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Criminal

Aug. 25, 2011

Girls Gone Wild producer charged in assault

The founder of "Girls Gone Wild" production company Mantra Films Inc. was charged Monday in connection with the assault of three women in his Bel Air home after a college graduation party in Hollywood in late January.

By Erica E. Phillips
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The founder of "Girls Gone Wild" production company Mantra Films Inc. was charged Monday in connection with the assault of three women in his Bel Air home after a college graduation party in Hollywood in late January. Joseph R. Francis, 38, faces a five-year sentence and up to $13,000 in fines. He's charged with three counts of false imprisonment, one count of dissuading a witness from reporting and one count of ...

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