TheĀ much belovedĀ & much hated company behind those funĀ Girls Gone Wild videos has been fined a whopping $1.6 million.Ā Ā Mantra Films,Ā Inc. was fined after releasing DVDsĀ featuringĀ underage girls, well, going wild.
MatraĀ FilmsĀ was found guilty of getting an eye-full of two 17-year-oldĀ during spring break 2004.Ā According toĀ founder Joe Francis, the girls lied about their ages & thus he went onĀ with the filming & the DVD release.Ā ButĀ Judge Richard Smoak didn’t fall for that lineĀ of thinking, stating,Ā “It does not take a very brave man to go out and corner a girl in the middle of spring break who had four drinks.”
You tell me- What do you make of the Girls Gone Wild franchise?
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