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Jury awards Wynn $20 million in slander case
Anthony McCartney, Associated Press
Published Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 | 12:05 p.m.
A jury on Monday awarded casino mogul Steve Wynn $20 million in his slander case against "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis, who claimed the creator of some of Las Vegas' most upscale resorts threatened to kill him over a gambling debt.
Witnesses disputed Francis' claims during a four-day trial, including Grammy winning record producer Quincy Jones, who Francis said told him about Wynn's threats and showed him a stack of emails that contained them.
Wynn vehemently denied that.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012...-slander-case/
NSFW pic. Yes there are 2 nipples Jsearl
I was happy to hear that.
Joe Francis just seems like a detestable person.
Steve Wynn's life story is remarkable. Although his parents were well off (Dad was in the Bingo business believe it or not), Steve earned uber success on his own. Good grief, his wife became a billionaire just by divorcing him.
Wynn led the Las Vegas renaissance during the 1990's and recently has had great success in Macau.
Do I think Steve Wynn threatened to kill Joe Francis over a $2 million gambling debt? No, I agree with the jury.
However, Wynn is old school. He's smart and tough as nails.
Below he talks about the time his daughter was kidnapped for a $1.4 million ransom. At the 10:50 mark of the video he tells the interviewer, "the cops got him before we did". It begs the question, what would Steve Wynn have done if he had grabbed the kidnapper before the FBI did?