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The Girls Gone Wild franchise, created by Joseph R. Francis, is a series by the production company Mantra Films, Inc. Girls Gone Wild videos usually involve a camera crew patrolling a party-heavy area frequented by young adults in search of attractive young women who agree to expose their bodies for the camera, usually in exchange for a tank top and sometimes short pants. Joseph R "Joe" Francis born April 1, 1973, to Raymond and Maria Francis is the founder of Mantra Films Inc A party is a Social gathering for Celebration and Recreation. A sleeveless shirt, tank top or singlet (or sometimes Vest) is a Shirt manufactured without Sleeves or one where the sleeves This involves exposure of breasts and/or buttocks and genitals, sometimes further removal of clothing, and sometimes the camera crew following a group of girls back to a hotel or other location and taping them engaging in additional sexual activities/intercourse. The breast is the upper Ventral region of an animal’s Torso, particularly that of Mammals including Human beings. The buttocks (singular buttock) are rounded portions of the anatomy located on the posterior of the Pelvic region of the Apes including Humans A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, as narrowly defined is any of the anatomical parts of the body which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute

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Background

The videos have themes such as Girls Gone Wild: Ultimate Spring Break or Girls Gone Wild: Sexy Sorority Sweethearts and are marketed to young adult men. They are chiefly sold via television mail order and are frequently advertised on late-night television infomercials, with a brief "warning" message as a disclaimer before the commercial begins. Mail order is a term which describes the Buying of goods or services by Mail delivery Infomercials (or informercials are Television commercials that run for one minute or for as long as a typical Television program

In some states in the U. S. , exposing oneself in a public area is a criminal offense defined by state law as indecent exposure, public lewdness, or sexual misconduct, etc. A public space refers to an area or place that is open and accessible to all citizens regardless of Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Age or See also Public indecency, Exhibitionism Indecent exposure is the deliberate exposure by a person of a portion or portions of his or her own body under One notable exception is New York, where the Court of Appeals held in 1992 that the state constitution's equal protection provision allows women to go topless in any public area where men also have that right. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in the US state of New York. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) [1] However, whereas toplessness in itself may not be grounds for arrest, many of the women featured in Girls Gone Wild commit other acts in public that may be considered lewd and therefore culpable to criminal prosecution.

Women who expose themselves in this manner have no expectation of privacy; moreover, GGW staff members claim they get every flasher to sign a model release. Expectation of privacy is a concept which is crucial in the defining of the scope of the applicability of Privacy laws A subjective expectation of privacy is an A model release, known in similar contexts as a liability waiver, is a legal document typically signed by the subject of a Photograph granting permission to publish [2] The legal effect of these factors has resulted in a waiver of some women and girls' rights to bring a lawsuit against GGW. In law a lawsuit is a civil action brought before a Court in which the party commencing the action the Plaintiff, seeks a legal or equitable remedy Girls Gone Wild was recently cited as an example of "sexualization" (number 23) on USA Today's list of the "25 Trends that Changed America". USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. [3]

Legal action

The franchise has become so successful in recent years that several knockoff videos emerged bearing the "Girls Gone Wild" name. These videos lack any other apparent connection to the franchise; for instance, they lack the typical stylized intro and on-camera narration from the show's producers, and contain no end credits of any kind—thus, they also do not contain the Mantra Entertainment logo. These particular videos have crews that will patrol the festivals in locations such as Mardi Gras or Las Vegas claiming to be affiliated with Girls Gone Wild, even distributing convincing Girls Gone Wild t-shirts. " Mardi Gras " ( French for Fat Tuesday) is the day before Ash Wednesday. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally Videos compiled from the use of this technique have been released, at least via the Internet. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks Also Wild Party Girls and several other knockoffs have used the Girls Gone Wild formula with only minor aesthetic changes.

