L.A. Times Profile of "Girls Gone Wild" Impressario and Slimeball Joe Francis

There was a fascinating article last week in West, the Los Angeles Times magazine, on Joe Francis, the slimey entrepeneur and impressario behind the "Girls Gone Wild" series of amateur soft-porn DVDs you see advertised on cable channels late at night. According the to article titled "Baby, Give Me a Kiss," Francis assaulted Claire Hoffman, the L.A. Times journalist who wrote the piece. The article generally paints a portrait of Joe Francis that makes him seem like a guy with a majorly high asshole-quotient ("AQ"). But that's not as surprising as his reported behavior and his treatment of women in general and of Hoffman during her interviews with Francis. What is also surprising is that he's been associated with Paris Hilton from time to time ... er, wait ... Paris Hilton? Well, actually, that really isn't suprising, is it?

Posted by Thurston Ali at August 17, 2006 03:17 AM