Celebrity shagger (if Paris Hilton counts as a “celebrity”) and head of “Girls Gone Wild” Joe Francis has been ordered back to prison to serve time for contempt of court, after narrowly avoiding jail a few days ago.

Francis was originally going to serve time for contempt of court last week after shouting obscenities and threatening legal action against the lawyers for seven women who had taken him to court over a “Girls Gone Wild” tape made in 2003. He was let off the hook a few days ago, but now faces more contempt charges for making drastic changes to a court agreement.

U.S. District Judge Richard Smoak found Francis in contempt of court last week after lawyers for seven women complained he shouted obscenities and threatened them during civil suit settlement negotiations.

The women were filmed on Panama City Beach during spring break in 2003 for a Francis video. His videos generally show young women baring their breasts and acting out other sexual situations.

Smoak had ordered Francis arrested Saturday if he did not reach a settlement in the case but suspended the order after learning that Francis had made an offer the plaintiffs later agreed to.

Plaintiffs’ attorney D. Ross McCloy told the judge during an emergency hearing Wednesday that he thought the case was resolved but later learned Francis had altered the conditions of the offer, making it unacceptable to his clients.

A mediator said the new offer included a payment plan that wouldn’t be completed for many years.

“He may have snookered us and gotten out Saturday,” Smoak said, “but he’s coming back.”

I am not a Joe Francis lover at all. I know everyone is expecting me to say that I find the “Girls Gone Wild” videos disgusting– because I am a woman– and therefore I must believe Joe Francis is a disgusting male by association. I don’t judge people and what business they are in, and if he chooses to makes his money recording girls and their “spontaneous” sexual exploits their consent (I use the word spontaneous loosely, I’ve seen enough of the “Girls Gone Wild” videos at frat parties to know that they are anything but), then more power to him for making a lot money out of a frankly degrading industry that still is undoubtedly very profitable.

My problem with Francis is that he is the kind of guy who goes on satellite radio and declares Tara Reid a bad lay, and although I don’t really rate Tara Reid, I think a man who goes on a radio station that millions of people listen to and publicly embarrasses a woman like that for entertainment is slime. After reading that he cursed out the lawyers for the seven women filing suit against him and that he tried to manipulate the court system to suit his own needs, I am glad he is getting his comeuppance. It’s obvious he doesn’t respect the ladies–maybe spending some time with men in prison will teach him respect altogether.

Picture note from Celebitchy: Here are some NSFW pictures of Joe with then-girlfriend and then-flat chested Paris Hilton, found on the ParisExposed site, which I’m still convinced Francis was responsible for.