Joe Francis Says The Girls In Girls Gone Wild Videos 'Victimized' Him, Not Other Way Around

Joe Francis doesn’t think he did ANYTHING wrong during his Girls Gone Wild days! Wow.

In Peacock‘s new docuseries Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story out on Tuesday, the founder of the infamous adult entertainment brand spoke in his first in-person interview in years — and instead of owning up to some of his creepy and allegedly illegal behavior, he blamed it on his victims. WTF!

Here’s the deal. Joe spoke with journalist Scaachi Koul in the audio-only interview. When asked if he “feels bad” for the underage girls who were fueled with alcohol and pressured by his camera crew to film naked scenes for the video series back in the day, he clapped back:

“No, because I don’t believe they were victimized. They victimized me.”

Uh, WHAT?!

The series creator appeared to be specifically referring to a judgment made in 2008 in connection to a 2003 incident in which the Girls Gone Wild crew filmed women posing topless and engaging in sexual acts during spring break in Panama City, Florida. All four of the women later turned out to be underage. Icky AF!

When the incident was reported to the police, officers put together a big RICO case against Joe and his company, resulting in misdemeanor child abuse and prostitution charges. Joe pled no contest — even though he’d previously pled guilty to other charges and went on to face more legal trouble in the future. In fact, he’s currently exiled in Mexico due to an active warrant issued for his arrest 10 years ago in 2014. Dude’s running from the law, and yet he insists he did nothing wrong?? Damn.

When the journalist reminded the businessman that the women in the case “were pretty young,” he argued:

“No, they were 17, just shy of 18. They were the ones that victimized us. I believe, we all believe, that they were put up by the Panama City police, and it was all an operation. So I believe that was quite orchestrated.”

So he’s saying it was entrapment?? He continued:

“This is f**ked up. This happened in the United States, and it can happen to anyone. I walked into a f**king snake pit.”

It can happen to anyone… who films girls as young as they can find.

Look, even if cops did orchestrate this whole thing — and we’re not saying they did! — he still shouldn’t have been trying to exploit girls that young, filming them in compromising positions when they were so inebriated. Just saying.

Joe went on to claim he’s a martyr in this situation — arguing that people were just jealous of him and that’s what led to this downfall. He said:

“I’m a businessman. I own a huge company. I’m charming and good-looking. I’m a totally normal guy. If you really want to boil the whole thing down, it comes down to jealousy. Do you think they f**ked up or that they f**ked me? I’m June from The Handmaid’s Tale. Jesus Christ, right. He was a heretic, right? Went around and said, ‘I’m the son of God.’ They killed the guy.”

Sorry, he’s comparing himself to Jesus now???

While some people interviewed for the docuseries admitted feeling bad for the role they played in the series and exploiting young, drunk women in spring break towns, Joe’s certainly not one of them. He seemed proud of how his brand “loosened everything up,” saying:

“I think it just made for a so much more fun generation. I think it created the ability to have, obviously, the Kardashians, and it did so much more. More, everything, more for society, for life.”

Jeez. There’s no world in which filming minor girls — no matter how close they were to turning 18 — is appropriate or should be a badge of honor. WTF, dude??

See the trailer for the full docuseries, out now, (below):