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Girls Gone Wild Founder Gets Plea Deal

Kelly Phillips ErbNovember 7, 2009

“Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis feels he finally got a break when a federal judge okayed a deal that Francis struck with prosecutors. Under the agreement, Francis was credited with 301 days already served and sentenced to one year of probation.

The plea deal was struck after Francis learned that a key witness, Francis’ former accountant, had withheld information from his defense team at trial. Francis was originally indicted on tax evasion charges in 2007 stemming from a number of income omissions and false deductions. He pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of filing false tax returns and one count of bribing Nevada jail workers.

“I think we won that one,” Francis said after the hearing.

The former bad boy was polite during the hearing, answering questions as asked. It was quite a turn-around from the belligerent persona he had maintained since the charges were first brought against him in 2007.

After the hearing, he kissed his mother.

Apparently he really does kiss his mother with that mouth.

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One thought on “Girls Gone Wild Founder Gets Plea Deal”

  1. Mary Kay Foss says:
    November 9, 2009 at 3:30 pm

    I didn’t see this one on facebook. I had to laugh when you said
    “Apparently he really does kiss his mother with that mouth”

    Reply

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