On December 16, 2003, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Mantra Films, Inc. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department The Federal Trade Commission ( FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act , and its sole officer and director Joseph R. Francis, seeking civil penalties for violations of previous Commission determinations concerning unfair and deceptive acts or practices and consumer redress. Joseph R "Joe" Francis born April 1, 1973, to Raymond and Maria Francis is the founder of Mantra Films Inc Violations of previous Commission determinations that an act or practice is unfair or deceptive and unlawful carry a civil penalty of up to $11,000 per violation. The Commission’s complaint alleges that since December 2000, Mantra and Francis deceptively marketed Girls Gone Wild videos and DVDs to consumers, automatically shipped these unordered videos and DVDs to consumers, and charged consumers for them without consumers’ consent. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is [4]

On July 30, 2004, the FTC announced a stipulated court order under which the sellers of "Girls Gone Wild" DVDs and videos would pay nearly $1. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " 1 million as combined consumer redress and a civil penalty and will be barred from a wide range of activities detailed in a complaint the U. S. Department of Justice filed on behalf of the FTC in late 2003. According to the FTC, the defendants marketed "Girls Gone Wild" DVDs and videos as part of continuity programs that resulted in monthly shipments of DVDs or videos to consumers who did not agree to receive them. [5]

On September 12, 2006, Francis pleaded guilty to federal charges of failing to document the ages of young women engaging in sexual acts in the videos, as federal law requires. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. There was a plea agreement, part of which required Francis to pay $2. 1 million: a $500,000 fine and $1. 6 million in restitution. [6] A 2006 episode of Law & Order explored some of the controversy with Girls Gone Wild, using a fictional organization with similar practices. Law & Order is an American Police procedural and Legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf.

On December 13, 2006, the U. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. S. Department of Justice announced that Mantra Films had been sentenced to pay $1. 6 million in criminal fines for failing to create and maintain age and identity records for films it produced, and that the “package agreement” between the government and Mantra Films, MRA Holdings, LLC, and Joe Francis required a public acknowledgment of criminal wrongdoing, a pledge of cooperation with the government in future investigations, full compliance with the record keeping laws, and payment of a total of $2. 1 million in fines and restitution. [7][8]

On January 22, 2007, Francis was scheduled to be sentenced on similar offenses in U. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. S. District Court in Los Angeles. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West [9] Under a three-year deferred prosecution agreement, MRA Holdings, LLC, is to employ an independent outside monitor to ensure that the company complies with federal laws. [10] In January 2007, Circuit Judge Dedee Costello in Pensacola, Florida dropped most of the charges against Francis [11] claiming that "the evidence did not support the allegations. . . " However, the remaining felony counts charge that Francis and the company used and conspired to use minors in sexual performances, charges which carry a combined maximum penalty of 40 years in prison. Two misdemeanor counts which also remain charge Francis and the company with prostitution. [12]

On April 28, 2008, Ashley Dupré filed a $10 million civil lawsuit[13] against Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis and 3 other defendants accusing them of unjust enrichment, federal trademark violations under the Lanham Act, false advertising and unjust enrichment under Florida state law. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Ashley Rae Maika DiPietro (born Ashley Youmans April 30 1985 is best known as the woman at the center of the Eliot Joseph R "Joe" Francis born April 1, 1973, to Raymond and Maria Francis is the founder of Mantra Films Inc The Lanham (Trademark Act (title 15 chapter 22 of the United States Code) is a piece of legislation that contains the federal statutes of Trademark law in the Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the

Use of footage of Ashley Dupré from 2003

On March 19, 2008, Girls Gone Wild offered video of Ashley Dupré, the call girl connected with the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal, on its website, which the company had discovered in its archives. Ashley Rae Maika DiPietro (born Ashley Youmans April 30 1985 is best known as the woman at the center of the Eliot The began on March 10, 2008, when The New York Times reported that Democratic New York Governor Eliot Spitzer [14] Dupré's lawyer said that Dupré was only 17 at the time the footage was taken. [15] "All nude images of Ms. Dupré were taken in public places and contain no sexual contact. In Florida, where Ms. Dupré was filmed, the law allows even women under the age of 18 to be filmed nude with their consent," company founder Francis said. [16]

On April 28, 2008, Ashley Dupré filed a $10 million lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis, Cyrus Koewing, Mantra Films, MRA Holdings, LLC, alleging violations of the Lanham Act and Florida state law. Ashley Rae Maika DiPietro (born Ashley Youmans April 30 1985 is best known as the woman at the center of the Eliot Joseph R "Joe" Francis born April 1, 1973, to Raymond and Maria Francis is the founder of Mantra Films Inc The Lanham (Trademark Act (title 15 chapter 22 of the United States Code) is a piece of legislation that contains the federal statutes of Trademark law in the [17] The lawsuit charges, in part, that the Dupré was a victim of cybersquatting when the defendants registered and using internet domains containing her name in them to sell DVDs and videos. Cybersquatting, according to the United States federal law known as the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, is registering trafficking in or using a domain name with The suit also charges that defendants purportedly engaged in false advertising by claiming Dupré could be seen in lascivious and sexually-oriented materials when, in fact, she was not in them.

