A jury on Tuesday convicted “Girls Gone Wild” creator Joe Francis with a series of misdemeanor counts in connection to the assault of three women, the Los Angeles Times reports:
Francis, 40, was found guilty after a two-week jury trial on five charges — three counts of false imprisonment, one count of dissuading a witness from reporting and one count of assault causing great bodily injury — stemming from the Jan. 29, 2011, incident.
“Whether a celebrity or not, you will be held accountable for your misdeeds,” City Atty. Carmen A. Trutanich said in a statement. “The victims in this case should be commended for their courage in stepping forward and reporting these attacks, and for not being intimidated from seeing this matter through the justice system.”
Francis faces up to five years in prison.
