So after 11 months in the slammer, Girls Gone Wild founder and millionaire Joe Francis is a free man. The Associated Press reports that Francis, 34, pleaded no contest to child abuse and prostitution charges Wednesday under an agreement that allowed him to walk free after nearly a year in jail.
Francis had returned to Florida after posting a $1.5-million bond this week in Nevada, where he is accused of tax fraud. The hearing resolved a 2003 criminal case involving the filming of underage girls during spring break on Panama City Beach.
He was sentenced to 339 days on Wednesday, the time he has already served in Florida and Nevada and also ordered to pay more than $60,000 in fines, court costs and restitution to the county.
Francis also agreed that his company which makes him an estimated $29 million a year on videos of young women in sexually provocative situations, would not conduct any filming between Escambia and Jackson Counties in Florida for the next three years
Francis advised plea agreement negotiations are under way in the Nevada case and he hopes to resolve them soon.
"I'm going to go back to making videos, this afternoon," he said.
.... just in time for spring break!
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