Lori Loughlin released from prison after 2-month sentence for college admission fraud

Lori Loughlin released from prison after 2-month sentence for college admission fraud

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Best known for her role as Aunt Becky in “Full House”, Loughlin pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in May and admitted to paying the scheme’s mentor $ 500,000 to have her two daughters go to the University of Southern California under false pretexts.
Her husband, stylist Mossimo Giannulli, also pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge as part of a court settlement. He appeared at the Federal Correctional Complex in Lompoc, California, on November 19 to serve a five-month sentence.

Loughlin is also expected to serve two years of supervised freedom, perform 100 hours of community service and pay a $ 150,000 fine, and Giannulli was ordered to serve two years of supervised freedom, complete 250 hours of community service and pay a $ 250,000 fine.

Loughlin and Giannulli were some of the most famous names involved in the blatant scheme to cheat, bribe and lie in the highly competitive college admission process.
Lori Loughlin starts two-month prison sentence in college admission scandal
They paid $ 500,000 as part of a conspiracy with Rick Singer, the coup mentor, and a USC athletics officer to place his two daughters at university as recruits on the crew, even if they did not join the crew.

Singer referred to his plan as the “side door” of admissions, contrasting it with the “front door” of merit and the “back door” of multimillion dollar donations. He pleaded guilty to several charges and is cooperating with prosecutors.

Prosecutors accused more than 50 parents of participating in the coup, and more than two dozen pleaded guilty and were sentenced to months in prison. Actress Felicity Huffman, for example, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to pay Singer $ 15,000 to raise her daughter’s SAT score. She ended up spending 11 days in prison last October.

‘I’m ready to face the consequences’

As part of the scheme, Giannulli emailed Singer photos of his daughters posing on indoor rowing machines, which were then used to create athletic profiles, the criminal complaint said.

“Good news, my daughter … is in (U) SC … the bad thing is that I had to work on the system”, Giannulli reportedly wrote in an email to his accountant.

Prosecutors also accused Loughlin and Giannulli of advising their youngest daughter on how to deal with a high school counselor skeptical about their team’s curriculum.

The daughters are no longer enrolled at USC, the school said last year.

Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli agree to plead guilty to college admission fraud

At his virtual sentencing hearing in August, Loughlin apologized for his actions.

“I agreed to a plan to give my daughters an unfair advantage in the college admission process,” said Loughlin. “In doing so, I ignored my intuition and allowed myself to be led astray from my moral compass. I thought I was acting out of love for my children. But in reality, it just undermined and diminished my daughters’ skills and achievements.”

She said she now understood that her decision helped to exacerbate the inequalities that exist in society.

“Although I wish I could go back and do things differently, I can only take responsibility and move on,” she said, her voice breaking and she started to cry.

“I sincerely, deeply and deeply regret it,” she said, using both hands to wipe the tears from her face. “I am ready to face the consequences and make amends.”

CNN’s Sarah Moon, Mark Morales and Dakin Andone contributed to this report.

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