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Joe Francis arrives to a party in Los Angeles in this Feb. 9, 2007 file photo. "Girls Gone Wild" mogul Joe Francis has lost his bid to be released from a Nevada jail without fear of being extradited to Florida. The 34-year-old video empire founder is facing trial in Nevada for tax evasion. He's wanted in Florida on charges related to filming underage girls on spring break. Francis has been jailed for nearly a year while caught in a tug-of-war between the two states. On Wednesday, March 5, 2008, U.S. District Judge Brian Sandoval denied arguments by Francis' lawyers that would have freed Francis, but kept Florida prosecutors from jailing him. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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LOS ANGELES -- A judge has sentenced "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis to time served and a year of probation for filing false income tax returns.
U.S. District Judge S. James Otero on Friday accepted the terms of a plea deal between Francis and prosecutors.
Prosecutors struck the deal after learning on the eve of trial that a key witness had lied to them.
The soft-porn mogul who filmed and marketed videos of young women initially was accused of taking $20 million in fraudulent deductions earlier this decade.
Under the deal, Francis entered guilty pleas in September to two misdemeanor counts of filing false tax returns and one count of bribing Nevada jail workers in exchange for food.Otero gave Francis credit for 301 days already served in jail.
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