‘Girls Gone Wild’ founder arrested again

February 3, 2009

Joe Francis, the man who has made millions off the "Girls Gone Wild" videos, showed up late Monday for a hearing connected to his tax evasion charges.

The video entrepreneur said he was five hours late because he was suffering from the flu. The judge didn't care. Francis was taken from the court in handcuffs.

The hearing wasn't even on the actual charges that Francis claimed more than $20 million in bogus business expenses. It was to consider his attorneys' request to be removed from the case.

Since Joe didn't show, the lawyers are stuck, at least for a while longer.

Maybe Francis would have gotten a more favorable reaction from the court if he had said he was late because he was working on his federal bailout application.

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