Current Events > Lori Loughlin released from federal prison

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/us/lori-loughlin-released-prison.html

The actress Lori Loughlin was released from federal prison in Dublin, Calif., on Monday, having completed a two-month sentence for conspiring to pass her daughters off as rowers so they would be admitted to the University of Southern California.

Ms. Loughlin, best known for playing Aunt Becky on the 1990s sitcom Full House, and her husband, the fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, had both pleaded guilty to fraud and were sentenced in August. Prosecutors have said that they paid $500,000 as part of the scheme.

Ms. Loughlin was also sentenced to two years of supervised release, during which time she must complete 100 hours of community service and pay a $150,000 fine. Mr. Giannulli, who prosecutors said took a more active role in the fraud than Ms. Loughlin did, was sentenced to five months in prison.

More than 50 people have been charged in the sprawling case, which was orchestrated by William Singer, a California businessman who has been cooperating with federal investigators since September 2018.

Ms. Loughlin and the actress Felicity Huffman were among the highest-profile defendants in the nationwide admissions prosecution, in which financiers, lawyers and celebrities were charged with conspiring to cheat on exams or bribe coaches, showing the lengths to which some wealthy parents go to get their children into prestigious colleges.

Ms. Huffman, who admitted in May to paying $15,000 to arrange for a proctor to illicitly correct her daughters SAT responses, served 11 days at the same prison as Ms. Loughlin, 35 miles east of San Francisco, which houses more than 870 female inmates.
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Moral of da story: don't lie about school stuff i guess.

She was in there so long

DarthAragorn posted...

She was in there so long

wish she got a longer prison term. same with William they went too easy on him.
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What the fuck is with her Wikipedia picture, why are her eyes like that

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What's crazy to me, at least in the high-profile celebrity cases like this one, is that getting into these colleges basically didn't mean anything at all to the actual kids and most likely wouldn't have even benefitted them in any quantifiable way. These aren't people who would have gone on to lead prestigious careers regardless of what college they attended

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The real moral of this is you need to be even richer to try this if you don't want to be the elites scapegoat.

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Gen5_Fluttershy posted...

Moral of da story: don't lie about school stuff i guess.

Moral of the story is to do it the right way, by buying the school a new building or something.

It's bull that she's already out

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I dont feel safe with her back out on the streets

Dreepapult posted...

It's bull that she's already out

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Again, the rich, famous, & powerful get away with a easy sentence.

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KamenRiderBlade posted...

Again, the rich, famous, & powerful get away with a easy sentence.

To be fair, the truly rich and famous would never have even been charged and would just get another building in their name.

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TheHoldSteady posted...

What the fuck is with her Wikipedia picture, why are her eyes like that

It's like when forensics experts piece together what the face looks like when they find an unknown skull.
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Boombam99 posted...

I dont feel safe with her back out on the streets

Lol
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