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Joe Francis Turns Himself In to Cops

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:04:05 CDT

Joe Francis turned himself into police last night for … something. Sources tell the Los Angeles Times the Girls Gone Wild founder turned himself in to the LAPD on a misdemeanor warrant for false imprisonment, but no details were given. TMZ spoke with sources who say the story goes something...

Girls Gone Wild 's Joe Francis Splits With Wife

kkuzmabeck — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:45:43 CST

When you marry the founder of a company that made its money off drunk women, did you really think it was going to end happily? CBS reporter Christina McLarty apparently did, but she hasn't been living at husband Joe Francis' Bel Air home for close to a month. A source...

Girls Gone Wild's Joe Francis Engaged

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:51:00 CDT

Shockingly, there’s a woman out there who’s agreed to spend the rest of her life with Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild fame. Francis proposed—kinda—to his CBS reporter girlfriend of 4 years in St. Tropez, but he and Christina McLarty won’t actually be getting married. Francis apparently doesn’t...

Hef Is Healthy; Jon + Kate 's Marriage Isn't

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:33:01 CST

Yesterday it was Ed McMahon protesting rumors of his demise; today it’s Hugh Hefner. The 83-year-old Playboy magnate is “in very good shape and feeling very good,” he tells E!, adding that the breakup with his exes certainly isn’t taking a toll: “The recovery, thanks to the twins and to...

Flu Gone Wild: Vid King Busted For Missing Court Date

Ambreen Ali — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:00:00 CST

The flu has sleaze-meister Joe Francis going a bit wild himself, his lawyer tells E! Online. The Girls Gone Wild producer was arrested yesterday after he was five hours late to a Los Angeles court for a tax-evasion hearing. Francis is accused of hoarding $20 million in bogus deductions.

Porn Kings Want Federal Bailout

Ambreen Ali — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:34:02 CST

Recession depression has hampered America's sex drive, claim Larry Flynt (of Hustler fame) and Joe Francis ( Girls Gone Wild ). The adult-entertainment kings want a federal bailout for slumping DVD sales, down 22% in the past year. Placing themselves alongside Detroit’s automakers in national importance, the duo says Congress...

Woman Sues Spitzer Call Girl in ID Theft

Katherine Thompson — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:59:52 CDT

A New Jersey woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Ashley Dupre—better known as Eliot Spitzer's high-priced call girl—and Girls Gone Wild for defamation and invasion of privacy for Dupre's use of the woman's lost driver's license on the raunchy program.

Spitzer Call Girl Drops 'Girls Gone Wild' Suit

Rob Quinn — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:00:00 CDT

The call girl at the heart of the Spitzer sex scandal has dropped a $10 million lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis, AP reports. Ashley Dupre, who said she was17 at the time she was filmed for a raunchy video, had claimed she was duped into giving her...

Spitzer Call Girl Speaks Out on 'Hard Times'

Peter Fearon — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:00:00 CDT

The call girl whose trysts with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer triggered his resignation is speaking out for the first time, reports People . Ashley Dupré, 23, has written a message of thanks on her MySpace page to those who have left supportive comments—and responded to some not-so-kind zingers....