'Girl Gone Wild' creator Joe Francis sentenced to 270 days in jail

[BlueGin]

Again? Wasn't this guy in jail once before?

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Three months after being convicted of false imprisonment and assault charges, "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis was sentenced to serve 270 days in jail, a Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman told NBC News on Tuesday.

Francis, 40, was found guilty in May of three counts of false imprisonment, one count of assault causing great bodily injury and one count of dissuading a witness during an incident in his Bel Air mansion in 2011. He will also serve 36 months on probation, attend psychological counseling for one year, and an anger management course as ordered by Superior Court Judge James R. Dabney.

The judge also levied $250,000 bail, allowing Francis to remain out of jail as his case goes through the appellate process if he pays the fine, the spokeswoman said.

The charges stem from an incident in January 2011 in which, prosecutors say, Francis took three women home following a night out and refused to let them leave. He was also charged with attacking one of the women and bashing her head onto his tile floor.

'Girl Gone Wild' creator Joe Francis sentenced to 270 days in jail* - NBC News.com

 

[westwall]

The guy's a major scumbag. He should be in PRISON, not jail, and for 20 years...not days..

 

[BlueGin]

I was right he was in Jail before...339 days. Busted him for racketeering but could only prove false record keeping and contraband violations. Yeah....just reading his Bio...he sounds like a scumbag.

 

[S.J.]

Again? Wasn't this guy in jail once before?

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Three months after being convicted of false imprisonment and assault charges, "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis was sentenced to serve 270 days in jail, a Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman told NBC News on Tuesday.

Francis, 40, was found guilty in May of three counts of false imprisonment, one count of assault causing great bodily injury and one count of dissuading a witness during an incident in his Bel Air mansion in 2011. He will also serve 36 months on probation, attend psychological counseling for one year, and an anger management course as ordered by Superior Court Judge James R. Dabney.

The judge also levied $250,000 bail, allowing Francis to remain out of jail as his case goes through the appellate process if he pays the fine, the spokeswoman said.

The charges stem from an incident in January 2011 in which, prosecutors say, Francis took three women home following a night out and refused to let them leave. He was also charged with attacking one of the women and bashing her head onto his tile floor.

'Girl Gone Wild' creator Joe Francis sentenced to 270 days in jail* - NBC News.com

What's wrong with that?

 

[Politico]

Good.

 

[WouldbeCentrist]

More proof that our promiscuous culture is at odds with basic human value. I really hope that the counseling he gets leads him to conclude that he should take a different route in life.