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Defense Gone Wild! Francis Names Aniston, Vaughn, Bloom in Tax Trial
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The defense calls Jennifer Aniston to the stand? If Joe Francis has his way, maybe so.
The Girls Gone Wild purveyor's legal team has revealed the crux of their defense strategy for his long-pending tax evasion trial in court documents obtained by the Smoking Gun this week: By the looks of it, Francis is hoping to be judged by the A-list company he keeps, and not much else.
In slides filed with the court as part of his opening statement, Francis is looking to align his business with stars like Aniston, Vince Vaughn, Orlando Bloom, Jack Nicholson and even a Kardashian or two, claiming the investments—or, as prosecutors refer to them, phony business expenses—he put into his various companies were all part and parcel with servicing his star clientele and business pursuits.
Or, as his defense rather succinctly put it, "Mr. Francis in Business of Sex."
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