Former 'Full House' actress to plead guilty in college admission scam case
Actress, Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli have agreed to plead guilty to bribing college admission officials to get their children into a California univiersity.
ABC news reports the former Full House" actress will be sentenced to serve two months in prison, pay a $150,000 fine and two years of supervised release with 100 hours of community service, while her husband, a fashion designer, will be sentenced to serve five months in prison, a $250,000 fine and two years of supervised release with 250 hours of community service, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Massachusetts.
They will enter their guilty pleas on conspiracy charges on Friday via video conference, according to the office. There is a provision in the plea agreement to wait at least 90 days after the judge imposes their sentence before they are sent to prison.
"We will continue to pursue accountability for undermining the integrity of college admissions,” said United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling in a press release.
With this, the couple is becoming the 23rd and 24th suspects to plead guilty to the case, which was announced last year. Loughlin and Giannulli were accused of paying $500,000 to get their daughters into the University of Southern California as rowers, even though they weren't athletes.
The couple was slated to go to trial in October for their charges.
They were among 50 suspects charged in the investigation dubbed 'Varsity Blues,' which found wealthy parents who cheated college applications and entrance exams to get their children into elite schools.