- Joe Francis
This founder and creator of the entertainment brand “Girls Gone Wild”, has at different times been convicted of “tax evasion, bribery, false imprisonment, assault causing great bodily injury, dissuading a witness, record-keeping violations”. He has also been accused severally of prostitution and child molestation.
Joe’s brands – The GGW, filed for bankruptcy in February 2013, it was intended to stop Wynn Resorts from seizing the assets of the company for repayment of debts Francis had accrued via gambling.
In May 2015, a U.S. District Court judge issued an arrest warrant for Francis after he failed to comply with terms of his bankruptcy agreement. As of 2015 he was reportedly living in Mexico with his girlfriend and their twin daughters. Extradition treaties between the U.S. and Mexico are not applicable for civil contempt warrants