Joe Francis, the creator of “Girls Gone Wild”, was recently interviewed about his court case, in which charges were leveled against him by three women who say he imprisoned them in his home and threatened them after getting into a violent altercation with one of them. In the interview, he calls the jurors who found him guilty “retarded” and says they should be put in jail. <\/p>\n
\u201cI want that jury to know that each and every one of you are mentally f\u2013ing retarded and you should be euthanized because, as Darwin said, you have naturally selected yourself,\u201d he said<\/a>. \u201cYou are the weakest members of the herd. Goodbye! And if that jury wants to convict me because I didn\u2019t show up, which is the only reason why they did, then, you know, they should all be lined up and shot!\u201d<\/p>\n While Francis is no stranger to controversy<\/a>, many thought he’d gone too far…including one of the jurors, who responded to Francis’ rant with a letter to Gawker<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a little bizarre to have someone looking into a camera and suggesting you be shot, even if he has no idea what I look like since he never showed up at the trial. If anything, it reaffirms the decision we came to \u2014 unanimously, of course, after only about a day and half of deliberations \u2014 as one of the charges was directly related to the vague (and no so vague) threats he made against the victim he assaulted to keep her from filing a police report. I\u2019m just thinking about all the nice, salt-of-the-earth people on that jury that Joe Francis is suggesting be shot. There were some older, middle-aged, retired women. There were four middle-aged men. Some women were in their 30\u2032s. All different races. I was the youngest. I\u2019m sorry Joe Francis didn\u2019t like our decision, but I genuinely hope he takes this as a lesson that his actions do carry actual consequences\u2014for him, for us, and most of all for the woman he assaulted. He could have caused a concussion, and they checked for one at the hospital. I don\u2019t expend much energy thinking about Joe Francis either way, although I do believe he\u2019s guilty of the crimes we convicted him of and I could live without the whole lined up and shot thing. Honestly, Joe, I wish you the best. Now please stop talking about me. As for Francis, he backtracked and issued an apology after the juror’s letter was made public.<\/p>\n “I deeply regret the remarks attributed to me in the interview with the Hollywood Reporter. They were hurtful and do not reflect my true feelings. While I disagree with the jury\u2019s verdict as I am completely innocent of the charges and intend to appeal, I was afforded a fair trial, and if I lose at the appellate level, I will reluctantly but fully accept the jury\u2019s verdict. This was a 6 hour interview with the Hollywood reporter where I detailed to the reporter all of the evidence and why I believed the evidence showed I am 100% innocent. The reporter also interviewed my attorney David Houston for over 3 hours, but failed to include one shred of evidence from the trial that proved beyond a reasonable doubt my innocence. I did NOT commit a crime at all whatsoever. All that was publicized were my most intemperate remarks that were borne out of frustration but with no intent to cause anyone harm. I am not, nor have I ever been a violent person. My comments are appalling, but anyone who has ever been wrongfully convicted of a crime that they did NOT commit would be as frustrated as I am. I want to apologize to all the jurors, the court, the City Attorney and my attorneys for my comments that were manipulated by the media, and please know I am truly ashamed of my conduct. I am truly, truly sorry. I hope everyone will understand I was not being serious and that I fully and deeply apologize for my remarks.”<\/p>\n
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