Joe Francis, Wife To Divorce After Seven Weeks

Joe Francis is starting fresh in the new year.

The Girls Gone Wild founder, 37, confirmed the Us Magazine report that he and wife of just seven weeks, Christina McLarty, have called it quits.

“After careful and thoughtful consideration on both our parts, Christina and I have mutually decided to end our relationship," Francis told Us in a statement. "We entered into our relationship with love and it’s with love and kindness that we leave it. We wish each other the best for the future.”

A pal says the pair, who tied the knot in early November, have been living apart.

"Things completely changed in the relationship and it just became painful," says the insider.

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Joe Francis, Wife Separate After Seven Weeks

After tying the knot in early November, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis has separated from wife Christina McLarty, Us Magazine has learned.

"Things completely changed in the relationship and it just became painful," a source close to the couple tells Us. "They are not sure if they are going to divorce yet. They're just taking some time apart."

Though Francis' rep denied that McLarty moved out of their shared Bel Air pad, an insider tells Us that the two are indeed living apart as they evaluate their relationship.

"The rumors are true despite the rep's denial, but that's because he's hoping to reconcile with her," the source says. "It's just a spat. They've turned to friends for counsel."

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Jayde Nicole Settles Lawsuit Against Joe Francis

An attorney for Jayde Nicole will formally file paperwork Thursday to end the Playboy model's civil lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis, Radar Online has learned exclusively.

As RadarOnline.com was first to report on December 15th, Nicole had settled her $1 million suit with Francis over an altercation in a L.A. nightclub during which Francis was caught on camera grabbing her hair and throwing her to the ground.

The shocking incident happened in July, 2009 at Hollywood hot spot Guys and Dolls and was captured on the club's surveillance camera.

In a statement Richards told us: "The terms of the settlement agreement are strictly confidential, so there will be no comment whatsoever as to the terms.

"Generally speaking, my client would never settle cases that are close to trial that she initiates unless she was thrilled, delighted, and overjoyed with the resolution. She wishes Joe all the best and is glad this matter is behind them.

"Always at the end of the year, parties generally like to close out loose ends, my client is enjoying her holiday and is looking forward to shopping in America's best stores."

No criminal charges were ever filed against Francis in connection with the incident.

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Jayde Nicole Settles Lawsuit With Joe Francis

Playboy Playmate Jayde Nicole has settled her lawsuit with Girls Gone Wild producer Joe Francis after she accused him of attacking her in a nightclub, Radar Online has exclusively learned.

The pair -- who were embroiled in a bitter battle with both parties suing each other -- have settled in an undisclosed financial deal and walked away from their legal drama.

The attack was caught on security video as Radar Online revealed.

But Nicole is still reeling with anger at her former boyfriend, Brody Jenner, who wrote a letter to Francis insisting the incident, which was caught on tape, never happened.

"Jayde is infuriated by Brody's comments," a close source to the 24-year-old beauty told Radar Online.

"She is angry that he is trying to deny the fight, even though the video speaks for itself."

On the night in question, Nicole said Francis pulled her hair and punched her in the face.

At the time, Brody was dating the beauty and ended up getting tasered.

He was also suing Joe Francis for assault, but settled on the condition he wrote a letter apologizing to the Girls Gone Wild founder, Radar Online has been told.

"I would like to acknowledge for the record that media reports that you beat up Jayde Nicole that night were completely inaccurate," he wrote in the letter.

"I have always known you to be a gentleman and I'm very sorry that you were wrongly accused that night."

But Nicole is fuming her one-time lover rolled over so easily.

Our source said: "While Nicole is happy that this is over once and for all, she feels she would never have placed herself in a situation where she had to write a public apology like her former boyfriend did."

As part of the deal, Radar Online learned that both Nicole nor Francis can comment on the exact details of the settlement.

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Brody Jenner to Joe Francis: I'm Sorry, So Sorry

Brody Jenner is feasting on crow, after profusely apologizing to Joe Francis whom he now says he wrongly accused of beating his then-girlfriend.

Brody told TMZ at the time of the incident ... Joe beat up Jayde Nicole -- pulling her hair and punching her in the face -- at an L.A. club in August of '09.

Sources tell TMZ Brody and Joe have now settled what turned into a legal beef -- and as part of the settlement, Brody was required to write a letter of apology to Joe.

In the letter -- obtained by TMZ -- Brody says, "I would like to acknowledge for the record that the media reports that you beat up Jayde Nicole ... were completely inaccurate."

Brody goes on to say, "I have always known you to be a gentleman and I'm very sorry that you were wrongly accused that night."

And the always-polite Brody ends by writing, "Please accept my congratulations and best wishes on your recent marriage."

