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Lori Loughlin to plead guilty in college admissions scandal, faces 2 months in prison

Lori Loughlin will plead guilty for her role in the college admissions scandal. She faces 2 months in prison.

www.latimes.com

Actress Lori Loughlin, who maintained her innocence for 16 months, will plead guilty to fraud in the college admissions scandal, according to a plea agreement filed in federal court.

Loughlin was arrested in March 2019 and charged with conspiring with William “Rick” Singer, a Newport Beach consultant at the heart of the admissions scandal, to pass off her two daughters, Olivia Jade Giannulli and Isabella Rose Giannulli, as promising rowing recruits, all but guaranteeing their admission to USC.

Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, paid Singer $500,000 in all, prosecutors charged. Giannulli has agreed to plead guilty as well, court documents show.

For 16 months, the couple had insisted Singer misled them into believing the money was destined for legitimate university purposes, not bribes to corrupt school employees. Earlier this month, a judge batted down their request to have the charges dismissed for outrageous government misconduct.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

wait. no. thats not right.




there we go.

 

[ScarletSpider]

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[#Phonepunk#]

too bad. Aunt Becky was the only reason to watch Full House.

 

[Amory]

Interesting timing. With the COVID concerns I wonder if there was a wink from the prosecution that the 'prison time' would end up as house arrest + a large fine

 

[chitzy]

Shouldn't the daughter face charges too? There's no way she didn't know about this, she had to participate in the fake photoshoot.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

Shouldn't the daughter face charges too? There's no way she didn't know about this, she had to participate in the fake photoshoot.

unless her daughter paid the bribe too i don't see how she is culpable.

 

[chitzy]

unless her daughter paid the bribe too i don't see how she is culpable.

True the money transfers are the smoking gun here

 

[iconmaster]

Whoa. It really seemed like she meant to fight this all the way.

Crumpling like Danny's fashion choices under Kimmy Gibbler's withering eye.

 

[buizel]

guilty of giving me boner

 

[Frito_Pendejo]

I’m willing to bet she found out she was going to get serious jail time. This prevents that from happening.

 

[888]

Would still poke.

 

[EverythingsOverrated]

Remember when there were people that were surprised this was going on? That was funny

 

[HarryKS]

I'd do the same for my kid if I had the opportunity.

 

[iconmaster]

I’m willing to bet she found out she was going to get serious jail time. This prevents that from happening.

Sure. The prosecutors said that outright:

In an interview in October on WCVB, an ABC affiliate in Boston, Andrew E. Lelling, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, warned that his office would ask for a longer sentence if Ms. Loughlin went to trial and were convicted than if she pleaded guilty.

“If she’s convicted, I don’t think I’m giving her any state secrets by saying we would probably ask for a higher sentence for her than we did for Felicity Huffman,” Mr. Lelling said.

 

[Grinchy]

Imagine spending an extra $500K to get your kids into some ivy league school (on top of the already inflated tuition costs) just so they can go and learn some gender studies bullshit that was made up on the spot and passed off as "scientific research."

 

[HarryKS]

Imagine spending an extra $500K to get your kids into some ivy league school (on top of the already inflated tuition costs) just so they can go and learn some gender studies bullshit that was made up on the spot and passed off as "scientific research."

It doesn't really matter what they pick if they still get into an Ivy League institution. The brand name carries all the weight.

 

[iconmaster]

Two months, due to the plea agreement:

Lori Loughlin And Mossimo Giannulli Receive Prison Sentences For Admissions Scheme

The Full House star will serve two months, and her fashion designer husband will serve five months. They pleaded guilty in May to fraud charges related to securing their daughters' admission to USC.

www.npr.org

 

[LoV]

Of course the man is serving a longer sentence.

 

[Elcid]

Dumbass, only A rank actors can do this and get away with it.

 

[Pagusas]

Imagine spending an extra $500K to get your kids into some ivy league school (on top of the already inflated tuition costs) just so they can go and learn some gender studies bullshit that was made up on the spot and passed off as "scientific research."

Its not about anything but the degree and school name.

 

[Foamy]

Whoa. It really seemed like she meant to fight this all the way.

Crumpling like Danny's fashion choices under Kimmy Gibbler's withering eye.

If I was Jesse I would have waited all day in the car for Gibbler to walk up the driveway and "accidentally" backed over her.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

Imagine spending an extra $500K to get your kids into some ivy league school (on top of the already inflated tuition costs) just so they can go and learn some gender studies bullshit that was made up on the spot and passed off as "scientific research."

Say what you will about gender studies, quite a bit of anthropological work goes into the field. It's hardly made up on the spot

 

[Hotty Botty]

too bad. Aunt Becky was the only reason to watch Full House.

How the fuck does her going to jail influence you watching Full House? The show ended 30 years ago.

 

[quickwhips]

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[#Phonepunk#]

How the fuck does her going to jail influence you watching Full House? The show ended 30 years ago.

ah i thought it was a documentary

 

[GAMETA]

2 daughters? Nick and Alex are trans?

 

[EverydayBeast]

“Schools” and “guilty” are something I’m use to seeing

 

[Mistershine.]

How the fuck does her going to jail influence you watching Full House? The show ended 30 years ago.

Maybe he meant fuller house, although that's also finished. I wonder if this is why she wasn't in the last couple of episodes?