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Girls Gone Wild Founder Files Lawsuit
September 7th, 2008
Joe Francis, founder and CEO of Mantra Films, Inc., filed suit today in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that a federal judge worked in cahoots with opposing attorneys to extort a ransom for Francis' release from a Panama City, Florida jail cell. Today's filing grows out of a 2003 First Amendment battle Francis and his company fought with Panama City officials. Mantra Films is best known for the Girls Gone Wild lifestyle brand, an American pop culture phenomenon. In town to produce a show about the wild antics of college coeds at Panama City's traditional spring break debauch, Francis and his team were falsely accused of illegal activity. Court...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-09-07)
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