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Joe Francis Ordered To Pay Jayde Nicole $30K

Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis has been ordered to pay thousands of dollars in legal fees incurred by Jayde Nicole, the Playboy hottie he attacked at a West Hollywood nightclub last summer, Radar Online has exclusively learned.

As Radar Online has previously reported, Francis was caught on security video pulling Nicole's hair at Guys and Dolls nightclub last August after Nicole spilled a drink on him. The attack was so violent, Nicole fell to the ground.

Following the incident, Nicole filed a million dollar lawsuit against Francis; he then counter-sued her as well.

Tuesday morning, a judge in Los Angeles ruled that Francis must pay Nicole almost $30,000 in legal fees she has incurred.

Nicole's powerhouse attorney, Ronald Richards, tells RadarOnline.com exclusively, "Today Joe Francis will owe Jayde Nicole a minimum of at least $31,000 pending a final ruling in attorneys' fees for filing a cross complaint that infringed upon her free speech rights. He never appealed the dismissal by the court, and that judgment is final. He won't be able to spin that any other way."

No charges were ever filed against Francis for the incident in which Nicole suffered a black eye, swollen face, among other injuries she claimed in her lawsuit against Francis.

Nicole's civil lawsuit against Francis is scheduled to go to trial this December.

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Jayde Nicole Wins Battle With Joe Francis

'Girls Gone Wild' founder Joe Francis has found himself on the losing end of yet another legal battle. According to TMZ, a judge has thrown out part of Francis' lawsuit against Playboy Playmate Jayde Nicole.

In August of 2009, the "filmmaker" allegedly assaulted Playmate Jayde Nicole at L.A.'s Guys & Dolls nightclub after the model poured her drink on him. Both Francis and Nicole filed lawsuits against each other alleging assault and battery, but Francis, who is no stranger to the legal system, decided to throw a few more charges in against Nicole.

Following Nicole's report to TMZ alleging that Francis punched and kicked her during the altercation, Francis filed another suit against the Playmate for defamation. The judge presiding over the case threw out Francis' suit, claiming that he had not provided sufficient proof that Nicole had intentionally maligned Francis' squeaky clean name and reputation.

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Brody: Keeping In Touch With The Kardashians

Fresh off a split from girlfriend, Jayde, Brody Jenner seems to have reconnected with his step-siblings - The Kardasians.

The feud between Brody and Joe Francis seemed to have split the family into Team Jenner and Team Francis with most of the family siding with Joe. There was also rumors floating around that The Kardasians didn't get along with Jayde.

However, now that the Jenner/Francis drama has died down and Brody and Jayde are no longer an item, they all seem to be coming together. They spent the holidays together, and today Brody was palling around with Kim's boyfriend, Reggie Bush.

BrodyJenner "Bowling with @Reggie_bush and @Frankiedelgado... Game time" about 2 hours ago from Tweetie

Joe Francis: Suing Jayde Nicole & Brody Jenner

Just when we thought he couldn’t get any stranger, Joe Francis has filed a lawsuit against Brody Jenner and his girlfriend Jayde Nicole, claiming Jenner assaulted him and Jayde threatened to kill him.

The allegations stem from a fight that took place in August at Guys and Dolls nightclub during which Francis says he feared for his life.

Joe asserts that he was “startled and shocked” when he innocently walked through the crowd at the bar and was suddenly struck on the head by Jayde, who subsequently threw a drink on him and yelled, “I’m going to kill you.”

After Francis grabbed Miss Nicole’s hair “in self defense,” Jenner proceeded to attack him “in a jealous rage.” Joe is suing them both for battery, assault, slander, libel, and negligence.

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Joe Francis Case Formally Presented To D.A.'s Office

The investigation into Joe Francis’ vicious attack against Jayde Nicole has been formally presented to the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.

Francis has been accused of attacking the Hills beauty at Hollywood’s Guys And Dolls club on August 28th. The attack was caught on video surveillance tape that was exclusively obtained by RadarOnline.com.

The case was turned over Tuesday morning by the West Hollywood Sheriff's Department, sources in the D.A.'s office tell RadarOnline.com

It's now up to prosecutors to determine if Francis will face any charges. Francis could be charged with either felony or misdemeanor charges, or the case could be rejected all together. The case is now in the hands of Los Angeles County D.A. and out of the Beverly Hills courthouse.

Jayde Nicole’s attorney Ron Richards told RadarOnline.com, “I am confident that the DA will see that beating that occurred while Mr. Francis was out on bail and bring justice to Ms. Nicole.”
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Brody Jenner Has Anger Management Issues?

As of late, there have been reports of a Kardashian/Jenner feud.

"Khloe, Kourtney and Kim have really been distancing themselves from Brody because of his girlfriend, Jayde [Nicole]," the insider says. "After her bar fight with their friend Joe Francis, they realized she's bad news, but they can't get Brody to see it."

