Is Joe Francis behind Paris Exposed? A celebitchy investigation (update)

You probably already heard that Joe Francis was on Howard Stern yesterday and talked a lot of crap, at Howard’s expected urging, about the famous women he’d slept with. He said Paris gave the best BJ, and according to people who listened to the show he claimed that Tara Reid was the worst in bed because she made him wear a condom. The recap on the Howard Stern website is cleaned up a bit and just mentions that Joe said Paris was the best in bed.

What’s revealing about the Howard Stern recap is that a tired, probably high Joe references the Paris Exposed site several times and urges people to go there:

Joe claimed he wasn’t happy that the Paris tapes were released, but both Howard and Robin thought he was behind their release. However, Joe promised that wasn’t the case and was planning on suing the tapes’ distributors. Joe went on to say the man behind the tapes tried to extort him for $7 million, and, when he refused to pay that, he then released the videos. Joe also noted he owned the copyright to the tapes, so, even if they were released, he thought he should be getting money from them.

Joe then acknowledged he had sex with Paris, but denied he was ever with Lindsay Lohan. As Joe again began fading out, Howard informed him he was “a sh*tty interview” this morning, but he responded it was because of his phone connection, not that he didn’t want to talk…

Joe continued to claim he wasn’t looking to make any money off the Paris videos, but wanted to stop them from being sold instead.

When Howard asked Joe who “the best” sexual partner he’s ever had was, he named Paris. Joe proceeded to suggest people visit the Website to watch his video so they could see how “good” she was themselves. This led Howard to point out that Joe had referenced the site a number of times during the interview, which he thought was another sign that Joe was behind it. However, Joe again denied any ties to the site.

So, he name-drops the site repeatedly, which is suspicious, but that might just mean that he still wants to cash in on the free publicity and that all this went down like Paris and Joe claim. Or does it?

I did a whois on the Domain ParisExposed.com, and it was registered way back in November, 2003.

Registrar: KEY-SYSTEMS GMBH
Whois Server: whois.rrpproxy.net
Referral URL: http://www.key-systems.net
Name Server: NS1.LEASEWEB.NL
Name Server: NS5.LEASEWEB.NL
Name Server: NS4.LEASEWEB.NET
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Updated Date: 30-jan-2007
Creation Date: 07-nov-2003
Expiration Date: 07-nov-2008

Those registration names just seem to be general registration companies that cannot be traced to the real creators of the domain, and it looks like there’s a privacy block on the domain. I did whois searches on Joe’s professional sites, including his business Mantra Entertainment at Mantraent.com and Girls Gone Wild at girlsgonewild.com, and there’s no connection between the dates or companies used to register the site.

Now, who would register the domain way back in 2003 if it wasn’t Joe? Wasn’t that when he was dating Paris?

If these people acquired Paris’ stuff recently, wouldn’t they pick a domain name that they wouldn’t have to buy off someone else, like ParisHiltonsMemories.com or ParisPrivateStuff.com or something?

There is a real lawsuit available through the Smoking Gun website, in which Paris files suit against the supposed people who created this site, Bardia Persia, who is said to have paid about $2,700 for the contents of the storage locker, and Nabil and Nabila Haniss, who are said to have paid Persia a whopping $10 million for the stuff and to have created the Paris Exposed site.

If you do a Google search for Bardia Persia, Nabila Haniss, and Nabile Haniss, there are next to no results if Paris and ParisExposed.com are filtered out.

Google search for: +”Nabil Haniss” -“Parisexposed.com” -“paris” : No Results
Google search for: +”Nabila Haniss” -“Parisexposed.com” -“paris” : 3 Results about Paris
Google search for: +”Bardia Persia” -“Parisexposed.com” -“paris” : No Results

If these people were totally savvy enough to buy all of Paris’ stuff and sell it online, don’t you think they’d have some other online information about them? They created this whole slick website. If they really exist, there would be some kind of Internet history available. Also, how did Francis find out their names? There’s no name attached to the domain at all.

The main thing that blows this whole “Paris was violated” story out of the window is the fact that the domain was registered in November, 2003!

Joe Francis made his dubious fortune through the subscription Girls Gone Wild videos. Of course he would try to profit from Paris’ stuff using a similar subscription model, and she’s undoubtedly perhaps behind it too.

In case you’re still skeptical, check out the near-identical wording on the Girls Gone Wild website and a recent e-mail sent to Paris Exposed subscribers

From Joe Francis’ Girls Gone Wild Website:

Q: What do I see if I join?

A: You will have full access to hundreds of video clips, thousands of photo sets, and live video streaming. Plus, you can see exclusive web content that’s too hot for any of our regular video titles! Membership is a great deal. Click here to join now.

Looking for the Ultimate Rush? How about the hottest college coeds and the sexiest girl-on-girl action you’ll find anywhere?

From an e-mail sent to Paris Exposed subscribers:

Thank you for joining ParisExposed.com, home of the Most Exclusive Content on the HOTTEST Celebrity of our time.

The Paris Exposed Website and its alternate IP, which was mailed to subscribers on Monday, are currently down.

Update: Thanks to commentor no-one for pointing out that people on the some adult webmaster forums were talking about this. The domain was legitimately sold to someone back in November of last year, and a commentor who seems like a well-known adult webmaster on that board mentions that he’s been getting flack for selling the ParisExposed domain that he originally owned.

As for who is behind it, I haven’t yet found the thread speculating on that. There are several threads about potential affiliate programs that the commentors say seem too good to be true.