References in culture

A parody of Girls Gone Wild was featured in the show Arrested Development, titled "Girls with Low Self Esteem". This was a recurring reference for Spring Break episodes.

List of Girls Gone Wild videos

  1. Best of Girls Gone Wild
  2. Girls Gone Wild: Best of On Tour (four volumes)
  3. Girls Gone Wild: Best of Ultimate Spring Break
  4. Girls Gone Wild: College Co-Eds
  5. Girls Gone Wild: Daddy's Little Girls
  6. Girls Gone Wild: Endless Spring Break (fourteen volumes)
  7. Girls Gone Wild: Extreme (four volumes)
  8. Girls Gone Wild: Extreme Orgy (three volumes)
  9. Girls Gone Wild: Finally 18!
  10. Girls Gone Wild: Girl Power (twelve volumes)
  11. Girls Gone Wild: Island Orgy
  12. Girls Gone Wild: Mardi Gras Invasion
  13. Girls Gone Wild: On Campus (three volumes)
  14. Girls Gone Wild: On Tour (eight volumes)
  15. Girls Gone Wild: Sexes Up Las Vegas
  16. Girls Gone Wild: Sex Starved College Girls (ten volumes)
  17. Girls Gone Wild: Sexy Sorority Sweethearts (two volumes)
  18. Girls Gone Wild (1998)
  19. Girls Gone Wild: Best of Mardi Gras (2000)
  20. Girls Gone Wild: Best of Spring Break (2000)
  21. Girls Gone Wild: College Girls Exposed (two volumes) (2000)
  22. Girls Gone Wild: Totally Exposed, Uncensored and Beyond (twelve volumes) (2000)
  23. Girls Gone Wild: Spring Break 2k1
  24. Girls Gone Wild: Mardi Gras 2k1
  25. Girls Gone Wild: Spring Break 2k2
  26. Girls Gone Wild: Mardi Gras 2k2
  27. Girls Gone Wild: Funkin' at Freaknik (2002)
  28. Girls Gone Wild: Wet T-Shirt Strip Off (2002)
  29. Girls Gone Wild: Divas of Daytona (2002)
  30. Girls Gone Wild: Doggy Style (hosted by Snoop Dogg) (2002)
  31. Girls Gone Wild: Dormroom Fantasies (nine volumes) (2002)
  32. Girls Gone Wild: Craziest Frat Parties (2002)
  33. Girls Gone Wild: Forbidden Spring Break (2002)
  34. Girls Gone Wild: Ultimate Spring Break (eight volumes) (2002–2003)
  35. Girls Gone Wild: Beach Babes (three volumes) (2002–2005)
  36. Girls Gone Wild: The Seized Video (2003)
  37. Girls Gone Wild: Road Trip (2003)
  38. Girls Gone Wild: Use of footage of Ashley Dupré from 2003
  39. Girls Gone Wild: Mardi Gras 2k3
  40. Girls Gone Wild: Mardi Gras 2k4
  41. Girls Gone Wild: Spring Break 2k4
  42. Girls Gone Wild: Spring Break 2005
  43. Girls Gone Wild: America Uncovered with Doug Stanhope (2005)
  44. Girls Gone Wild: Co-Ed Tryouts (three volumes) (2005)
  45. Girls Gone Wild: Games (2005)
  46. Girls Gone Wild: Girls Who Like Girls (2005)
  47. Girls Gone Wild: Canada (2005)
  48. Girls Gone Wild: Best of Endless Spring Break (four volumes) (2005-2006)
  49. Girls Gone Wild: Best of Girl Power (four volumes) (2005–2006)
  50. Girls Gone Wild: All New Dormroom Fantasies (two volumes) (2005, 2007)
  51. Girls Gone Wild: Bad Girls (two volumes) (2005, 2008)
  52. Girls Gone Wild Presents Bubba Sparxxx Charmed Life Tour (2006)
  53. Girls Gone Wild: Behind Closed Doors (2006)
  54. Girls Gone Wild: Bubba Sparxxx XXX Tour (2006)
  55. Girls Gone Wild: Extreme Sex (2006)
  56. Girls Gone Wild: First Timers (three volumes) (2006)
  57. Girls Gone Wild: Freshman Orientation (four volumes) (2006)
  58. Girls Gone Wild: Horny School Girls (2006)(seven volumes)
  59. Girls Gone Wild: My 18th Birthday (2006)
  60. Girls Gone Wild: Rocks America (2006)
  61. Girls Gone Wild: Spring Break Sex Riot (2006)
  62. Girls Gone Wild: Sweet Young Sex Maniacs (2006)
  63. Girls Gone Wild: Ultimate Rush (2006)
  64. Girls Gone Wild: Ultimate Sex Rush (2006)
  65. Girls Gone Wild: Wildest Sex Ever (2006)
  66. Girls Gone Wild: Best of Blondes (two volumes) (2006, 2007)
  67. Girls Gone Wild: Wild World (2007)
  68. Girls Gone Wild: Wildest Bar in America (2007)
  69. Girls Gone Wild: Spring Break 2007
  70. Girls Gone Wild: Girls on Girls (2007)
  71. Girls Gone Wild: Celebrity Look-A-Likes (2007)
  72. Girls Gone Wild: All New College Girls Exposed (six volumes) (2007)
  73. Girls Gone Wild: Baby Bash Uncensored Tour (2007)
  74. Girls Gone Wild: Before They Were Stars (2008)
  75. Girls Gone Wild: Finally 18 (2008)
  76. Girls Gone Wild: Finger Me (2008)

