"Girls Gone Wild" Founder/Real-Life Human Garbage Joe Francis Found Guilty of Choking Out and Slamming a Woman's Head on Tile

Or, more simply, 'assault.'

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Girls Gone Wild founder and real-life human garbage Joe Francis was finally convicted yesterday for being literally abusive towards women (as opposed to what he's built his career off of). He has been charged with nearly half a dozen misdemeanor counts for a 2011 incident involving three women - one of whom he's accused of choking out and slamming her head into the tile floor of his Hollywood home. 

According to the LA Times, Francis was convicted yesterday of five charges in connection with the assaults - that's three counts of false imprisonment, one count of dissuading a witness from reporting and one count of assault causing great bodily injury. After the jury convicted Francis, L.A.'s city attorney reportedly praised the courage of the victim for speaking out about what happened.

The incident occurred on January 29, 2011 - three women claimed they were partying at the trendy Supper Club in Hollywood to celebrate a college graduation when they met Francis. At closing time, Francis allegedly grabbed one of the women's hands and took her to his limo, so the other two women followed because they believed he would give them a ride to their car. Instead, he, his bodyguard, and his driver all refused to let the women leave, the latter two even producing sheriff's badges.

The women were brought back to Francis' home, where an altercation ensued between him and two of the women when he attempted to pull one of them away from the others - it was then that he allegedly grabbed one of the women by the throat and hair, and slammed her head into the tile floor four times. The women were then escorted out of the home, and Francis allegedly threatened them and told them not to call the police.

Francis and his abusive tendencies have been in and out of the news for years - take this story we posted back in 2011 after he (somehow) escaped a lawsuit while defending himself before an all-female jury:

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Bad word choice doesn't even begin to cover it. But really, this opener from a 2006 LA Times story is perhaps the most damning evidence of all:

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Luckily though, this real-life piece of shit is facing prison again - this time, though, instead of 35 days, he's facing up to five years. His sentencing scheduling hearing is set for next week.

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[via LA Times]

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