And the snitch says Brody's attitude isn't helping matters.

"They’re concerned because Brody has developed an anger management problem," the source says. "It’s almost like she brings out the worst in him, so the girls are steering clear of their stepbrother until he ditches Jayde."

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Jayde Confirms Brody's Feud With Stepsisters

Last month Brody Jenner told MTV the reason he didn’t make his stepsister Khloe Kardashian’s wedding was because of prior ‘Hills’ promo commitments.

However, it’s emerged that the 26-year-old wasn’t at the church in his best hat, throwing fistfuls of confetti for a different reason – there’s currently a massive rift between him and the curvy Kardashian sisters.

According to Brody’s pneumatic Playboy missus, Jayde Nicole, The Hills lad is supremely pissed off with the girls for remaining friends with Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis.

Jayde told radaronline.com: "Brody was at the very beginning pretty upset that his family was still hanging out with him…But it's not his mom or his blood, they're stepsisters and he can't really fight what’s going on.

“So he's just upset by it. He's dealing with it. But I’m upset for him.”

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Joe Francis Attack Caught On Security Video

"He can't lie anymore!" Jayde Nicole speaks out for the first time since the attack, describing her nightmare at experience at the hands of Joe Francis while watching RadarOnline.com's explosive never-before-seen security video of the incident.

"It makes me absolutely cringe," Jayde says of watching the founder of the Girls Gone Wild videos viciously attack her.

Click here to watch the footage.

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The Hills Season Premiere Recap: 'It's On, Bitch!'

On Tuesday night's season premiere of The Hills, Kristin Cavallari made her presence felt early and often. Amazing what huge paychecks and scripts can do. Meanwhile, Spencer put a deposit on a house without telling his duck-lipped plastic wife. Below, The Hollywood Gossip staff reviews Kristin's first episode of MTV's long-running "reality" TV series and awards and deducts points as it sees fit ...

The last-season-in-review montage showing Lauren Conrad departing airs, with Kristin as the show's new narrator. That's cold, MTV. Minus 2.

The girls sit around, giving us the 411 on Kristin Cavallari, who they've just been informed will be on The Hills ... and will be their new friend, apparently. Hey, at least their disdain is for real. Plus 5.

Why would Spencer assume Kristin would go after Justin-Bobby, who looks homeless and by all accounts does not bathe, of all the people at the party? What about Frankie Delgado or Sleazy T? This whole scenario is ridiculous. Minus 16.

Plus 9 for the obligatory Brody Jenner shirtless and sleeveless shots, and Plus 2 more because Jayde Nicole shows no signs of Joe Francis whomping on her.

Heidi Montag says her goal in life is to keep her husband happy. Spoken like a true feminist. Cook, clean, and break out the knee pads, Heidi. Minus 5.

Kristin to Audrina: "Your sidekick is yappin' her mouth at me!" Ten seconds into the season and she already knows the role of Stephanie Pratt. Plus 4.

LMAO moment: What is Spencer wearing when he and Heidi pretend to go house hunting? Why are his jeans tucked into his boots? Minus 1.

Stacie the bartender calls Audrina a stage-five clinger. Plus 2 for Stacie's unexplained, contrived appearance on the show, and Plus 2 more for the use of Wedding Crashers quotes.

Even Kristin's voice sounds fake, like she's trying too hard to sound overly dramatic on her "date" with Justin. Minus 3.

Spencer puts a deposit down on a place without telling Heidi, who hates it. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Plus 12.

TOTAL: +9! The Hills is what it is. If you can get past how obviously staged it all is, there's still a lot of drama and entertainment value to be enjoyed.

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Brody Jenner & Jayde Nicole Interviews

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are still fighting over baby plans on new episodes of The Hills. But Spencer's former bro, Brody Jenner, thinks that once they decide to add a little Pratt to their clan, they will eventually make great parents. Also, Brody has heard some interesting tales about the infamous couple and is curious to see just what they are like these days.

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2008 Playmate of the Year and Hills star, Jayde Nicole, calls Big J of Hot 101.9 to talk about her relationship with Brody Jenner, why he wasn't at the Kardashian wedding, and the incident between her, Brody, and Joe Francis.

The Saga Continues: Jayde Nicole Sues Francis

Jayde Nicole filed a lawsuit earlier today against Joe Francis, alleging assault and battery!! She claims,

"In an intoxicated and uncontrollable rage, defendant Francis, who weighs over 200 lbs, physically attacked plaintiff Nicole, approximately 115 lbs, by pulling on her hair from behind to gain maximum control over her person and then violently shoving and/or throwing her to the ground of the nightclub like a rag-doll."

She's asking for $1 million dollars!!

