"Not Guilty"
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Joe Francis was back in court Monday trying to defend himself.
The Girls Gone Wild founder pleaded not guilty today to federal tax evasion charges.
His case is scheduled for trial on September 16th.
He's probably praying everyday he doesn't get convicted. If he does, he could possibly face 10 years in jail.
Francis reportedly deducted more than $20 million in fake business expenses on his companies' corporate income tax returns for the years 2002 and 2003.
Prosecutors are also alleging that he transferred over $15 million from an offshore bank to a California brokerage account in the name of a Cayman Islands company under his control.
He also allegedly charged over $10.4 million in fake consulting services and spent almost $4 million to build a home in Mexico as a business expense.
Francis' attorney, Robert Bernhoft, says that Francis's certified public accountant had filed the returns and signed them.
Then, coincidentally two years later, the accountant demanded a bounty for supposedly exposing Francis as a tax cheat.
Bernhoft said Francis never saw or signed the tax returns.
He added, "The CPA's mistakes have already cost Joe Francis millions in tax penalties and interest. It's time for this persecution to stop."
Bernhoft also said there would be "nuclear bomb-type developments" filed this week regarding the case.
Is ignorance a legal excuse???
[Image via WENN.]
WHO?
ahh haha
Isn't this the same thing they got Wesley Snipes on? Ohhhh, I didn't see the tax forms and I didn't sign them. Yeah Right.
3rd?
He is a douche bag. He's the guy from Girls Gone Wild.
It just shows that money CAN and DOES buy you freedom.
8th…maybe 9th?
Maybe who gives a shit? I'm gonna hunt down and kill everyone who says "first" from now on
Maybe his buddies, the Kardshian Family can help him out! LOL!
ok, fourth (before)
first
disgusting. who cares about this nasty perv. fuck him & his ugly face!!!
Joe Francis looks like a huge D bag in this pic. Dude, get a new do.
Why do girls want to remove their clothes for him? He's an ugly skuzzball. I guess the drunk bitches are so out of it they don't notice
i always wanted to be on one of his videos…maybe i should just make one myself….
i would love to shit on this guys head.
i'm inspired! i'm gonna make a video and sell it! get all my hot drunk friends drunk and do naughty naughty stuff!!!!
Re: why – its cause they are dumb sluts that will fuck anything that has a cock
Doesn't he just look like he deserves a big SMACK in the face? God, I hate his mug.
this guy is a fucking douche. who gives a shit.
DAMN if only he had a mustache……… I'd go for a serious Mustache ride on that face……………NOT!!!
Re: fu –
I'd love to shit on his head and then shit in his mouth!
An accountant can't file a tax return without either your signature or a letter giving him permission to do so. I doubt they forgot to do this
he kinda looks like zac efron.
aka a fag.
him and that 90 year old bitch hugh hefner should go out!!!!! they deserve eachother!!!!!!!!!
him and that 90 year old bitch hugh hefner should go out!!!!! they deserve eachother!!!!!!!!!
him and that 90 year old bitch hugh hefner should go out!!!!! they deserve eachother!!!!!!!!!
him and that 90 year old bitch hugh hefner should go out!!!!! they deserve eachother!!!!!!!!!
him and that 90 year old bitch hugh hefner should go out!!!!! they deserve eachother!!!!!!!!!
him and that 90 year old bitch hugh hefner should go out!!!!! they deserve eachother!!!!!!!!!
him and that 90 year old bitch hugh hefner should go out!!!!! they deserve eachother!!!!!!!!!
him and that 90 year old bitch hugh hefner should go out!!!!! they deserve eachother!!!!!!!!!
him and that 90 year old bitch hugh hefner should go out!!!!! they deserve eachother!!!!!!!!!
him and that 90 year old bitch hugh hefner should go out!!!!! they deserve eachother!!!!!!!!!
He's a pig and the girls who drunkenly pose for him are too. Hefner is not the same….
