Judge OKs plea deal from 'Girls Gone Wild' founder

 LOS ANGELES  -- A judge has sentenced "Girls Gone Wild"
founder Joe Francis to time served and a year of probation for
filing false income tax returns.
   U.S. District Judge S. James Otero on Friday accepted the terms
of a plea deal between Francis and prosecutors.
   Prosecutors struck the deal after learning on the eve of trial
that a key witness had lied to them.
   The soft-porn mogul who filmed and marketed videos of young
women initially was accused of taking $20 million in fraudulent
deductions earlier this decade.
   Under the deal, Francis entered guilty pleas in September to two
misdemeanor counts of filing false tax returns and one count of
bribing Nevada jail workers in exchange for food.
   Otero gave Francis credit for 301 days already served in jail.