SMALL WINERY IN OK “TAKES ADVANTAGE” OF JOE FRANCIS

America’s other favorite con, Joe Francis, is in a tizzy over “Girls Gone Wine” winery, based in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. He says the small winery infringes on his tasteful “Girls Gone Wild” video empire, which features topless college girls and ultimately landed Francis in jail.

The AP reports that an attorney for Mantra Films Inc. sent a letter to the women threatening legal action if they continue using the name. The women filed a lawsuit in federal court in Muskogee so the issue could be resolved in Oklahoma rather than California, where Mantra is based.

“It just backs up everything that people have tried to do to me over the last few years to take advantage of me and we're tired of it,” he told The Oklahoman in a telephone interview from jail in Reno, Nev. Poor Joe!

He is awaiting trial on a tax-evasion charge. He also is facing criminal charges in Florida of use of minors in a sexual performance and conspiracy to use minors in a sexual performance.

The women's attorney, Martin Ozinga of Oklahoma City, said, “The United States Patent and Trademark Office has already said, 'There's no issue here. They can co-exist.’”