Joe Francis Gone Wild in Court

That Joe Francis!  He sure does know how to live it up at his many, many court trials.  He has a few of them in the mix right now, including one from Las Vegas’s Wynn Casino, which alleges that he owes them $2 million in gambling debts, and another from a group of girls who felt they had been exploited into going wild on Girls Gone Wild.  (Do people still watch those?  I feel like I haven’t seen a “Warning: This Commercial Is Not Suitable for Children” ad in awhile.)

Francis is known for his courtroom antics, but during a 2007 trial, his lawyer said that “he has put a lot of this foolish behavior behind him.”  He went back and grabbed it for this year’s trial, though.  Some of his more ridiculous misbehavior in court, after the jump.

First, Joe Francis, who has been to jail and – one would think – does not want to go back, pretends not to know what a prisoner is.

Q. Have you ever been convicted of a felony?

A. I don’t understand what that means.

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”?

Q. Do you know what a prisoner is?

A. No.

Q. Do you know what a cellmate is in jail?

A. No.

Q. Do you know what a jail is?

A. Sort of.

Then Joe Francis took the video camera from the court videographer and began taping the female lawyer on the plaintiff side.  She lifted her shirt up and Joe Francis threw her a bead necklace.  (Actually not though for the second part there.)  In his other trial going on right now, he made “repeated attempts to disrupt the deposition with flatulence.”

LOL I guess?  Good story to tell your grandkids, I guess, Joe Francis?  I mean, there’s like the Constitution and laws and such, but at the end of the day, it’s people who decide what punishments you get and if you go out of your way to make those people hate you, then you will probably get a worse punishment, ya know?  I really don’t understand why he pulls this fourth-grade stuff.  Is it supposed to be civil disobedience or something?  Like, my other Gandhi is Joe Francis.

Source: Lowering the Bar.