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Dog Gone Wild! Chapman Barks for Joe Francis

"Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis has an unlikely best friend in his fight against the law -- famed bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman.
Dog Chapman and Joe Francis
Chapman -- star of A&E's "Dog the Bounty Hunter" -- calls Francis' imprisonment a "travesty," and is offering to co-sign Francis' bond in his Florida criminal case.

But there's definitely some bite to Chapman's bark: "If he violates his bail in any way," says Dog, "I will personally track him down to the ends of the earth at no charge, and bring him back before the judge." Don't make the Dog mad!

Chapman's wife Beth is also getting in the act, offering to personally write Francis' bond, exposing the family to even more liability if Joe violated bail. Dog says that he's making the offer unsolicited, after listening to Joe on FOX News Channel's "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren."

Francis is currently held in a Nevada jail, awaiting trial on federal tax evasion charges. Though his bail has been granted in Nevada, he can't leave because his bond on a separate case has been revoked in Florida, meaning that he'd be shipped back to a Fla. jail once he set foot outside his Washoe County, Nev. facility.

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16. Who puts these crappy shows on "Dog the Bounty Hunter" . Shouldn't he be in jail somewhere.

Posted at 6:28PM on Oct 23rd 2007 by Bette

17. Beth gone wild?

Posted at 12:57PM on Oct 23rd 2007 by Boy in Hood

18. Joe just needs to marry himself a good husband, like Hill-Bill Clinton - yes, I said HUSBAND!

Posted at 12:45PM on Oct 23rd 2007 by Hideous

19. Love Dog. Love Beth. Joe Francis is a pig.

Posted at 1:01PM on Oct 23rd 2007 by Lily S.

20. Joe Francis just looks like a classic lowlife sleazeball.

Posted at 1:33PM on Oct 23rd 2007 by annoyed

21. And now, todays top 40 list:

"it's gettin' hot in here"
"great balls of fire"
"fire"
"hot, hot, hot"

Posted at 2:00PM on Oct 23rd 2007 by JIZUM

22. if this was an illegal immigrant...he would not only get bail...but...

a drivers license
colledge education for his kids (in spanish)
housing assistance
free health care

Joe's getting hosed by Florida...but then...that's what they do down there

Posted at 2:56PM on Oct 23rd 2007 by KASEY

23. #10-Kate I agree.

Posted at 3:22PM on Oct 23rd 2007 by Ketielynn

24. Isn't he in jail for tax evasion? Is Dog going to pay the low lifes back taxes and fines? Dog still has problems of his own with the law.

Posted at 3:26PM on Oct 23rd 2007 by annie

25. This is a must see video for everybody. Even if you do not like Joe Francis you will feel outrage for him after seeing this video. This whole county in Florida needs to be sued. The sad thing is there are a lot of people that suffer this same fate every day. Where is justice? Who is monitoring these situations? What can be done about it?

Luckily Joe Francis has a voice and can get the word out about these abuses in our justice system. As I said: even if you don't like him, watch this video. It is truely disturbing!

Posted at 3:43PM on Oct 23rd 2007 by Madelyn

26. annie
, Dog has no "problems with the law", the extradition case having been thrown out of court in Mexico long ago! Do your homework before you look like a moron. Speaking of morons; HawaiiGirl, PCB Resident, Bette and all you other hate mongers can screw off! Nobody wants to hear from ignorant losers like you!

The Dog Rules!!

Posted at 6:14PM on Oct 24th 2007 by NightHunter

27. I think Joe is being railroaded...you go DOG..do what you can to help this guy..I don't know if he evaded taxes or what the hell is going on but he doesn't deserve to be living in jail and under the horrific conditions and treatment he is receiving..Sounds like another Mike Nifong ruling that place!! Words to wisdom..you guys need to remember what happened to Nifong!!

Posted at 7:47PM on Oct 23rd 2007 by kitty kat

28. Guess Dog wants his daughters to be some of Joe's tapes?

Posted at 8:21PM on Oct 23rd 2007 by meme

29. In away I hope Dog pays his fine for then he gets to come back here To Panama City, Florida. We got a nice cell waiting for the little pervert. In fact we gonna give him the same cell he had before. That way the little crying baby can feel at home.

So all that jerk Dog is going to do is throw is stupid money out the window and get the cry baby out of one cell and back in another. Strange how Dog being a Felon would even want anything to do with a guy who gets under age girls drunk and makes them do sex stuff and films them and then sells it to make money.

Even stranger there are people on here that support that sick idiot but then they are probably the sickos that buy the stuff and would more than likely put their own daughter on it.

Also Dog said on a TV show that if he couldn't be a bounty hunter then he would end up back in a cell, Now that shows his mental state.

Posted at 9:33PM on Oct 23rd 2007 by Terry

30. Dogs face has been buried in Beth's mountains way too long. Those hawaiian filty home wreckers need to stay put and take care of their 50 mullet wearing kids.

Posted at 9:54PM on Oct 23rd 2007 by L.M. Jefferies (rreed1971@aol.com)

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