It’s also possible that the wording that is so similar on the girlsgonewild and Paris Exposed material is just common terminology that is used in the adult web business.

I’m still not convinced, and I’ll keep looking to see if I can find more information on it.

Of course the site has been shut down now by judicial order, but it’s still possible that Joe Francis is silent business partners with these guys. Let me know if you have any more details.

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  1. Vivian says:

    The domain parisexposed.com belonged to someone and he sold it for $500 to whoever created parisexposed.com.

    lots of people buy random domain and hope that someone will buy it off them for hundreds or thousands, so i don’t think joe bought parisexposed.

  2. Mandi says:

    nice observations… is the site visually set up like GGW?

  3. celebitchy says:

    No, and I did eyeball the design on both the Girls Gone Wild and his business sites. I wanted to check out the source on ParisExposed to see if they use some of the same javascript or naming conventions, but it’s down so that will have to wait.

  4. Other Karen says:

    I wouldn’t put it pass him. I don’t think she had anything to do with it though.

  5. Toubrouk says:

    Another funny thing: Everybody remembers the “Infamous” sex tape make by Paris? It was released in 2004. Maybe that, instead of doing a website, someone chose to release it on DVD.

    Make sense or I am way out there?

  6. gavin says:

    whatever the story is here, I REALLY appreciate your investigative journalism. MOst reporters these days are just birds on a wire. Noone seems to really look into anything with such depth. I for one love the Celebitchy exclusive investigation.

  7. I think you’re absolutely correct about this one, and Joe Francis is a COMPLETE scumbag. I’m not sure if Paris is in on this or not, but from all indications, he most definitely is responsible for this.

  8. Anonymous says:

    well that’s some pretty interesting research, celebitchy.
    i just cant imagine that paris would want all of this to become public. i think that joe francis is a slick charming rapist. i hate that asshole and id like to see him taken down.

  9. aneurysm says:

    celebitchy, this really is a fantastic blog.

  10. Maritime says:

    How old is this Joe loser? Seriously, bragging on Howard Stern about the sexual specialties of barely legal girls. Gross, what a Scumbag.

  11. JaneSays says:

    I love it. Good job on this one. Nothing this insipid, lizardesque piece of shit does surprises me and I’d fully expect that he had something to do with the site. The Stern interview was a less than sublte attempt to play the site up. Either he secretly hates Paris (who he claims has been “victimized once again” by this) by going on Stern and even mentioning her in a sexual way or he’s just sitting home laughing at how much he’s made in the last couple of weeks. Here’s hoping that once his cover is blown, one of those coke-covered dude’s friends will give him the ultimate bump! He’s such a piss poor excuse of a human…

  12. Boycott Paris Hilton says:

    Boycott Paris Hilton and the Hilton empire.

  13. lealers says:

    I just googled “joe francis” and found this article…intresting!
    http://radarmagazine.com/magazine/features/2005/11/the-hustler-the-heiress-and-the-softporn-king.php

  14. Nadjah says:

    Well, that’s some interesting shit!
    I totally believe that Joe is behind all this. It’s just so sad that Paris didn’t choose her boyfriends better when she was younger and I’m so sad that she was so stupid that she didn’t know the difference between being admired and being used. Joe is an asshole.

    But I have to say anyway that it has been very very interesting to see all these Paris’ stuff and pictures even though she must be so ashamed. But I still like her, she will get over this :).

  15. k says:

    How can anyone like that girl? She was an adult using very derogatory words about almost everyone. I cannot stomach a spoiled, rich girl, that does so many drugs that she has no idea whether she is coming or going. Like Isaiah Washington, she should be held responsible for her actions.

  16. no-one says:

    Go to gofuckyourself.com

    It’s an adult webmasters board. Find the thread called ‘who is behind the Paris site’ in the top section (called program discussion etc)

    They know more then us!

    It might be a long search since that board is huge, lots of traffic. I’d do it for you but I don’t have the time right now. You should look around the dates when this story first broke, I think 2 or 1 week(s) ago?

    Very interesting to read from another viewpoint.

  17. celebitchy says:

    Thanks no-one! Great information! I have been digging a bit and could not find that exact thread, but the domain was really sold by a guy who comments there. I updated the post. I really appreciate this information.

  18. neelyo says:

    What does Paris endorse that can be boycotted? I am writing to E! and telling them that if they show SIMPLE LIFE again, I will no longer watch. The only way people will learn this is unacceptable is if the public tells them so. Paris needs to be brought down. Sick to death of seeing her.

  19. hillser says:

    what has joe done to all you people to hate him so much?

    so he got rich filming drunk girls and selling it -paid the fines for the underage mistakes – i dont get it
    why is he so bad? from other porn producers? vivid video etc etc all of em
    I like porn for the record

  20. C says:

    I am never staying at a Hilton hotel again. People should boycott the Hilton hotels. That’s where she got her money in the first place.

  21. sprinkles says:

    to hillser:

    well aside from being an all around general asshole, he also rapes barely legal girls. http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/west/la-tm-gonewild32aug06,0,2664370.story

  22. ryan says:

    to hillser,
    i love porn probably more than most and love the look of most of the girls in the girls gone wild videos but the difference is that jenna jameson wakes up with a paycheck and the memory of clearing chosing to go to work and fuck. these girls are drunk, maybe high, and get a t-shirt. if your daughter chose to do porn, i would hope that would be a dissappointment. now if she got hammered and had lesbian sex for a t-shirt and the next day was awash with regret and remorse, would you be mad at her or the guy that talked her out of her drunk panties?

  23. Boycott Paris Hilton and the Hilton empire.