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Ashley Dupre Gone "Wild" -- Legal or Jailbait?

Published: 03/19/2008
TMZ has learned that Ashley "Spitzer-Girl" Dupre may have been underage when she was filmed nekkid on the "Girls Gone Wild" bus. Her lawyer, Don Buchwald, tells TMZ Ashley's birthday was April 30, 1985, and the footage was shot between March 13 and March 20, 2003, making her 17. But "Girls Gone…
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Joe's Eyebrows Gone Wild!

Published: 03/13/2008
After getting released from federal prison on Monday, Joe Francis had an important stop to make before facing a judge in Florida -- his waxer! Metrosexuality is legal in the U.S. Before heading to the Sunshine State, Joe paid a visit to the Mind & Body Day Spa in Atlanta on Tuesday. We're told he…
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Francis -- And The Food Sucked, Too!

Published: 03/13/2008
Joe Francis is back in L.A. and ready to get back to work -- after he gets a nice long cry. And a decent meal! TMZ caught up with the "Girls Gone Wild" honcho with a comely young woman at LAX last night, complaining about jail cuisine and promising to never go back to Bay County, Fla., where he…
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Francis -- Free from Florida!

Published: 03/12/2008
Joe Francis has just finished a court appearance in Panama City, Florida, and he's a free man, after agreeing to a plea deal that will keep him out of jail -- and sources tell TMZ that Joe will be back in L.A. as early as tonight. TMZ has learned that Francis has plead no contest to the charges of…
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Joe -- Hoofin' It Out of Hot'lanta!

Published: 03/12/2008
A TMZ spy just spotted "Girls Gone Wild" head man Joe Francis at the Delta terminal in Atlanta moments ago, heading to Florida for a hearing that may clear up his Sunshine State legal mess once and for all. Check out that man-mane! Francis will be in a Panama City, Fla. courtroom in a few hours,…
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Francis -- Finally Finished with Florida?

Published: 03/11/2008
Joe Francis is on his way back to Florida to face the legal music there, and TMZ has confirmed that he could be finished with his contentious case as soon as tomorrow -- striking a plea deal to answer felony charges stemming from a 2003 incident involving the filming of two allegedly underage…
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Francis to Face Florida -- Finally!

Published: 03/10/2008
"Girls Gone Wild's" Joe Francis is finally going back to Florida to face criminal charges there. Today, his lawyer told a federal judge in Reno that Joe will be headed back to Panama City, Fla. on Wednesday to deal with charges stemming from his alleged filming of underage girls in that city.…
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Judge to Joe: Rock, Meet Hard Place

Published: 03/06/2008
Looks like Joe Francis is going to be stewing for a while longer in a Nevada jail cell, after a judge rejected his request to leave his current spot without getting nabbed by Florida prosecutors. The porntrepreneur is facing trial in Nevada on tax evasion charges, and in Florida on charges related…
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Prison Guards Go Wild on Francis?

Published: 11/23/2007
"Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis says in court documents that Oklahoma prison guards threatened to strap him naked to a chair for 48 hours and denied him food and blankets. Sounds like "Girls Gone Wild: Prison Edition." Francis was in the Grady County Law Enforcement Center for three weeks in…
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Francis to Prosecutor: "No, YOU'RE the Pornographer"

Published: 11/13/2007
"Girls Gone Wild" boss Joe Francis says Florida's top prosecutor is a distributor of smut. Hello, pot! Francis, who is chillin' in the pokey without bail, now wants the state's attorney general to act on his claim that prosecutor Steve Meadows knowingly exhibited "child pornography" to ABC News…
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Francis Fights the Law, One Case at a Time

Published: 10/30/2007
Joe Francis is fighting back against another lawsuit, this time facing accusations of sexually assaulting a woman -- that he never even met! Tranae Hammond filed suit in July, one year after she was fired from her job at a "Girls Gone Wild" call center. Francis claims that Hammond was let go…
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Dog Chapman -- Let Francis Outta the Pound!

Published: 10/28/2007
He's said it before and he'll say it again -- The Dog's got Joe Francis' back ... unless he tries to run! TMZ shot an interview with Bounty Hunter Duane "The Dog" Chapman in Hawaii, where he told our photog that he'd co-sign Francis' bond in his Florida criminal case. Chapman promises Francis will…
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