Joe Francis just filed a lawsuit against Steve Wynn … claiming the massive criminal case that nearly put him behind bars last year would never have happened if the casino mogul hadn’t lied to the D.A.
TMZ broke the story … Francis was accused of intentionally skipping out on a $2.5 million gambling debt at Wynn Casinos in 2010 — but the charges were dropped in September due to lack of evidence. The “Girls Gone Wild” honcho filed »
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In Season 1 of Million Dollar Decorators Joe Francis’ favorite vacation spot, a 40,000 square foot beachfront estate in Punta Mita, was featured in Bravo’s hit interior design series. The show gave viewers an intimate look into design details for the estate Casa Aramara. Today the Hollywood reporter announced that the hit show has been renewed for an additional season.
“Bravo has just renewed Million Dollar Decorators, its reality series featuring high budget interior designers and their clients, for Season 2.
The Hollywood Reporter has learned all five of the Los Angeles-based designers from Season 1 will return for the second season. They are Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Kathryn Ireland, Jeffrey Alan Marks, Mary McDonald, and Nathan Turner.
Production is gearing up for next season, though a premiere date has yet to be set.”
The countdown to Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries wedding special continues! Meanwhile, we’ve got more marital bliss to celebrate with the 10 best celebrity weddings ever.
Making the cut for fanciest wedding pulled together in record time is the insta-magic marriage of Kim’s very own sis’ Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom.
Wed: Sept. 27, 2009
Where: A private estate in Beverly Hills
On the List: Keeping up with the Kardashians at the
wedding were friends like Ryan Seacrest,
Kelly Osbourne, Kobe and Vanessa Bryant,
Joe Francis and La La Vasquez.
Can’t Top This: Seriously, Khloé and LamLam may have set a record for the most elegant black-tie »
Las Vegas — “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis beat the house Wednesday in a criminal case over a $2.5 million Las Vegas casino debt.
A state judge threw out a criminal theft and bad check indictment against the soft-porn mogul that involved the Wynn Las Vegas resort. Because the casino waited 16 months to redeem a casino marker, or Iou, the judge ruled that Wynn and prosecutors lost their chance to prove Francis committed a crime.
Unpaid casino markers are treated in Nevada like bad checks under a state law that allows prosecutors to file criminal charges and collect a percentage of any settlement.
“The presumption of fraud does not apply,” Clark County District Court Judge Linda Marie Bell said in the ruling. “Mr. Francis had sufficient funds in his account to cover the marker at the time it was issued.”
After the dismissal, Francis told The Associated Press that he »
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Las Vegas — “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis beat the house Wednesday in a criminal case over a $2.5 million Las Vegas casino debt.
A state judge threw out a criminal theft and bad check indictment against the soft-porn mogul that involved the Wynn Las Vegas resort. Because the casino waited 16 months to redeem a casino marker, or Iou, the judge ruled that Wynn and prosecutors lost their chance to prove Francis committed a crime.
Unpaid casino markers are treated in Nevada like bad checks under a state law that allows prosecutors to file criminal charges and collect a percentage of any settlement.
“The presumption of fraud does not apply,” Clark County District Court Judge Linda Marie Bell said in the ruling. “Mr. Francis had sufficient funds in his account to cover the marker at the time it was issued.”
After the dismissal, Francis told The Associated Press that he »
Chalk up another legal victory for Joe Francis — a Nevada court has ruled the “Girls Gone Wild” honcho Will Not be prosecuted for allegedly plotting to screw Steve Wynn out of a $2.5 million gambling marker. It all dates back to an incident in 2007 — when Francis took out the marker at the Wynn Las Vegas … and failed to pay it back. Wynn reported the incident to officials … and the State of Nevada later charged »
– TMZ Staff
“Girls Gone Wild ” kingpin Joe Francis — who was named as a player in the Tobey Maguire poker scandal — is adamant the card games are “perfectly legal” … and he can back it up! Francis was leaving Katsuya in Hollywood last night … when he told us the legendary Hollywood games have been going on for “quite a while.” Joe also claimed he had a lawyer research the law about private poker games and found out, »
– TMZ Staff
The ‘Girls Gone Wild‘ mastermind says Reese should learn how celebrities operate these days!
Reese Witherspoon not-so-subtly called out Blake Lively at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards for her leaked naked photos, as well as calling upon actresses everywhere to respect their bodies and not be sleazy like reality TV stars. But Girs Gone Wild creator Joe Francis says she’s dead wrong — sexy pics and trashy television are the new celebrity!
Joe, 38, says Reese, 35, doesn’t understand what it’s like to be a newcomer on the scene looking for fame, and comments such as hers are “showing her age,” Naughty but Nice Rob Shuter reports.
“I just think that Reese needs to rethink what she said,” he says. “She said this on MTV, a network that has Jersey Shore, 16 and Pregnant…there’s nothing on the network that isn’t reality television.”
What do you think, HollywoodLifers — was Reese »
– William Earl