Girls Gone Wild's Joe Francis is arrested for attacking an employee at the office he is banned from

  • Francis went back to his former office whereupon he assaulted an employee
  • Francis has previously been ordered to take anger management classes after assaulting women
  • Comes after a turbulent year when he was sentenced to 270 days in jail for assaulting a woman who he brought to his home

By James Gordon

Published: 15:21 EST, 18 May 2014 | Updated: 09:45 EST, 19 May 2014


Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis has spent the night in jail after being arrested on charges of assault.

Francis, 41, was arrested Friday evening at an office building on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles after he was involved in 'pushing and shoving'.

He was released early Saturday morning on $20,000 bail, according to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department website.

The charges follow his conviction on assault and false imprisonment charges.

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Arrested: Grils Gone Wild founder Joe Francis spent the night in jail following an arrest on misdemeanor assault charges, authorities said Saturday

Arrested: Grils Gone Wild founder Joe Francis spent the night in jail following an arrest on misdemeanor assault charges, authorities said Saturday

Jail time: Girls Gone Wild businessman Joe Francis is sentenced in court in Los Angeles on Tuesday

Facing jail time? Girls Gone Wild businessman Joe Francis spent 270 days in jail after being sentenced last year

According to Perez Hilton, after making his way up to the 10th floor, he was stopped by security.

As the guards called the cops, an employee tried to get Francis into one of the offices and block him in.

 

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Francis allegedly pushed the man, which led to a citizen’s arrest.

Police were investigating whether Francis should even have been at the building since he was a violation of a 'stay away' order issued by federal Bankruptcy Court which statess he can’t come within 100 feet of the property.

Excuses: Francis, who has had numerous brushes with the law in the past, blames his troubles on his 'jealous' critics

Excuses: Francis, who has had numerous brushes with the law in the past, blames his troubles on his 'jealous' critics

Francis could now be thrown in jail for contempt for violating the restraining order.

Francis filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February 2013. His creditors included casino mogul Steve Wynn.

Francis was  for slander for saying that Wynn had plotted to have him killed over a gambling debt from one of his casinos.

Earlier this month the Nevada Supreme Court upheld Wynn's $7.5-million judgment in a civil defamation case against Francis.

Last few days of freedom? Girls Gone Wild' creator Joe Francis out in Beverly Hills last week; the businessman faces up to five years in jail for assaulting a woman and holding her and two friends captive

Last few days of freedom? Girls Gone Wild' creator Joe Francis out in Beverly Hills last week; the businessman faces up to five years in jail for assaulting a woman and holding her and two friends captive

Wynn sued Francis in 2008 amid a legal tussle over a $2-million gambling debt that Francis incurred at the Wynn Las Vegas resort.

In 2012, Wynn won a $21-million judgment against Francis after a separate slander trial in Los Angeles.

Francis, who has had numerous brushes with the law in the past, blames his troubles on his 'jealous' critics.

'You know why I've been criticized, why I've been brutalized?' he says. 'Anybody who criticizes me, anybody who -- it's just a jealous guy. Everybody who says, 'Oh, Joe Francis is this' -- look at their penis and tell me if it's small. Tell me!'

Last August Francis was sentenced to 270 days in jail and three years of probation after he was convicted of five charges including assault and the false imprisonment of three women.

Included in his sentence, Francis was supposed to complete a year of psychological counseling and anger management.

Girls Gone Bankrupt: Girls Gone Wild, a company infamous for producing videos featuring college-age women taking off their tops, has declared bankruptcy, citing $15million in debts

Infamous: Francis's company Girls Gone Wild, produces videos of college-age women taking off their tops

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Pig!

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you reap what you sow....

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Dirtbag who should have quit while the quitting was good. He probably made $50 million from his videos. You'd think that would be enough to retire comfortably on.

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EVERYTHING about this guy is just WRONG, red flags waving everywhere. Why is he not just put in jail with the key thrown out?

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There is something very creepy about this dude. He has dead eyes.

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super creepy looking. Like a cartoon villain come to life!

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He is just gross. No amount of money would ever make me consider him!!

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Francis is a great friend of Kimmy and the klan yet not a mention of that in this article as DM does whenever possible. Headline: Joe Francis, Kardashian lover, in another mess.

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YES! Friends with the Kardashians...they stay at his "villa" in Mexico and party with him in LA. What a creep.

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This guy needs to stop that fake plastic smile, every photo he looks like Joker from Batman

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This man needed to be jailed long long ago. He is a horrible person and abuses his wife - saw them on a couples show and was horrified.

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