11/13/2012 // West Palm Beach, Florida, US // JusticeNewsFlash // Justice News Flash // (press release)
Los Angeles – A judge has reduced the award amount owed to a casino mogul by ‘Girls Gone Wild’ creator Joe Francis. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joanne O’Donnell reduced the $40 million jury verdict awarded in favor of Steve Wynn, who purportedly stated comments made by Francis regarding alleged threats damaged his reputation.
Francis, who has expressed plans to appeal the remaining portion of the verdict, which was reduced to $19 million, is quoted by the AP as stating, “Judge O’Donnell committed a judicial error by allowing this case to even proceed to a trial, and she knows it… This is only the first step of her back peddling and unwinding her illegal actions in order to try to keep her job as a judge.”
Wynn’s attorney Mitchell Langberg is quoted in the report as stating in response to the ruling, “Steve Wynn is very happy with a $19 million compensatory damages award.”
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