If my daughter was on one of those tapes, I would send her to a fucking nunnery.. Er, Shrink then.
hefner just likes to have sex with teens
i hope this douche falls in a hole and dies.
Any first year law student can tell you that ignorance of the law is no excuse for not complying with the law.
you never know how karma will get him back for deflowering all those drunk girls… sure, he uses condoms with all the drunks, but one day, he might just pick up a bug he wasn't expecting… it's surprising he didn't pick anything up while in jail a little while ago….
What is this Pervert doing out of Prison?
Re: LeeLe – haha, that would be funny as hell! this guy deserves it!
That puto is guilty!!! He should go to jail!
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ignorantia juris non excusat: ignorance of the law is no excuse… That guy is fucked.
Not only is ignorance of the law not a defense, he should also be charged with gross stupidity if he claims that he didn't sight or sign his own tax returns !!!
I hope He goes to prison and a Brother of one of those poor young drunk/drug induced Girl's tricked into a video get's His hands on Him/cock in Him!!!!
I'd pay to watch that video!!
LOCK THIS ASSHOLE UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY. HE MADE MILLIONS OFF OF DRUNK STUPID WOMEN. hate this guy.
I'm glad to see he's finally starting to look worn after all that blow, booze and "near-porn". This is the Girls Gone Wild creator btw.
Re: ZACJ – FU! Big difference. Ladies go to Hef. Joe seeks the drunk girls!
Come on Perez…this guy is a complete douche…what a was of space on your site.
Ain't no excuse for not knowing what's on your tax returns!!!
If this jerk weren't a loaded pornographer, no chick would sleep with him. He looks a wee bit simple!
Ok…I would so commit a crime to be in a cell for 6 months with this guy. Damn!
He is so fucking HOT!
This guy is so fugly!!! he is fuckin' grotesque. I can't stand it whenever I see his stupid, goofy, insipid face posted anywhere!!! how is it this putz is getting any poon from any female?!?! What is WRONG with you WOMEN!?!!? Have some goddam self respect. And better taste….. this guy is vile…bleech. I just don't get it! I would rather go down on broken glass!
Ignorance is no defense. Is Joe Francis the guy who was robbed and kidnapped from his house? Some guy was waiting for him and made him take off his pants and act out sexual moves while the robber was filming him? Then he tied him up in the back seat of his car and dumped him off somewhere in LA? Paris Hilton and Joe Francis were talking at a party about being black mailed. It turned out to be the same guy. Anyhow does anyone know if it was Joe Francis? This happened several years back?
Anyone else think that he looks like a younger Tony Danza?
Re: suzi – He does look like a younger Tony Danza. Let me tell you guys this guy is a douche w a capital D. He is a pathetic, spoiled kid who never got on the guest list. He hates women and has a penchant for drunk, ugly chicks who would do anything to be on camera- and they happen to be young. I hope he goes to jail and gets F'd in the ass multiple times by gangbangers.
In this picture he looks like Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men. Scary!
I hope they nail his porn peddling ass to the wall. Then spin him around and let him see what goes down when Gangs Go Wild in the pen.
BURN IN HELL FRANCES!! You're SO MUCH MORE than a douche bag..you're what the douche bag rinses OUT!
Got Teeth?
He is in such deep shit right now, and he knows it. If he's innocent, he better hope he can prove that it's all legit from his end. Otherwise, he's screwed.
I hate this f'n douche bag loser…he's nothin' but a f'n pig that preys on young, dumb, drunk girls. Someone needs to put a bullet between his eyes.
Why is he so damn ugly!
Re: jeff – not only that even if your accountant signs it YOU are still responsible for all information contained within that return.
he is no different than 90% of the weathly out there doing everything in there power to not pay taxes, so the rest of us can pay more ….nothing new under the sun
Pay your taxes fuckhead! This jerk made a living off of young girls in his videos who don't make a penny off of exposing themselves. Yes they are stupid but he is used to living for free. It does not surprise me.
wow…..his pupils are pretty big for having had a camera flashing in them….can anyone say….hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh?