Joe Francis Accuses Judge of Shakedown

gonzo · 03-26-2008

WWW- "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis is claiming that a federal judge is teaming up with a former law partner to target him for retribution.

Francis says U.S. District Judge Richard Smoak is behind a new lawsuit filed last week accusing him of soliciting minors to participate in sexually provocative videos.

The lawsuit was filed last week by Ross McCloy on behalf of his clients who say they were 17, 16, 15, and 13 when they were approached to be in "Girls Gone Wild" videos. McCloy is the former law partner of Judge Smoak.

It was Judge Smoak who put Francis in jail when settlement negotiations broke down when Francis lost his temper. McCloy was the lead attorney on that lawsuit also.

Calling the latest lawsuit "Shakedown Part 2," Francis said Judge Smoak should have recused himself from the previous case.

"We asked three times for the judge to recuse himself in front of his ex-law partner and he refused," Francis told reporters. "This is America and we are not going to let that happen again. We are not going to let them put me in jail for a civil suit."

TheEnforcer · 03-26-2008

Gotta side with Joe on this one. No judge should preside over a trial that is brought to his or her court by their former law partner. That's a HUGE conflict of interest. If he's guilty he should lose the suit but he also deserves a fair trial and getting fair rulings from a judge who was partners with the opposing attorney sure doesn't seem likely.

RawAlex · 03-26-2008

I have to say that it sounds more like Joe Francis trying to deflect from the real issue, that there may be significant numbers of underage performers on video, or at least who have been approached to "appear" in the GGW videos.

pornlaw · 03-26-2008

Conflict on the Judges part however, he doesnt have to recuse himself. Though, it may give Francis a solid reason to appeal. It depends on how the Judge handles himself during trial.

But I suspect no one would really care for Francis, no matter who presided over the trial.

Michael

www.AdultBizLaw.com

tony404 · 03-26-2008

There are so many girl who would do ggw that are overage its so dumb.

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TheEnforcer Scored VIP to Anton's Piss Tank Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,781	Re: Joe Francis Accuses Judge of Shakedown Gotta side with Joe on this one. No judge should preside over a trial that is brought to his or her court by their former law partner. That's a HUGE conflict of interest. If he's guilty he should lose the suit but he also deserves a fair trial and getting fair rulings from a judge who was partners with the opposing attorney sure doesn't seem likely.

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RawAlex Members $100 for every ImLive sign-up Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,036	Re: Joe Francis Accuses Judge of Shakedown I have to say that it sounds more like Joe Francis trying to deflect from the real issue, that there may be significant numbers of underage performers on video, or at least who have been approached to "appear" in the GGW videos. __________________ Let's go to the edge of disaster Push the pedal and go a little faster Let's slam into a wall at ramming speed Let's go to the edge of a mountain Jump off and lets start countin' Hit the ground and tell me if it bleeds

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pornlaw Future BROmaster Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 266	Re: Joe Francis Accuses Judge of Shakedown Conflict on the Judges part however, he doesnt have to recuse himself. Though, it may give Francis a solid reason to appeal. It depends on how the Judge handles himself during trial. But I suspect no one would really care for Francis, no matter who presided over the trial. Michael www.AdultBizLaw.com

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tony404 Members Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 926	Re: Joe Francis Accuses Judge of Shakedown There are so many girl who would do ggw that are overage its so dumb. __________________ www.creamycandy.com yum yum.