June 11th, 2010
In my action against Joe Francis for Jayde Nicole he just recently retained new counsel after his prior counsel withdrew. I have a bunch of psychotic emails from him during his short lived in pro per status. However, just when Joe Francis thought his criminal problems were a thing of the past, he ended up apparently violating the protective order from his criminal case. In addition, his former defense team from Munger, Tolles & Olson has just withdrawn. This one slip up can cost a cash strapped Joe Francis a bundle to defend and Judge Otero can easily give him custody time.
A copy of the motion for criminal contempt can be viewed here: Francis Contempt Motion
In a criminal case, sometimes discovery obtained by the government which exposes witnesses cannot be used or disseminated in other cases or by the defendant. This is what was in place against the Girls Gone Wild CEO. After the trial was over, Joe, holding true to his reckless ways, used some interviews as leverage in attempting to negotiate a debt with his creditors.
This attempt has backfired and now once again, on June 21, 2010, Joe Francis is looking at custody time.
Tags: Girls Gone Wild, Jayde Nicole, Joe Francis, Judge Otero, Munger Tolles
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April 29th, 2010
Back n July of 2009, I blogged about these guys. http://ronaldrichards.com/index.php/2009/blog/provecho-restaurant
They had the gaul to sue my client for not investing in the restaurant. Jill Bigelow, the operator of the restaurant with her soon to be ex husband Gabe Morales, filed bankruptcy for the general partner. Today, in the Bankruptcy Court granted relief from the automatic stay. See it here Relief From Stay
The bank is now going to repossess all of the assets of this joke of an enterprise. Recently, Jill Bigelow attempted to hold her attorneys hostage by forcing them to go to trial without paying them. Apparently, she doesn’t know that slavery was abolished with the 13th Amendment. Instead, the Court continued the trial until April of 2011 much to her chagrin.
Now, with liquidation eminent, the restaurant will go to the dust bin of glorified business ventures. Lesson learned, don’t sue your potential investors and remember,having an MBA is not a substitute for a law degree. I should now, I went to both business school and law school.
Tags: Gabe Morales, jill bigelow, Provecho Restaurant
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April 15th, 2010
It was not long ago that the Girls Gone Wild king was a feeding frenzy for attorneys. Especially, the large law firms. Now, in his two open civil cases in Los Angeles, they withdrew living him in pro per. Steve Wynn is pursuing him with a vengeance. Attached is a minute order showing how bad it is. He showed up at a debtor’s exam initiated by Mr. Wynn and they confiscated $1,900.00 in cash from him. See order here:Francis Debtor Exam Doc
On his federal tax case, he didn’t appeal the District Court’s denial of his motion for reconsideration. See prior post here: http://ronaldrichards.com/index.php/2010/blog/district-court-denies-joe-franciss-motion-for-reconsideration
Recently, he didn’t show up for a hearing in federal court. His former attorney in Northern Florida sued him for fees. His attorney representing him withdrew and now she is seeking a default judgment against him. See the story here: http://www.newsherald.com/news/judge-82974-attorney-panama.html
These are the final signs of someone’s financial end. I mean really, would you actually pay $10.00 to see video or DVD of college girls showing their breasts? This market is getting harder for him to find as well. He recent tour, was in the famous town of Greencastle. Do any of you know where that is? Here is the story on how hard local officials are making it for him to exploit young drunk woman. http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/1623651.html
All in all, it doesn’t look too pretty. I will give you more next week.
Tags: Girls Gone Wild, Greencastle, Joe Francis, Steve Wynn
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