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Just hours after Nic Cage's foreclosed New Orleans home was sold at a public auction, movers wasted no time clearing out all the leftover junk yesterday. 
No word on where the movers ended up taking all the crap -- which included carpets, tons of boxes and a giant stained glass window.
Nic -- who's suing his former business manager for blowing his fortune and leaving him dead broke -- wasn't around for the move.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo
More drama for "Girls Gone Wild" kingpin Joe Francis -- this time, he claims three of his most trusted employees hatched a plan to have the porn king thrown in prison so they could get away with stealing millions from the GGW empire. 
In a lawsuit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Francis says it all began in 2002, when 3 "high-level employees" from his company hatched a plan to embezzle money through a new business called "WMR Marketing" -- which they created without Joe's knowledge.
According to court documents, Francis says the men "misused their positions" to approve deals with WMR so they could funnel GGW funds to the new company.
Here's where it gets really nasty -- Francis claims his company's former CFO/ CPA, Michael Barrett, began contacting the IRS and "falsely accusing [Joe] of criminal tax evasion, hoping that the IRS would prosecute and incarcerate Francis -- thereby removing the possibility that Francis could catch the ongoing fraud and theft by Barrett and his cohorts."
Francis was eventually indicted on a tax evasion charge in Reno, for allegedly claiming $20 million in false deductions.
Now Francis is suing all three of his former employees -- and WMR -- for an unspecified amount of cash ... we're assuming in the millions.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives, Joe Francis
A Federal jury has acquitted Indy race car champ Helio Castroneves on tax evasion charges.
The jury was hung on the one count of conspiracy. The judge declared a mistrial on that count, and prosecutors say they're reviewing whether to re-try Helio on that charge.
Helio was prosecuted for allegedly not paying taxes on several million dollars.
Story developing ...
Filed under: TV, TMZ Sports, Dancing with the Stars
As easy as it is to talk a drunk 18-year-old out of her tank top -- Joe Francis has just been sprung from house arrest.
A Federal Court in L.A today released Joey boy from casa lockdown in his tax evasion case.
Joe had been in the doghouse after being 5 hours late for a hearing last week. Joe said he was too sick to make the trek to court.
The judge didn't buy it and placed him on house arrest -- until the doc came in today and backed up Joe's story.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Joe Francis
Apparently an orange jumpsuit and sequins just don't match. Helio Castroneves latest indictment may cause him to lose his chance to dance.
TMZ sources close to "Dancing with the Stars" have told us that Helio was tapped for a visit to the "DWTS" ballroom to perform later in the season, but with his latest legal struggles that's probably not going to happen.
Many crew members were shocked with the latest accusations and have attempted to contact Helio to give their support.
As for the performance -- its still tentatively scheduled, but the show may want to get John O'Hurley on speed dial just in case.
Filed under: TV, Dancing with the Stars
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