"Girls Gone Wild" svengali Joe Francis is behind bars in Panama City, ironically the place where Ashley Judd found peace in "Ruby in Paradise". Francis was reportedly on his way to turn himself in, having chartered a jet for that purpose, when airport authorities saved him the trouble.

Francis was picked up on a contempt of court charge, ultimately stemming from a 2003 lawsuit filed by women claiming to have been underage when GGW employees filmed them. "Ruby in Paradise" had been filmed ten years earlier, when sweet Ashley Judd was 24. - GP

· "Girls Gone Wild" creator arrested at airport (tmz.com)
· "Girls Gone Wild" Wikipedia entry (wikipedia.org)
· Joe Francis: "Baby, Give Me a Kiss" (latimes.com)
· Dispatches from "Girls Gone Wild" (slate.com)

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