8 News Now Entertainment » jail http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/entertainment Las Vegas Entertainment News, star sightings on and around the Las Vegas Strip, by Dayna Roselli. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:43:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Girls Gone Wild Founder to Return to Florida http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/entertainment/2008/03/girls-gone-wild-founder-to-return-to-florida/ http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/entertainment/2008/03/girls-gone-wild-founder-to-return-to-florida/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:13:41 +0000 Las Vegas Now Staff http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/entertainment/2008/03/10/girls-gone-wild-founder-to-return-to-florida/ (AP) A federal judge in Reno has authorized “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis be released from a Nevada jail so he can go back to Florida and answer charges there stemming from a five-year-old case involving the filming of underage girls. His lawyer told U.S. Magistrate Robert McQuaid that Francis was to fly to the East Coast on Tuesday, and appear in a Panama City, Florida., courtroom the following day to resolve the charges from the 2003 filming of girls during spring break.

During a brief hearing Monday, defense lawyer Fred Atcheson gave the court a $1.5 million cashier’s check to cover Francis’ bail on tax evasion charges, and assured the judge other previous release conditions would be met. Francis, has been jailed on both sides of the country for nearly a year, caught in a tug-of-war between federal prosecutors in Nevada and state attorneys in Florida, where he still faces four felonies and two misdemeanors related to the 2003 filming.

]]> http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/entertainment/2008/03/girls-gone-wild-founder-to-return-to-florida/feed/ 0 Girls Gone Wild Founder Hires New Nev. Lawyer http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/entertainment/2008/02/girls-gone-wild-founder-hires-new-nev-lawyer/ http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/entertainment/2008/02/girls-gone-wild-founder-hires-new-nev-lawyer/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:20:38 +0000 Las Vegas Now Staff http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/entertainment/2008/02/20/girls-gone-wild-founder-hires-new-nev-lawyer/ (Copywrite: AP) “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis, jailed for nearly a year in a tug-of-war between federal prosecutors in Nevada and state attorneys in Florida, has a new legal team he hopes can forge a truce for his release to prepare for his upcoming trial on federal tax charges.

Lawyers also filed a motion seeking to postpone Francis’ April trial on the tax charges until August, arguing he’s been unable to review more than 22,000 pages of evidence behind bars and assist in his defense.

A hearing on the motion is scheduled Friday.

Francis, who faces criminal charges in the Floriday panhandle for filming underage, bare-breasted women during spring break in 2003, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Reno last April on allegations of tax fraud.

While a federal magistrate has approved conditions for bail in the tax case, one sticking point is a requirement that he resolve the no-bail detainer against him in Florida.

That’s something Florida prosecutors have refused to do. As a consequence, Francis has remained in the Washoe County Jail.

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