JOE FRANCIS Hoping LA jails have a tooth-whitening program.
The Los Angeles Times reports today that Girls Gone Wild Founder Joe Francis has been convicted of five misdemeanor charges—including false imprisonment and assault causing great bodily injury—after a 2011 attack on three women. LA city attorney Carmen A. Trutanich lauded the victims' courage to come forward.

From the LA Times account of that night:

The group was taken to Francis' gated home, where a physical altercation ensued between Francis and two of the women as he allegedly attempted to pull one of them away from the others, authorities said.

Francis grabbed one of the women by the throat and hair and pushed and slammed her head into the tile floor four times, according to authorities.

The women were escorted out of the house and allegedly told a taxi would not be called and paid for if they called the police.

Francis faces serious jail time—up to five years. He'll be sentenced tomorrow in LA County superior court. Good riddance.