No jail time for ex-Nevada deputy bribed to sneak food to ‘Girls Gone Wild’ founder

Ex-deputy spared jail in ‘Girls Gone Wild’ case

RENO, Nev. — A former Nevada sheriff’s deputy won’t go to jail for accepting bribes to give preferential treatment to the “Girls Gone Wild” founder while he was jailed in Reno.

Ex-Washoe County deputy Ralph Hawkins of Florida was sentenced Friday to three years probation and fined $4,000 for accepting $3,200 in cash and tickets to Oakland Raiders football games from an associate of Joe Francis.

Hawkins acknowledged that in exchange, he had smuggled in sushi, barbecued chicken and other food to the soft porn mogul while he was being held on tax evasion charges last year.

Hawkins faced up to 10 months in prison. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Ron Rachow argued probation was appropriate because Hawkins cooperated in the case, and a federal judge agreed.