Joe Francis a loser again: $20 million for slandering Wynn

A Los Angeles jury found that Las Vegas hotel-casino mogul Steve Wynn was defamed when Joe Francis, the creator of the "Girls Gone Wild" brand, told people that Wynn had threatened to kill him and bury his body in the desert. The jury awarded Wynn, a millionaire, $20 million in damages. Francis had said the threat came via music mogul Quincy Jones, but Jones denied it. From the LA Times:

Francis made the death-threat accusations while warring with Wynn over a roughly $2-million gambling debt Francis had racked up. Francis and Wynn also battled in court over Francis' accusations that he was plied with prostitutes and drugs during his betting spree. (A Nevada judge sided with Wynn in a lawsuit over those claims.)