Girls Gone Wild Owner Joe Francis Sprung from the Pokey
Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis released on $1.5m bail
Public enemy number one has been released from a jail in Nevada.
No, not Osama bin Laden — Joe Francis.
Better turn the terror level up to orange.
On Monday, Joe Francis posted $1.5 million bail after languishing in a Reno, Nevada jail for 11 months on federal tax fraud charges. He stood to face charges in Pamama City, FL and opted for the relatively cushier digs in Nevada than brave Florida’s brutal correctional facilities.
With talks of a deal, Bay County lifted his no-bail arrest warrant in Florida.
Today, Francis appeared in a Panama City court and plead “no contest” to charges that he filmed underage girls for his Girls Gone Wild series. He was released based on time served during his recent time in Florida and Nevada jails.
Francis will be on probation and Girls Gone Wild is barred from filiming in Bay County for three years. The county will also return confiscated property including a Ferrari and $60,000 in cash.
Francis will be in court again to face federal tax evasion charges in Nevada at the end of the summer.
