Mark was filming a scene at the time, and the woman accused him of getting her drunk and coercing her to film naked. A policeman allegedly turned to Mark and said, "Can I get a copy of that? Later in the deposition, when questioned about whether GGW cameramen should stop filming when a woman says no, Joe Francis said, "It depends, the 'no. But if someone is like, 'I don't know, no,' it's all Mark Schmitz, the cameraman in question, claims he didn't realize the girls were minors until he got arrested, claiming he asked the girls "so many times" if they were 18 on the night of filming.
The VP of Mantra films later said, "It's certainly the girl that doesn't want to do anything that ended up showing her beaver without even knowing it.
That's a wonderful transition and she's very shy, very nervous, and Mike did a super job so we want to commend him on that. According to the LA Times , on the same night Joe allegedly assaulted Claire, he also allegedly raped a woman named Jannel.
Jannel claimed that after he finished raping her, he walked off the bus saying, "She's not a virgin anymore. Francis cannot speak to [Jannel's] discomfort during the encounter, other news stories have commented that Mr. Francis is reputedly well-endowed. Guy also alleged that sometimes, women who were "really attractive" would ask to have their footage removed, and GGW wouldn't retract it because "we needed that footage.
His reasoning was that what she said in the footage would "embarrass her dad. Other women who have accused Joe of violence and harassment include a property manager in Santa Monica, and a location manager in who claimed Joe threatened to kill her after she couldn't return a deposit because his group trashed the rental property they used.
