"Girls Gone Wild" founder defied a federal judge.
The founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" videos defied a federal judge, calling him a "judge gone wild" and refusing to surrender to U.S. marshals on a contempt citation, CNN reported.
U.S. District Judge Richard Smoak ordered Joe Francis into custody after settlement negotiations in a lawsuit brought by seven women who were minors when Francis' company filmed them on Panama City Beach.
The 34-year-old Francis makes an estimated $29 million a year through the videos of girls exposing their breasts. Francis drew the contempt order after lawyers for the women said Francis threatened them during negotiations.