Date: 07-30-2010

Case Style: Jane Doe v. Joseph Francis, et al.

Case Number: 0822-CC01561

Judge: John J. Riley

Court: Circuit Court, St. Louis County, Missouri

Plaintiff's Attorney: Steve Evans, St. Louis, Missouri

Defendant's Attorney: Anthony Keats, Keats McFarland & Wilson, L.L.P., Beverly Hills, California

Description: Jane Doe sued Joseph Francis and Francis' Mantra Films, the producer of Girls Gone Wile, on an invasion of privacy theory claiming that the use by Defendants of a video of her dancing provocatively on a bar.

Defendants denied wrongdoing and took the position that Plaintiff has no expectation of privacy.

Outcome:

Plaintiff's Experts:

Defendant's Experts:

Comments: Editor's Note: The jury foreman, told a reporter later that an 11-member majority decided that Doe had in effect consented by being in the bar and dancing for the photographer. In a trial such as this one, agreement by nine of 12 jurors is enough for a verdict.