Joe Francis Ordered To Pay Jayde Nicole $30K Filed under ( Assault, Guys and Dolls, Jayde Nicole, Joe Francis, Ronald Richards )

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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Joe Francis Locked Up Filed under ( Geraldo Rivera, Girls Gone Wild, Joe Francis, Law and Order )

Timing is everything. The other day, I was just watching an episode of Law & Order, where they had a character that was taken from the life of Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild, and now comes the news that he's been arrested and thrown in jail.

The U.S. Marshal's Office in Panama City, Florida, told People magazine that Joe was arrested at 6:30 a.m. at the Panama City airport because of a warrant seeking his arrest for criminal contempt of court. Right now, he's sitting in the Bay County jail.

Just yesterday, Joe told FOX News's Geraldo Rivera that he planned to surrender to authorities, but apparently eagle-eyed airport police beat him to the punch. The arrest was ordered because last week, Joe allegedly "changed the terms of a settlement deal stemming from a 2003 lawsuit in which seven women accused him of victimizing them by filming them in sexual situations while they were on spring break in Panama City."

He had until noon last Thursday to surrender, but ignored deadline.

According to the News Herald, Francis told Rivera on Monday: "I'm not trying to hide at all. I'm on my way to Florida right now to turn myself in and comply with the judge's order. I would never run from justice." Yeah, ok.

Photo from People.