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Some people are so delusional that it’s sad, like Britney Spears thinking she’s not crazy and/or a good mother. Then others are so delusional that it’s funny. Case in point: Joe Francis says that his incarceration is “One of the Greatest Miscarriages of Justice Ever.” I’ll wait while you stop choking with laughter. The man who got famous getting girls drunk and filming their boobies landed in jail last May when he decided he should make millions but not have to pay taxes on it. And you know what that is? That’s a miscarriage of justice! How dare Joe Francis be held to the same standards as the rest of us? It’s an outrage! Poor Joe! He only has a view of a 7-11. A 7-11 he can’t even go to. Can you believe that if you break the law, the government will actually take your freedom away? What is wrong with the world? [Shakes fists at the Heavens].
He attended lavish parties, dated Paris Hilton and counted Brad Pitt and Justin Timberlake as fans of his Girls Gone Wild franchise. But times have changed for Joe Francis — the 34-year-old, self-made multimillionaire. Since May, he’s been cooped up in a 12×7 cell at Reno’s Washoe County Jail for tax evasion charges.
“I can’t look out the window,” he tells Extra in an interview, airing Monday. “The only thing I can see is the 7-11 across the street, that’s too depressing for me. I try not the think about anything on the outside.” Francis could pay his $1.5 million bond as he awaits a federal trial slated for next year. But then he would face extradition to Florida, where he was jailed for a month in April for contempt of court in a civil suit brought by seven women who alleged they were underage when he shot them for his raunchy videos. (The federal charges had superceded the civil ones.) A judge refuses to grant him bail.
“I’m being persecuted by people in Florida, corrupt city officials, who’re pissed off at me for asserting my First Amendment right against them,” he told Extra. Francis compared himself to Hustler’s Larry Flynt, adding, “I’m obviously the target because I’m the figurehead of the company … I’m being persecuted for my stance on the First Amendment.”
[From Us Weekly]
Joe I think they’re pissed off at you for asserting that you don’t need to follow the same laws as everyone else. It has nothing to do with freedom of speech or desire to film a lot of boobies. Film away, asshat. But pay your taxes on it. Seriously, few things give me more satisfaction than knowing exactly what’s happening to you in prison right now as we speak. You know what else is a miscarriage of justice Joe? I’m going to go outside now. Because I can. And then I’m going to go to 7-11, and instead of just looking at it, I’m going to go inside and get a Slurpee. And I’m going to drink it, and relish the fact that you can’t. And then I’m going to go walk 13 feet without having to turn around, and relish the fact that you can’t do that, either. Hope you like prison nipples!

Written by JayBird
Posted in Jail, Joe Francis, Legal Troubles
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He attended lavish parties, dated Paris Hilton and counted Brad Pitt and Justin Timberlake as fans of his Girls Gone Wild franchise. But times have changed for Joe Francis — the 34-year-old, self-made multimillionaire. Since May, he’s been cooped up in a 12×7 cell at Reno’s Washoe County Jail for tax evasion charges.
