If I tell you that Claire Hoffman’s profile of Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis is one of the most chilling and explosive pieces of journalism I’ve ever read, will you believe me? Would I have to also say that the article begins with Francis literally assaulting Hoffman, to the degree that his bodyguard pulls him off and a sheriff advises that she press charges? Or that the piece recounts, through a first person interview, what sounds like Francis raping a loaded 18-year-old? Or that to get Francis off of her, the reporter wheels and delivers a close-fisted punch to his jaw? Or that Francis calls her editor and tries to argue that Hoffman was hitting on him, and he was worried she’d be unable to retain a respectful, professional distance?
Update: Also read Amanda.
