Last year, a jury found him guilty of defaming casino mogul Steve Wynn on multiple occasions, including on ABC's national morning show. "This is one of those cases where being a celebrity did not help him at all," Levine said.įrancis has had a number of past legal troubles. The day after Francis was convicted in Los Angeles, he told The Hollywood Reporter that members of the jury were "retarded," and said "they should all be lined up and shot."įrancis later apologized for his comments. He'll remain free pending the outcome of the appeal. Levine said Francis would be released from custody soon after posting a $250,000 bond Tuesday. Judge Newman denied Francis' request for a new trial Tuesday, but sentenced him to less than the four years in county jail urged by prosecutors. The women said they were going to call the police, and Francis yelled to "go ahead and call the police," the prosecutor said.įrancis told the girls he "owns the police" and that officers wouldn't arrest him, Fox added. He then apparently told the women they were trespassing and had to leave. Supreme Court stays out of racial preferences fight over Virginia high school's admissionsįrancis then "jumped on the friend, took her to the ground, choked her, slammed her head against the ground, dragged her across the ground, and when she got back up, did it several more times," Fox said. Instead, they ended up in a gated area of Francis' Bel Air home.įrancis appeared to be interested in one of the women and tried to lead her away, but her friend pulled back, Fox said. He grabbed the arm of one of the girls and took her to his limo, and the two others followed, believing they'd be taken to their car. 29, 2011, at a college graduation party at the Supper Club in Hollywood. He added that the judge "still came to a very fair and measured decision."Īccording to Fox, Francis met three women on Jan. "Joe has always maintained his innocence," Levine said. Newman also ordered the 40-year-old Francis to complete an anger management course and attend 52 sessions of psychological counseling, according to Deputy City Attorney Mitchell Fox.Ī jury in May convicted Francis of five misdemeanor charges - three counts of false imprisonment, one count of assault by means likely to cause great bodily injury, and one count of dissuading a witness from reporting a crime.įrancis' attorney Steve Levine said key details of the case were proven to be false in court, and he is appealing the decision. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Nancy L. "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 270 days in jail and three years' probation for choking a woman and repeatedly slamming her head to the ground at his Los Angeles mansion in 2011.
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