Joe Francis will have to wait a little longer for his day in court. A federal judge in Los Angeles today allowed the Girls Gone Wild guru to bring aboard a new defense team. The move means his long-in-the-works tax-dodging trial will be pushed from March 31 to July 7 to give new attorneys Janet Levine and John Vandevelde time to get up to snuff. But that wasn't the best news for Francis... U.S. District Judge James Otero's also refused to grant a prosecution request to rescind bail for showing up late to a hearing last week. Francis said he was sick and had a doctor's note to prove it. Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, says the judge instead...
- 2/11/2009
- E! Online
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