Wynn attorney Barry Langberg quickly declared vindication for his client, and Wynn released a statement Sept. To that end, jurors were shown a 1980s television interview in which Wynn appeared to threaten to choke Meredith Vieira.īut ultimately, the jury sided with Wynn, 70, determining that while convincing women to pull off their tops for a camera might count as free expression, falsely reporting a death threat does not. Francis claimed Jones told him about Wynn’s threats, but Jones testified that wasn’t true.įrancis’ lawyer Aaron Aftergood attempted to battle back by portraying Wynn as a vengeful executive who routinely makes threats.
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Wynn, fearful of what the Nevada Gaming Commission might think of such an explosive allegation, sued, and at trial he called legendary music producer (and Francis acquaintance) Quincy Jones to the stand. He said he would hit me in the back of the head with a shovel and bury me in a hole in the desert.” But when Francis, 39, was hauled into a Los Angeles court for allegedly running up a $2 million debt during a wild weekend at Steve Wynn‘s Las Vegas resort, he announced to a judge and a TMZ reporter that he needed a restraining order against the casino tycoon because “Wynn threatened to kill me. G irls Gone Wild mogul Joe Francisis vowing to appeal a $40 million jury verdict in one of the odder defamation lawsuits in recent Hollywood history.Īs celebrities well know, defamation cases rarely result in multimillion-dollar awards - at least not in the U.S., which imposes high hurdles for those attempting to prove injury to public figures by speech. 21 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.