries of any kind with anyone, especially girls. I literally saw him lift up a girl’s shirt on tape It’s horrible to see that thing.

Francis alleged that he had only had sexual relations with consenting adult women.

francis doesn’t feel bad

Asked if she “felt bad” for the underage girls who were drunk and pressured to film nude scenes, Francis could be heard saying, “No, because I don’t. That he was victimized, he tortured me.”

Francis also said of the lasting cultural impact of “Girls Gone Wild” that “it loosened everything up.” I think it’s just…made for a more fun generation, I think it’s created, obviously, the ability to keep up with the Kardashians. And it did much more. More for everything, more for society, more for life.”

“Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.”

In leaked audio of a “Girls Gone Wild” staff training session in 2005, high-ranking employees can be heard instructing fellow employees to capture women in sexual acts on camera.

“We want to avoid what we see, which is just the camera goes on, the girl flashes the camera, the camera goes off, and that’s all we get. We go to the tape and it’s like, ‘This can’t be all we have,'” a man’s voice can be heard saying.

He added, “This is not what we want.” “We want a longer view.”

He can be heard instructing staff that if girls are shy or reluctant to undress or perform sexual acts on camera, “don’t take no for an answer.”

The cameramen of “Girls Gone Wild” were also reportedly told to “be aggressive” and “be persistent” if the girls were reluctant.

“Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story” is currently streaming on Peacock.