Girls Gone Wild Founder Joe Francis, lodged in the Bay County Jail in Panama City on a federal contempt of court charges, has additional problems on his hands today.

News Channel Seven has learned Francis is being investigated on allegations of attempted bribery charges, introduction of contraband into a correctional facility and possession of controlled substance.

Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen says Francis allegedly tried to bribe a correctional officer with $100 last night for a bottle of water. This sparked an internal search of his jail cell which reportedly turned up $700 in cash, all in $100 bills, some pills thought to be controlled substances.

Thursday afternoon he was charged with bribery, introducing contraban into a correctional facility and possession of controlled substances. In all, he faces eight charges.

Late thursday, an associate of Francis, Scott Douglas Barbour, 46, of Marina Del Ray, California, was arrested for bringing the money and drugs to Francis in the jail.. Barbour is jailed now on a charge of Introduction of Contraband into the Bay County Jail.

Barbour is an associate of Joseph Raymond Francis. Francis is currently incarcerated at the Bay County Jail.

All telephone calls made by inmates are recorded and inmates are informed of this when they are booked. An examination of recordings of telephone calls Francis made to a person named "Scott" led investigators to believe that Scott Barbour may have brought Francis the pills and cash when he visited Francis in jail on April 11, 2007.

Barbour was arrested while waiting to visit Francis again in the Bay County Jail. He was booked and is currently being held in the Bay County Jail. Barbour faces first appearance tomorrow.