Alexander Dupree sues Girls Gone Wild for $10 million

Scandal girl, Ashley Alexander Dupree, has filed a lawsuit of more than 10 million dollars against Joe Francis, founder of 'Girls Gone Wild'. Dupree claimed that Francis exploited her name, image and videos for profit in a wrong way.

CJ: Gloria D Souza

Tue, Apr 29, 2008 16:01:43 IST

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Dupree sues Joe Francis :

ASHLEY ALEXANDER Dupree – the scandal girl who had the New York governor, Eliot Spitzer, resigned from his post – is again in the news. It is said that the New Jersey woman has filed a suit on Monday (April 28) against Joe Francis, founder of the ’Girls Gone Wild’. She claimed that Francis had exploited her name, image, photographs and videos for profit in a wrong way.

Dupree’s name, images, voice, etc have been posted and written in a number of websites and ad campaigns. More than 10 million dollars is what she has filed the lawsuit for, against the damages done to her.

A leading website reported that Dupree had alleged that the representatives of Girls Gone Wild contacted her in Florida in 2003, when she was on a vacation. They offered her alcohol and persuaded her in exposing her breasts for their videos when she was only 17 years of age. In spite of knowing that she was only 17, not a legal age for the film, they proceeded.

On the other hand, Francis said that more than being surprised, he was amazed by the lawsuit. He said that he was fully aware of the policy, which restricts him from using the footage of individuals below 18 years and has not released the new video. He further added that Dupree gave her consent on the release of the video after providing her identification.

Francis was quoted saying that she had been asking for a whooping 10 million dollars for her topless photographs, which were taken publicly and in front of a room full of people. He believes that he would win the case.

However, Francis also revealed that he was released from a jail last month from Nevada. He still continues to face the federal tax evasion charges. He’s also fighting against the separate charges for filming underage girls in Panama city, which he claims that the girls lied about their age, reported a website.

Since the governor Spitzer’s scandal, Dupree has not been out in public. She would be celebrating her 23rd birthday this week.

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