IT’S WAR! Joe Francis Calls Attack On Jayde Nicole Self-Defense, Her Lawyer Fires Back
Posted on Oct 10, 2009 @ 06:42AM
Joe Francis acted in self-defense when he grabbed Jayde Nicole’s hair from behind and dragged her along the floor, his lawyer says.
The footage of the vicious incident appears exclusively on RadarOnline.com and has prompted Francis to release an eyebrow-raising statement through his reps. And his comments have sparked all-out war, prompting Jayde’s lawyer to compare the Girls Gone Wild founder to John Gotti Jr!
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“The footage clearly shows Nicole instigating the incident, waiting to hit Francis in the back of the head and then pour her drink down his back, thereby committing two counts of battery on Francis,” says a press release quoting Francis lawyer Cyrus Nownejad. He also points out that because the tape has no audio you can’t hear Jayde screaming “I’m going to kill you” at Francis.
Jayde can be clearly seen – and admits to – dumping a drink on Francis from behind.
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Apparently Joe was terrified because his lawyer now says: “My client grabbed Nicole’s hair in self-defense to restrain her from further assaults against him and to protect himself against her horrendous threat.”
By the way: Joe Francis is 6-foot-2, and weighs more than 200 pounds. Jayde Nicole is 5-foot-9 and 117 pounds.
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The comments from Francis’ lawyer caused Jayde’s attorney Ronald Richards to fire back, telling RadarOnline.com: "If we were on another planet, where people have eyes on the back of their heads, Francis' version of events may be believable. However, since we are on planet Earth, the tape clearly shows a defenseless woman being savagely attacked by a three-time convicted felon who is on probation in more jurisdictions than John Gotti Jr.
It's also noteworthy that Francis never filed a police report claiming he was a victim of any threat. The self serving press release is nothing more than a desperate man and his attorney trying to mitigate what is obviously a horrific image of his client of beating Ms. Nicole."
And yet, Joe’s actions, the hair pulling and dragging, were a reasonable attempt to restrain the former Playmate, his lawyer contends!
”My client was clearly acting reasonably under the circumstances, as he had just been battered twice and threatened to be killed. He merely restrained Ms. Nicole and then left the scene,” the lawyer said.
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Comments
If this guy thinks he was abused here just wait until his ass is in hail. Karma's a **** and your turn is a coming. I cannot WAIT until Bubba and his buddles give it to joe jailhouse style, rough and from behind!
Posted Sat, 10/10/2009 - 10:28pm
GIVE ME A F^$KIN BREAK....I GET MY KIDS MORE WET WITH A WATER GUN!
SO UNLESS IT WAS HOT!! COFFEE SHE POURED ON HIM...WHAT HE DID WAS ASSAULT!!!
Posted Sat, 10/10/2009 - 3:26pm
they are both trash and probably staged the whole thing for publicity.
...and she's 117 pounds? riiiiiight. and I can pull monkeys out of nyrebel's ass.
Posted Sat, 10/10/2009 - 10:41am
If he truly felt he was assaulted (rme), then an equal reaction would have been to pour his drink on her - not yank her up by her hair and drag her across the room. This guy's a psycho.
Posted Fri, 10/09/2009 - 4:54pm
He's a bigger as*hole than Jon Dumbo Gosselin, and that's saying a lot. Both are major whiners over women abusing them. Yeah, right. Both will lose in court. See you there, as*holes.
Posted Fri, 10/09/2009 - 3:41pm
It's not only disturbing that Joe Francis is trying to blame Jayde and act like he did nothing, but its seriously disturbing that so many of you are on here defending this animal. I hope no men like you all ever come into my daughters life.
Posted Fri, 10/09/2009 - 3:26pm
why? does your daughter smack people and throw drinks at them? hope not.
Posted Fri, 10/09/2009 - 5:17pm
Joe & his attorney are both clearly on the crack rock. I don't care if she poured a drink on him and called his mama a ****, he has no excuse for what he did to that woman! Joe Francis is CLEARLY a sick twisted woman abuser.
Posted Fri, 10/09/2009 - 3:23pm
HOw dare he try to diminish what he did. He grabbed this woman by the hair of her head VIOLENTLY and drug her HARD across the room. It is a very disturbing hard to watch video and it speaks for itself. He needs to be in prison.
Posted Fri, 10/09/2009 - 3:25pm
I totally agree with you on this NM. Men (boys bc real men don't act this way) like this are scary. This man makes his living by degrading women.
Posted Fri, 10/09/2009 - 3:41pm