Following up on my prior post: the IRS has filed a $34 million tax lien against Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis', two weeks after U.S. District Judge S. James Otero sentenced Francis to 301 days time served following his guilty plea to two misdemeanor counts of filing false tax returns.
It was a tough week for Francis, as the Stanford band mocked the USC grad at halftime of Stanford's 55-21 rout of USC (text here):
Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:
- Taxes Gone Wild: Joe Francis Indicted on Tax Charges (4/12/07)
- Founder of "Girls Gone Wild" Pleads Not Guilty to Tax Evasion Charges, Says "IRS Gone Wild" (7/23/08)
- "Girls Gone Wild" Founder Seeks New Counsel in Tax Evasion Case (1/28/09)
- Tax Lawyer Strikes Back at "Girls Gone Wild" Founder Joe Francis (1/30/09)
- Joe Francis to Use "Deductions Gone Wild" Defense in Tax Evasion Trial (8/27/09)
- 'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Joe Francis Cops Tax Plea (9/24/09)
- 'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Joe Francis Gets Time Served in Tax Case (11/8/09)
