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Joe Makes Mountain Out of Mammary Glands

Published: 08/19/2008
One day, you're shooting chicks and their boobs -- and then all of a sudden you're the freakin' A-C-L-U? Apparently that's what Joe Francis thinks: He's going after the judge who threw him into jail last year for filming underage girls (a charge to which he plead no contest), and he's calling his…
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Wynn: Hooker, I Hardly Knew Her!

Published: 08/13/2008
Steve Wynn is feeling hurt. And when Wynn gets hurt, he hurts back -- in court. Joe Francis just found that out the hard way. The "Girls Gone Wild" porntrepreneur just got sued -- again -- by Wynn, this time for defamation. Joe had alleged in that baller of a suit last week that Wynn Las Vegas…
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And On the 7th Day He Said "Let Girls Go Wild"

Published: 08/11/2008
Heidi Montag's boyfriend/mouthpiece says she'll never do Playboy because it's against "her faith" -- but being buds with pimpresario Joe Francis, that's cool with the big dude upstairs, right? Heidi Montag Clotheslines LC
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Joe: Casino Lures Whales With Booze and Sex!

Published: 08/07/2008
"Girls Gone Wild" pimpresario Joe Francis has filed a doozy of a counterclaim to the Wynn's lawsuit alleging he owes $2 mil in gambling debts. He alleges, among other things, that as a practice the Wynn Hotel lures high rollers to gamble in the casino using "alcohol, prostitutes and illegal…
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Joe Francis: Lawsuit Gone Mild

Published: 07/31/2008
A girl who said she dropped her top for Joe Francis' cameras when she was just 16 has dropped something else for Joe too -- a lawsuit. The "GGW" founder has settled a lawsuit filed in Panama City, Fla. -- not with a payout, says his lawyer, but by dropping a countersuit against the woman. The…
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Joe Says CPA is an R-A-T

Published: 07/28/2008
Joe Francis just slapped the CPA who ratted him out to the Feds with a lawsuit -- and you gotta read this one. It's like Shakespeare Gone Wild! In a suit that reads like a novel, Francis says unbeknownst to him, his shady ex-accountant Michael Barrett ran an illegal offshore gambling ring in Costa…
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Girls Gone Wild CPA Is a Tax Rat!

Published: 07/21/2008
Joe Francis should have gone to H&R Block, 'cause his accountant tried to rat him out to the IRS ... for a fee! Francis is being prosecuted for alleged tax evasion. But get this -- we found out the indictment is solely based on accusations by Joe's former CPA, Michael Barrett, who told the IRS…
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Ashley ID Victim: You Skanked My Good Name!

Published: 07/17/2008
The woman whose identity Ashley Dupre used to get her wild on for Joe Francis wants her good name back -- in $pades. Dupre duped a "Girls Gone Wild" producer by using "Amber Arpaio" as her nom de hoochie and brandishing a New Jersey driver's license with the same name. Problem is, Amber Arpaio is…
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P.O.'d P.I. Sues Joe Francis

Published: 07/10/2008
A private investigator is suing pimpresario Joe Francis, claiming the Girls Gone Wild creator stiffed him for services rendered. Someone named Jack Palladino, Esq. says in his lawsuit, filed yesterday in San Francisco County Superior Court, he was hired by Francis' attorneys in October 2007 to…
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Gov's Gal Lets Joe Have His Way With Her

Published: 07/08/2008
At long last, the rest of the world will get to see what Eliot Spitzer thought was hot enough to ruin his career over. Now that Ashley Dupre has dropped her $10 mil lawsuit against Joe Francis and "Girls Gone Wild," Joe says he's got "the green light" to release the skin show Dupre gave him during…
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Joe Francis Plays the Hooker Card

Published: 07/04/2008
Why did Ashley Dupre drop her $10 million lawsuit against Joe Francis? It's simple really ... Ashley Dupre -- No Mo' Joe
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Ashley Dupre -- No Mo' Joe

Published: 07/03/2008
Ashley Dupré -- aka Gov. Spitzer's fav girl -- has finally come to her senses. The former call girl has dropped her lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild main man Joe Francis. She filed the suit back in April, claiming GGW used her name and likeness for profit. Dupre had claimed she was tricked into…
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