Sure, the obvious story today would be the firing of radio shock jock Don Imus. But we’re not going that way, and I’ll tell you why: Imus, while he may very well be considered a douchebag, is not, to my knowledge, ever surrounded by babes. And since this site is called Babes With Douchebags, I’m going to focus on a particular douche who babes seem to flock to. And that is “Girls Gone Wild” creator Joe Francis.

I’m sure you’ve seen his sleazy face on television at one time or another. Always looking creepy and always holding a microphone up to some barely of-age girl, offering a free t-shirt or something in exchange for her nudity. Sadly, he usually gets what he wants.

But not recently.

No, Mr. Francis was arrested on Tuesday by federal authorities after defying a judge on a contempt of court violation. He received the charge during negotiations in a civil lawsuit brought against him by 7 women who were underage when they were filmed by Francis’s crew during 2003 Spring Break in Panama City.

Cussing loudly and threatening to “bury” the opposing lawyers, District Judge Smoak gave Mr. Francis an ultimatum: either shut up and settle the case, or go to jail for contempt. A mediator was brought in to cool things down, but Francis got uppity again, eventually calling Smoak a “judge gone wild.”

Girls gone wild, judge gone wild. Get it? Wow, he’s so clever. I guess this means he is a douchebag gone wild, right?

Francis was arrested while getting off a plane, though he claims he was there to turn himself in. It should be noted that a spokesman for the U.S. Marshals had a different story. Said spokesman Dominic Guadagnoli: “We were not aware that he would be flying in in the morning. He stepped off the jet, and he was immediately arrested,”

“If he was coming to Panama City to turn himself in, he was a day late and a dollar short,” he added.

And now comes word that this enormous douchebag has been caught with pills in his Florida jail cell. After Francis allegedly offered a $100 bribe for a bottle of water, an on-duty guard noticed the pill bottles; consisting of two antidepressants and a sleep aid.

And who was it that smuggled the pills and cash into him? Apparently it was Scott Barbour, the president of the film company which produces “Girls Gone Wild.” Police suspect Barbour made the handoff when he visited Francis in jail on Wednesday night. Barbour, too, has now been arrested.

Will wonders never cease?