See also

References

  1. ^ NY v Santorelli
  2. ^ Wild Thing: Inside the "Girls Gone Wild" empire
  3. ^ USA Today, 25 Trends That Changed America, 3/27/2007
  4. ^ Sellers of ‘Girls Gone Wild’ Videos Charged with Deceptive Practices
  5. ^ Sellers of ‘Girls Gone Wild’ Videos to Pay $1.1 Million to Settle Charges of Unauthorized Shipping and Billing. Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr (born October 20 1971 His mother nicknamed him " Snoopy " as a child because of the way he dressed and because of his love of Douglas Gene Stanhope (born March 25, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian who currently lives in the small U Warren Anderson Mathis (born March 6,1977 known by his stage name Bubba Sparxxx, is an American Southern rapper. Warren Anderson Mathis (born March 6,1977 known by his stage name Bubba Sparxxx, is an American Southern rapper. Ronnie Ray Bryant (born on October 18, 1975 in Vallejo California, U Although the implications of each may overlap in special circumstances generally exhibitionism is not to be confused with Indecent exposure.
  6. ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=2723150&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
  7. ^ ‘Girls Gone Wild’ Company Sentenced to Pay $1.6 Million in Fines in Sexual Exploitation Case
  8. ^ "Girls Gone Wild" producer given community service
  9. ^ ‘Girls Gone Wild’ Sentenced to Pay $1.6 Million
  10. ^ Deferred Prosecution Agreement, Stipulation of Fact, Public Statement of Joseph Francis, and Films Subject to the Agreement
  11. ^ Associated Press, January 5, 2007" Judge Drops Most Charges Against 'Girls Gone Wild' Producer Joe Francis"
  12. ^ http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/01-05-2007/d4a3000f070c0a8e.html
  13. ^ Spitzer Call Girl Ashley Alexandra Dupre sues Girls Gone Wild
  14. ^ Associated Press. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio "Spitzer escort's 'Girls Gone Wild' videos surface", CNN. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner com. Retrieved on 2008-03-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor  
  15. ^ TMZ (2008-03-19). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Ashley Dupre Gone "Wild" -- Legal or Jailbait?. Retrieved on 2008-03-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
  16. ^ Photos show woman identified as Ashley Dupre at 'Girls Gone Wild' party - - OrlandoSentinel.com
  17. ^ FindLaw. Spitzer Call Girl Ashley Alexandra Dupre sues Girls Gone Wild. FindLaw. FindLawcom is a free legal information Web portal owned by Thomson Reuters. Retrieved on 2008-04-29. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.

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