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On Friday, a federal government handed down sentencing on actress Lori Loughlin sentenced to two months in prison for the fees she and her husband, fashion designer Mossimi Giannulli, paid bribes to help their daughters be accepted into school as fake rowing recruits.
The couple is one of the top parents who have been charged in connection with the college admissions scandal and the far-reaching corruption known as “Varsity Blues.”
Loughlin, the former full house actress, had pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge to devote cable and postal fraud. Friday’s ruling agreed to his plea agreement with federal prosecutors, which, in addition to the two-month criminal ruling, also includes a $150,000 fine, two years of supervised release, and one hundred hours of network service.
Loughlin, who has not spoken publicly since she was charged in the case, said in brief tear-filled comments in the virtual sentencing hearing that she “really regrets it deeply.”
“I took a terrible resolution. I followed a plan to give my daughters unfair merit in the college admission process,” she said. “I now see that my resolution has helped exacerbate the inequalities in society in general and in the higher education formula in particular.”
Loughlin’s attorney argued that the two-month sentence was justified, arguing that she was the least culprit of a dozen parents accused in the admissions fraud scheme, but that she had the highest known public face in the scandal.
Federal District Judge Nathaniel Gorton warned Loughlin at the hearing, calling her “admired and a successful professional actress” who lived a “fairy tale life.”
“However, you are a convicted criminal, and for what? For the inexplicable preference to dominate even more,” he says. “Have the prestige and instant gratification that comes from showing your daughters’ admission to a favorite university.”
Gorton said Loughlin had “participated in the corruption of the higher education formula in this country.”
Loughlin’s husband, Giannulli, accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to facilitate the acceptance of his children at the University of Southern California. Earlier this year, he pleaded guilty to the conspiracy to devote cable and mail fraud, as well as fair cable and mail fraud services.
The same sentence also agreed Friday on Giannulli’s plea agreement with federal prosecutors, condemning him to five months in prison. Giannulli also faces two years of supervised release, will have to pay a $250,000 fine and will have to serve 250 hours of network life.
Giannulli spoke briefly at his sentencing hearing, which was held almost earlier on Friday. He said he regretted his movements and assumed “full responsibility” for his conduct.
“You helped sponsor an impressive fraud in our education formula and your wife and two daughters by deceiving and manipulating their paths at a prestigious university,” Gorton said at the hearing.
The sentencing opinion added that the criminal sentence, in addition to being a punishment, was intended to “deter and deter anyone in their position who thinks that, by having enough cash to buy whatever they want, they can disobey the law and buy their youth enter college.”
The sentence handed down ordered Laughlin and Giannulli to report to the criminal until 19 November.