'Girls Gone Wild' founder Joe Francis sentenced in tax evasion and jail bribery case

LOS ANGELES, CA (TS) -- A federal judge sentenced “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis today to 301 days already served and a year of probation in a case in which the producer of the popular DVD series pleaded guilty to filing false income tax returns.
In September, Francis, 36, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of filing false tax returns in which he withheld $500,000 in interest income.

The last few months of Mr. Francis' life:

The investigation:

Scene fades in... a legal office...

IRS Agent: Mr. Francis, would you please show us your tax returns for the last two years.

Francis: What? No way, I know what you're trying to do, NO WAY!

IRS: Come on, just show us, here have a shot of Sangria.

Francis: I love Sangria! It makes me all crazy though, I don't know if I should... I'm a good little soft porn mogul.

IRS: Ohhhhhhh yeeeeeeeeeah, have a couple and then show us your tax returns for the last two years.

Francis: Wooooooooo! Sangria!

IRS: Come on, show us those tax returns Mr. Francis.

Francis: I'll show you my... drivers license wooooooooo!

IRS: Ah, noooooooo. That doesn't do anything for us.

Francis: I'll show you my... grade ten report card woooooooooo!

IRS: That's great but we really want to see your tax returns for the last two years... come on... more Sangria?

Francis: Sangria woooooooo! Ok, I'll show you guys my... library card WOOOOOOOOO!

IRS: Ahhhhhhh-ha-ha no Mr. Francis, come on, we need more than that... Tell ya what, if you show us those tax returns from the last two years, we'll give you an Internal Revenue Service T-shirt.

Francis: WOOOOOOOOOOOO! Ok, I'll show you my tax returns for the last two years... Oh I hope my lawyer doesn't see this... here you go boys.... you gotta PROMISE you won't show this to anyone else... Ok here goes WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

IRS: Oh yeah Mr. Francis! Very nice, VERY nice!!! That's a lovely pair of tax returns, aren't they a lovely pair of tax returns?

IRS agent 2: Oh yeeeeeeeeah, lovely, lovely... alri-iiiiiight!

IRS: Ah-ha-ha yeah! Ok here's your T-shirt.

Francis: WOOOOOOOOOOOOO... hey, this says "Property of the IRS" on it?

IRS and IRS agent 2: That's right.

Fade to next scene... a jail cell...

Prisoner 25T672R: Hey Mr. Francis, show me your ass.

Francis: What? No way, I know wh...

25t672R: I said SHOW ME BITCH!

Bitch: Yes... daddy.


This has been the story of Joe Francis, 'From boobs to bum rape', as retold by,
Chris Real