a new low for that 'human' called joe francis

as far as i can tell this is REAL.
from kevin underhill at lowering the bar
(by the way, i'm subscribing to his blog feed simply because i loved the bio he wrote for himself)


defendant gone wild
"He has put a lot of this foolish behavior behind him," said Joe Francis's lawyer in 2007, but guess what? He had plenty left. Back then, Mr. Francis, who some of you may know as the purveyor of "Girls Gone Wild" videos, was about to do a month in jail on contempt charges for yelling obscenities during a mediation. His lawyer was suggesting that Francis had turned over a new leaf, but that has now been called into question.............

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Francis showed up late, failed to produce documents, and then, once the questioning started, seemed to experience a severe decline in brain function, operating well below even the Francis baseline. The cynical magistrate suspected Francis of faking, of course, charging that he was simply "pretend[ing] not to know the meaning of common words to avoid [giving] a straight answer." True, these were words that Francis certainly should know the meaning of by now, like "felony" and "jail":

Q. Have you ever been convicted of a felony?

A. I don't understand what that means.

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Q. You don't understand what being a convicted felon is?

A. No. Can you explain it to me?

Q. Did you serve any time in jail?

A. What do you mean "serve"?

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Q. Do you know what a prisoner is?

A. No....................

found via cory at boing boing