Darnell Riley

The man accused of robbing at gunpoint and extorting "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis at his Bel-Air mansion two years ago was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to the charges. Darnell Riley, 28, had previously pleaded not guilty but accepted a plea bargain in which additional counts of burglary, kidnapping for ransom and carjacking were dismissed.

The man accused of robbing at gunpoint and extorting "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis at his Bel-Air mansion two years ago was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to the charges. Darnell Riley, 28, had previously pleaded not guilty but accepted a plea bargain in which additional counts of burglary, kidnapping for ransom and carjacking were dismissed.

The man accused of shaking down the creator of the "Girls Gone Wild" video series was ordered to stand trial Tuesday after the alleged victim testified that tabloid darling Paris Hilton was also extorted. Video kingpin Joe Francis, 32, testified at the preliminary hearing that defendant Darnell Riley broke into the Los Angeles apartment Hilton shared with her sister, Nicky, and stole items including videotapes.

The man accused of shaking down the creator of the "Girls Gone Wild" video series was ordered to stand trial Tuesday after the alleged victim testified that tabloid darling Paris Hilton was also extorted. Video kingpin Joe Francis, 32, testified at the preliminary hearing that defendant Darnell Riley broke into the Los Angeles apartment Hilton shared with her sister, Nicky, and stole items including videotapes.

Joe Francis, the founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" empire, is humiliating me. He has my face pressed against the hood of a car, my arms twisted hard behind my back. He's pushing himself against me, shouting: "This is what they did to me in Panama City!" It's after 3 a.m. and we're in a parking lot on the outskirts of Chicago. Electronic music is buzzing from the nightclub across the street, mixing easily with the laughter of the guys who are watching this, this me-pinned-and-helpless thing.

The creator of the "Girls Gone Wild" video series testified Monday about an alleged shakedown attempt at his Bel-Air mansion, saying that he was "scared to death" when a Los Angeles man broke in and forced him at gunpoint to partially disrobe and pose for a demeaning videotape.

A partially nude video of Joe Francis, the 32-year-old founder of the popular "Girls Gone Wild" series, is a world away from the ribald party scenes he's made famous. With Francis as its unwilling subject, the tape is a key piece of evidence in an upcoming case of kidnapping, robbery and extortion.

Joe Francis, the founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" empire, is humiliating me. He has my face pressed against the hood of a car, my arms twisted hard behind my back. He's pushing himself against me, shouting: "This is what they did to me in Panama City!" It's after 3 a.m. and we're in a parking lot on the outskirts of Chicago. Electronic music is buzzing from the nightclub across the street, mixing easily with the laughter of the guys who are watching this, this me-pinned-and-helpless thing.