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Jury awards casino mogul Steve Wynn $20M in slander case against ‘Girls Gone Wild’ founder
AP via Washington Post ^ | September 10, 2012 | AP

Posted on 09/10/2012 12:09:15 PM PDT by Beaten Valve

LOS ANGELES — A jury says “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis slandered Steve Wynn when he claimed the casino mogul threatened to kill him and bury him in the desert.

The Los Angeles jury on Monday awarded Wynn $20 million.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: joefrancis; lasvegas

1 posted on 09/10/2012 12:09:23 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
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To: Beaten Valve

I believe that Wynn was only asking for $12-million.


2 posted on 09/10/2012 12:11:08 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
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To: Beaten Valve

Maybe the jury thought 20 comes before 12.


3 posted on 09/10/2012 12:12:40 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Damned if I do, Damned if I don't. Damn it, I will!)
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To: Beaten Valve

Lots of luck trying to collect from that louse, Steve.


4 posted on 09/10/2012 12:12:40 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Beaten Valve

Doesn’t Joe Francis know that Karl Rove is the only guy that can threaten to kill people and get away with it?


5 posted on 09/10/2012 12:15:50 PM PDT by donozark (I was a Vietnam Veteran before it was popular...)
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To: Beaten Valve
I believe that Wynn was only asking for $12-million.

It sounds like the jury knew that during the Error of Obama, 12 million is "chump change" so they rounded up. LOL!

6 posted on 09/10/2012 12:20:12 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Diversity and political correctness. The real reason 09-11-01 happened.)
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To: Beaten Valve

Wynn immediately donated the dough to the ‘Defeat Obama’ Fund!


7 posted on 09/10/2012 12:20:47 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: Beaten Valve

Now, what Steve Wynn must do to get his money is threaten
to kill Joe Francis and bury him in the desert.


8 posted on 09/10/2012 12:23:40 PM PDT by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: Beaten Valve

12
+ punative damages
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20


9 posted on 09/10/2012 12:25:52 PM PDT by Freddd (No PA Engineers)
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To: txrefugee

Yeah, the whole kerfuffle started with Joe owing $2M in gambling losses to Wynn, so getting Joe to pay his debts is obviously a problem. Perhaps having a court order will help.

Does Joe still own anything. It’d be pretty funny if Wynn showed up at every place that Joe owns and seized all the furniture and valuables for non-payment of the judgment. :-)


10 posted on 09/10/2012 2:16:31 PM PDT by RatSlayer
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