Joe Francis has just dodged a bullet by pleading guilty to filing false tax returns.
Francis struck a deal with federal prosecutors in L.A. and will avoid jail time. He'll plead guilty to two counts of filing bogus returns.
Francis could have faced 10 years in prison. Instead, he'll pay $250,000 in restitution and get credit for time service -- 301 days in jail.
1. Dumbazz
Posted at 12:31PM on Sep 23rd 2009 by Hmm
2. balls
Posted at 12:31PM on Sep 23rd 2009 by balls
3. This guy is nothing but a 'glorified pimp'! He'll be locked up again before you can blink.
Posted at 12:38PM on Sep 23rd 2009 by janalal4
4. He is an idiot....
Thats why the crooks stay crooks, the system cuts them a deal and they walk away.....throw his worthless butt in jail..
Posted at 12:39PM on Sep 23rd 2009 by Rando
5. Men are bad
Posted at 12:40PM on Sep 23rd 2009 by Office of Violence Against Women
6. Wesley Snipes needs to hire his lawyers. Millions in fines and years in jail for merely not filing verses a puny (by rich people standards) fine and time served for actually lying on returns??? No contest.
Posted at 12:40PM on Sep 23rd 2009 by Passenger57
7. Don't mess with Joe. He'll pull your hair and throw a drink in your face (if you're a chick, that is)
Posted at 12:42PM on Sep 23rd 2009 by Nick "The Slasher" McGuirk
8. How unfortunate. He should have gotten 50 years to life. He should be classified as a sexual predator!!!! Creep
Posted at 1:02PM on Sep 23rd 2009 by Conscience
9. Yikes!
Posted at 12:46PM on Sep 23rd 2009 by mrez golucky
10. Not a fair settlement. He owes more than that.
Perhaps Joe invited the IRS investigators to his party at Les Deux tomorrow - after all, the invitation refers to "Tons of Candy", and, I'm sure, plenty of Joe's 'candy'-loving girls will be there enjoying the, um, 'candy'.
They take their clothes off a lot quicker when you give them, um, 'candy'.
TMZ - when they leave the party, please zoom in on their pupils for a size check.
Posted at 12:51PM on Sep 23rd 2009 by El Bobbo
11. play???? pay 250,000 lol Tmz
Posted at 12:52PM on Sep 23rd 2009 by Scott
12. Joe Francis is scum. He is reaping what he has sown. He has made millions at the hands of others. He persuaded young drunk girls to reveal their breasts to the world via the camera. It is all catching up to him big time. He is ugly, nasty and the farthest thing possible to a gentleman. I hope you rot in jail the next time and there will be a next time. Your money is tainted and youre bad news. He will never be the man that Brody Jenner is not in his wildest dreams, he probably does dream about Brody it wouldnt surprise me. Creep.
Posted at 12:57PM on Sep 23rd 2009 by Terri Wright
13. this guy is such scum, plaxico gets 2 yrs for shooting himself in the leg, wesley snipes is up to his eyeballs in drama over tax issues and pimp francis gets off!! our wonderful justice system at work folks!!
Posted at 12:59PM on Sep 23rd 2009 by jwpsgirls
14. The federal Reserve is the real crook. Charging us interest on money they print out of thin air. Wake up people, we're being robbed blind by a company that is privately owned. Yes, the Fed is no more Federal than Federal Express.
Posted at 1:10PM on Sep 23rd 2009 by pooooks
15. So when is the next GGW going to be released?
Posted at 1:24PM on Sep 23rd 2009 by nightcrawler
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