RENO - A trial has been set for Sept. 22 for one of the former Washoe County sheriff's deputies accused of accepting bribes in exchange for giving preferential treatment to "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis while jailed in Reno in 2007.
Michon Mills of Carson City has pleaded not guilty to two federal counts of accepting a bribe.
Prosecutors accuse a Hollywood associate of Francis, Aaron Weintstein, of bribing Mills and two others while Francis was awaiting trial on tax evasion charges.
They say Weinstein gave Mills a Cartier watch worth about $4,500 and a $5,000 gift card to Saks Fifth Avenue.
Francis lawyer David Houston says Mills never got a gift card and gave back the watch when she found out how much it was worth.
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