Hide your barely legal daughter, the Girls Gone Wild CEO is out of jail. After 11 months in prison, Joe Francis is as free as a drunk sorority girl at Mardi Gras. He posted $1.5 million dollars bond in Reno and will now stand trial for tax evasion in Florida. However that’s just the tip of the charges. What started as 73 indictments in Panama City for taping underage spring breakers has crumbled to only four felony and two misdemeanor charges and a civil suit by a group of seven women. The thirty-five year old millionaire claims the women lied about their ages and his lawyers promised none of their footage was used. He refuses to settle out of court because he insists his actions are all within the letter of the law and the judge was biased because his former business partner was the prosecuting attorney. So what’s our verdict? Legal mumbo jumbo aside, those chickadees did sign a contract in their urge to get on camera and now he’s paying the price for their 15 minutes. Sure it’s sad and gross that this is the way he makes his millions, but technically it’s legal. You can read the full sob story on Francis’ website. We doubt you’ll feel sorry for him — we don’t — but the whole mess seems like one enormous battle of the boobs. [Beijing News] Keep reading »
