‘Girls Gone Wild’ Founder Jailed

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“Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis was taken into custody Monday after he arrived more than five hours late for a Los Angeles court hearing in his tax evasion case.

U.S. District Judge S. James Otero signed an arrest warrant early Monday. Francis had sought to retain a new attorney. He arrived in court saying he was battling the flu.

He had been scheduled to arrive at 8:30 a.m. and when he failed to show, and was unreachable by phone, the warrant was issued.

“He’s been sick as can be,” defense attorney Melissa A. Weinberger told reporters outside court after Francis was arrested, adding that she would immediately attempt to have him released after he is processed by federal marshals.




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