The recent news of a freed Joe “Jailbait” Francis is rather hilarious in the same way that setting one’s own reproductive organs on fire tends to inspire uproarious laughter. Indeed, after eleven months behind bars — and without poontang — Francis has entered a plea of nolo contendere and been freed on probation on the condition that he not film any poontang in certain parts of Florida for three years. This so-called restriction still provides Joe access to an untold number of beaches full of untapped ass. As expected, the “Girls Gone Wild” mogul (or is it auteur?) has big plans:

“We’re filming at every spring break location, 14 cities right now. We’ve got 50 or 60 camera guys out there,” Francis told Page Six from Florida, where he pleaded no contest to charges of videotaping underage girls and was released for time served. His lawyer, Roy Black, said, “It’s a big victory for Joe. He’s such a high-energy guy. He couldn’t stand being in jail.”

Francis still has to face tax fraud charges in Nevada, but he plans on striking a plea bargain in that regard as well. What he fails to realize is that plea bargains (including the Florida deal for child abuse and prostitution charges) are nowhere near the “innocent” verdict he feels that he has achieved:

“I have never committed any crime. I pleaded guilty just to get out of jail,” a defiant Francis said after the Bay County state court hearing. “A few corrupt individuals were able to keep an innocent man in jail for 11 months.”

Francis makes an estimated $29 million a year on videos of young women in sexually provocative situations.

Yeah, poor guy. As a first-time offender, Joe actually got off pretty damn easy. Next time, he’ll be shocked when an undoubtedly “corrupt” judge informs him that a nolo contendere plea merely means that he was too fucking lazy to fight those pesky criminal charges.

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