An Altha woman who was at the center of a Calhoun County sex scandal last year has settled her two million dollar federal lawsuit for just 15-thousand dollars.

Lisa Vaughn's case came to light in the spring of 2008 when she secretly videotaped a Calhoun County corrections officer trying to extort sex from her. Transport officer Billy Strawn was fired and arrested as a result.

On the tape, Strawn claimed he could help make life easier for Vaughn’s inmate husband if she consented to sex. Mrs. Vaughn had just been released from the Liberty County jail, which was used by Calhoun County to house its female inmates.

Vaughn’s lawsuit also claimed a Calhoun County sheriff's investigator tried to rape her in the Liberty County jail.

Vaughn sued the Calhoun and Liberty County sheriffs, their jail supervisors, the Calhoun investigator, and Strawn.

Court documents indicate the settlement, reached Tuesday, clears the claims against all parties except Strawn.

Joe Francis scored a preliminary win Thursday in his legal battle with four women who are suing him in Panama City federal court.

The women claim Francis and his Girls Gone Wild crews videotaped them nude or in sexual situations when they were underage.

The tapings took place in Panama City Beach during Spring Break in 2000, 2001 and 2003.

Francis' legal team is appealing all 5-counts of them women's lawsuit, asking Federal Judge Richard Smoak to dismiss them, thus dismissing the case.

Thursday, Judge Smoak dismissed 1-of the 5 counts, agreeing that the 4-year statute of limitations had expired on the civil "Rico" complaint. A successful Rico complaint can result in triple damages.

Francis and the 4-women are due in court Friday, when Judge Smoak could decide if the women will win a default judgment, avoiding a January trial.

Bay County death row inmate Roderick Micheal Orme loses another round in his battle to avoid execution.

The Florida Supreme Court Thursday affirmed the trial courts decision to impose the death penalty on Orme for the 1992 rape, robbery and murder of Lisa Redd.

Orme was having what he called a "bad high" after free basing cocaine. He called Redd to his motel room at Lees Motel on Martin Luther King, Jr. boulevard to help him. Redd was a friend and a nurse.

She took the drugs from Orme when she arrived. Police say Orme then raped her, stole her jewelry, beat her severely, and strangled her.

The high court found the death penalty was proportionate to the crimes Orme committed.