Last week, Gawker announced that Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis had won its “douche of the decade” poll. The post in question also initially called Francis a “rapist” — leading him to threaten to sue Gawker. At the time, some observers wondered how serious the threat was. When Mediaite contacted Francis, we received a response from his publicist to the effect that he still plans on suing, and that the suit will be filed on Monday:

When Gawker brought in the coming end of the decade by running a “douche of the decade” poll, the winner, Girls Gone Wild honcho Joe Francis, was not pleased. He didn’t especially object to the “douche” label, but to another, more loaded word they used to describe him: rapist. Francis’ back-and-forth with Gawker’s legal department is revealing in many ways, and raises the question of what, if anything, the gossip site can’t get away with: