After a night out in Hollywood in 2009, “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis has been convicted of a crime that could send him to prison for up to 5 years.
The multi-millionaire has been found guilty of five charges total, including assault, three counts of false imprisonment, and one count of dissuading a witness from reporting.
The case was first reported in 2011 when he was charged after three women accused him of taking them to his Hollywood home and refusing to let them leave. He was accused of attacking one of the women and choke-slamming her head into a tile floor.
After an investigation the district attorney declined to file felony charges in the case. Instead, he referred the case to the city attorney, who filed the misdemeanor charges.
Sentencing is scheduled later this week.
