‘Girls Gone Wild’ Files Bankruptcy to Fight Vegas Debt

SilentPanda · Feb 28, 2013, 01:39 PM

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-0...egas-debt.html

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The company behind the “Girls Gone Wild” videos filed for bankruptcy to protect itself from a $10.3 million debt claimed by Steve Wynn’s Wynn Las Vegas LLC and a $5.8 million award won by a woman who says the company used naked images of her without permission.

Last year, Wynn and his company won a slander lawsuit against Joe Francis, founder of the “Girls Gone Wild” franchise, which features college-age women in reality TV-style shows focused on drinking, stripping and sex.

“The court finds that Francis made a knowing and intentional false and defamatory statement,” a Nevada judge ruled in April in awarding $7.5 million to Wynn and Wynn Las Vegas. Francis lied when he claimed he had proof that Wynn tricked high-end gamblers, the judge ruled.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...........

Fear not though. It looks like they are just doing it to reorganize.

ucfgrad93 · Feb 28, 2013, 05:24 PM

Joe Francis is a total scumbag.

palmharbor · Feb 28, 2013, 06:23 PM

Remember this guy is the former boyfriend of Paris Hilton
and broke into her house once....he got an MBA from USC
to envision his business and he discovered after 2 years in USC
grad school that "sex sells"...and he sold it and made so much money, the money possessed him to gamble and ignore his attorney's advice about who he put on video.
Next month he will be serving drinks at the conservative CPAC
convention and shinning Senator Rubio's shoes until they
match his shiny cuban teeth.

malman89 · Feb 28, 2013, 09:16 PM

It's just videos of girls getting naked. Rarely two girls might make out with one another. ZOMG! Shut up and take my money!... not.

Who actually buys that stuff? Not really compelling material or nothing everyone hasn't seen before.

rdowns · Mar 1, 2013, 06:32 AM

Scumbag Goes Bankrupt. Shrug.

Tomorrow · Mar 1, 2013, 07:52 AM

I'm surprised GGW wasn't bankrupted long ago. Surely by now teenage boys know they can find plenty of vids of girls flashing the camera for free on the internet? What's been keeping this company afloat all these years?

sim667 · Mar 1, 2013, 10:50 AM

As long as the brcc keeps going I'll be happy. GGW is ****

Will i get paid today?

Peace · Mar 1, 2013, 03:22 PM

Karma rocks don't it ?

MacNut · Mar 1, 2013, 11:06 PM

Wasn't Francis in jail for filming an underage girl.

Hugh · Mar 3, 2013, 06:51 PM

I don't remember where I saw it but there is a 'Guys gone wild' videos too. Before you ask, no I haven't seen it and was wondering if it was the same guy. :/

Hugh

Antares · Mar 5, 2013, 01:19 PM

Regardless of what you think of him on a personal level, you have to admire and appreciate the work he did to bring exposure to the going wild community.

Dagless · Mar 6, 2013, 04:01 AM

They'll just have to sell their assets.

wgnoyes · Mar 7, 2013, 09:51 AM

heh-heh. They'll end up in one of those holes in the desert as described by Joe Pesci in "Casino".

carlgo · Mar 7, 2013, 07:03 PM

HD naked young wiggly wanton girls in a natural setting...hard to hate that. Hope for the sake of future generations that this work is carried on, but with an age check please.

tekboi · Mar 10, 2013, 01:31 AM

Sucks. I was hoping to see them on my college campus sometime soon.

RoastingPig · Mar 23, 2013, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by sim667

As long as the brcc keeps going I'll be happy. GGW is ****

Image

Will i get paid today?

thats picture is hilarious

Feb 28, 2013, 06:23 PM	#3
palmharbor macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2007	Frances Remember this guy is the former boyfriend of Paris Hilton and broke into her house once....he got an MBA from USC to envision his business and he discovered after 2 years in USC grad school that "sex sells"...and he sold it and made so much money, the money possessed him to gamble and ignore his attorney's advice about who he put on video. Next month he will be serving drinks at the conservative CPAC convention and shinning Senator Rubio's shoes until they match his shiny cuban teeth.
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Feb 28, 2013, 09:16 PM	#4
malman89 macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Michigan	It's just videos of girls getting naked. Rarely two girls might make out with one another. ZOMG! Shut up and take my money!... not. Who actually buys that stuff? Not really compelling material or nothing everyone hasn't seen before. __________________ Late 2006 Model - 13.3" MacBook, 2 GHz C2D, 4 (3.3) GB RAM, 500 GB 7200rpm HD running OS X 10.5.8
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Tomorrow macrumors 603 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Always a day away	I'm surprised GGW wasn't bankrupted long ago. Surely by now teenage boys know they can find plenty of vids of girls flashing the camera for free on the internet? What's been keeping this company afloat all these years? __________________ I would scream just to be heard, as if yelling at the stars - I was bleeding just to feel. You would never say a word, kept me reaching in the dark - always something to conceal.
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Peace macrumors P6 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Space--The ONLY Frontier	Karma rocks don't it ?
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wgnoyes macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2011	heh-heh. They'll end up in one of those holes in the desert as described by Joe Pesci in "Casino".
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Mar 7, 2013, 07:03 PM	#14
carlgo macrumors 65832 Join Date: Dec 2006	HD naked young wiggly wanton girls in a natural setting...hard to hate that. Hope for the sake of future generations that this work is carried on, but with an age check please.
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Mar 10, 2013, 01:31 AM	#15
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