TMZ: Wynn Sues 'Wild' Francis For $2M
Gambling Markers, Debt Have Been Paid, Production Company Says
POSTED: 10:03 am PDT July 1,
2008
UPDATED: 11:48 am PDT July 1,
2008
LOS ANGELES -- Steve Wynn is going after another celebrity -- of sorts -- for unpaid gambling markers.In a lawsuit filed by the Wynn Hotel-Casino this week, casino attorneys claim that Joe Francis, creator of the "Girls Gone Wild" series, owes $2 million, according to TMZ.Francis skipped out on a marker he was given back in February 2007, the suit said.Attorneys for the Wynn said the casino gave Francis $2.8 million to gamble with, but he has only returned $800,000 of that.Ronn Torossian, spokesman for Francis' production company, said, "As far as Mr. Francis is concerned, all of his balances with the Wynn Hotel have been fully lived up to, per prior agreements."
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