In response to her lawsuit, Joe Francis had this to say,

"Jayde Nicole is an absolute and total liar. Her prior statements about the incident are not only slanderous and defamatory, but actionable. It is so interesting that Jayde Nicole would hire the same attorney (Ron Richards) who represented the double murderer who kidnapped me from my Bel Air mansion at gunpoint in 2004, for which he is now serving 11 years. The only thing that Jayde Nicole is famous for is having a tattoo of the word "respect" above her vagina... for which we all know she has none of... Jayde have you seen a picture of me lately? I'm 175 lbs. soaking wet."

Catfight!!!!!!!

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Video Surveillance Backs Up Joe Francis

The epic nightclub melee from last week that pit Brody Jenner and Jayde Nicole against Girls Gone Wild sleaze ball Joe Francis was caught on surveillance video.

Jayde claims she threw a drink in Francis' face, only to have him kick and punch her. Joe says after the drink incident, he grabbed her hair but that was it.

According to sources, Francis may be in the right. The video at Guys and Dolls in West Hollywood shows Jayde Nicole throwing a drink in Francis' face, and then Joe grabbing her hair as he turned around.

Jayde falls to the ground but Francis never appears to lay another hand on her, although she was trampled in the ensuing melee that broke out.

The fight is said to have started because Joe was hitting on his ex, Abbey Wilson, too aggressively for her friend Jayde's taste. Jayde stepped in.

Accounts of what happened after that differ, but all parties were ejected from the club, Brody Jenner punched Francis in the face and was tasered. The case remains under investigation.

According to our poll, 69% of you are on Team Joe.

Team Jayde Nicole - Joe exploits girls, so why wouldnt he hit a girl?	31%
Team Joe Francis - Jayde would be pressing charges if her story was legit.	69%

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Abbey Wilson Calls 911 on Joe Francis

In case you haven't heard, a bar fight went down 10 days ago after Joe Francis was harassing his ex, Abbey Wilson when Jayde threw a drink on him and all hell broke loose. Now it looks like a 911 call could help determine who's lying and who's telling the truth in the melee between Jayde Nicole, Brody Jenner and Joe Francis.

Apparently at 8 p.m. the night after the fight, Abbey Wilson called 911, claiming that Joe Francis had sent over people to clean out her home. Francis says an assistant did indeed pay a visit to Wilson, along with three other dudes with a moving truck, and took furniture and other stuff away.

LAPD officers arrived and no arrests were made or charges filed, and they eventually allowed Francis' people to continue hauling away property.

Francis says he was frustrated Abbey Wilson was "lying" about what went down. A few hours before the movers arrived, Francis sent her a text "laying out what happened" (coaching a witness, according to how some look at it).

Francis was pissed, because while he was dating Wilson he says he gave her a small fortune in material possessions, including the house she was living in. Joe says if she was going to lie out of spite, he wasn't going to let Abbey keep those gifts. But would backing up Jayde Nicole and her story even be a lie?

Wilson feels Francis wanted her to lie about what happened because Francis could go back to jail if officials feel he violated the terms of his early release. She claims she refused to lie, and that's when Francis retaliated by sending "the guys" over.

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Brody & Jayde: How They're Doing Post-Fight

Brody Jenner and Jayde Nicole aren't about to let last week's fight with Joe Francis get the best of them.

"I saw both of them yesterday," their Hills co-star Lo Bosworth told us this morning. "They're both doing OK. They love each other so much, and the support of each other is going to get them through this."

She added, "They're taking it one day at a time. I really think everything's going to work out."

But we won't be reliving the Francis feud on any upcoming episodes of MTV's pseudo-reality soap...

"If we had been filming that night, then maybe we would show some of it on The Hills, but at this point, there's too much legal stuff attached to it, so it's not right for the show," Lo explained.

But Lo assures us that Joe Francis dramz aside, the upcoming season will be anything but tame because of the ongoing battle between Team Kristin and Team Audrina.

"I find myself kind of acting as a mediator between two different groups of people," Lo said. "I've known Kristin for years and she's my friend. And then I have [Steph and Audrina] who are like, 'Who is this girl? Why is she here?'"

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Audrina's Solution To The Jenner/Francis Fight

Audrina Patridge has a solution for the whole Brody Jenner/Joe Francis feud that's been brewing since late last week: Tase them all, and let God sort them out later.

The soon-to-be-former Hills brunette recently was asked who she would prefer to shoot with a taser, Brody or Francis (a reference to the fact that Jenner was actually tasered on the night of the fracas).

"Both!" Patridge shot back. "I don't know, just both of them!"

OK, then. So who would first experience the wrath of Audrina's trigger finger?

"I think I'd get them together and get 'em at the same time," Patridge offered.

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