girls gone wild!
 

'Girls Gone Wild' founder gets jail time



By MELISSA NELSON, Associated Press Writer Mon Apr 23, 6:13 PM ET

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Blowing his nose and wiping away tears, the multimillionaire founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" video empire pleaded guilty to contempt of court Monday and was sentenced to 35 days in jail.
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Joe Francis, who was sued by seven women who were minors when filmed, apologized to the judge for yelling at the plaintiffs during settlement talks.

"I am sorry for my behavior. It was wrong. I had heard about appeals and things and I was confused. I am sorry, I really am," said Francis, 34.

Francis drew the contempt charge during negotiations to settle the federal lawsuit brought after his production company filmed the women at Panama City Beach in 2003.

Attorneys for the women said Francis, who makes a reported $29 million a year taping topless women for his videos, lost his temper in negotiations and yelled obscenities at them.

U.S. District Judge Richard Smoak ordered Francis to settle the case or go to jail for contempt of court. When talks fell through, Francis lashed out at Smoak in the media, calling him a "judge gone wild" and questioning the judge's authority to order a settlement.

Smoak had ordered Francis to surrender to U.S. marshals by April 5 and begin serving time on the contempt charge. He did not return to Panama City from his California home until April 10, when authorities met him at the airport.

Francis has since reached an undisclosed settlement with the seven women. Francis had told The Associated Press that they wanted $70 million to settle the case.

Francis has said the women lied about their ages.

His attorney, Jan Handzlik, said being in jail had changed his client.

"He is a different man. Undoubtedly he is a different man," he said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/...ls_gone_wild_2

Probably should do this... but I've only used it once.


818-795-6997


Phone number of one of the camera guys I met while working Daytona 500 a few years back. He needed a way to get into the infield... and I had the means. Call and rub the suit in I guess... or find out where they are filming next. Tell them you have some hot girls who want to be on there... and then just show up to the parties :D

that bs. Money grubbing bitches. 70 million?? gimme a fuckin break. Joe Francis is tha mutha fawkin MAN

818 thats a valley number.

and 35 days but he will do like half of that.

He's crying over 35 days :rofl:

id probably cry over 1 day :o

He'd be the inmate's hero.

They'd be asking him for free copies in exchange of buttsek :lmao:

i want to say my 1st day was the worse then my whole week i did. processing is the worst!

i LOL'd

werd wtf