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Joe Jackson, father of the late Michael Jackson, arrives at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York

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Judge OKs plea d... FILE - In a Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 file photo, Joe Francis, the founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" video empire, smiles as he leaves the Edward R. Roybal Center and Federal Building court on in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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