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'Girls Gone Wild' founder sentenced to time served, probation for filing false tax returns. A judge sentenced "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis on Friday to 301 days already served and a year of probation for filing false income tax returns and bribing Nevada jail workers.

'Girls Gone Wild' founder pleads guilty to filing false tax returns, will be sentenced in Nov.. "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis pleaded guilty Wednesday to filing false tax returns and will avoid further jail time in a tax case that spanned two states and several years.

'Girls Gone Wild' founder to plead guilty to filing false tax returns, avoiding more jail time. Joe Francis has agreed to plead guilty to filing false tax returns and will avoid further jail time in a tax case that spanned two states and several years, court filings show.