Actress Lori Loughlin was released Monday after spending two months in a federal prison to pay half a million dollars in bribes for her two daughters to be enrolled in college.
Loughlin, known for the “Full House” soap opera, was released from federal prison in Dublin, California, where he had been serving his sentence for his role in a bribery scheme for college admissions, the Federal Bureau of Prisons of the United States said. United States. Her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Gianulli, is serving a five-month prison sentence in Lompoc, near Santa Barbara, California.
Giannulli will be released from prison on April 17, the Bureau announced. Prosecutors expressed that Giannulli deserved a more severe sentence because he was “the most active participant in the scheme.”
Loughlin and Giannulli were among the most prominent defendants in the case, which revealed what some wealthy parents are willing to do to get their children to go to top universities. Authorities say the parents channeled the bribes through a fake charity run by a consultant to get their children accepted into elite schools with fake sports credentials and altered qualifications.
Of the nearly 60 parents, coaches and other defendants in the case, about a dozen continue to dispute the charges. Sentences for parents who have reached agreements with the prosecution so far range from a couple of weeks to nine months. Actress Felicity Huffman served nearly two weeks in jail last year to pay $ 15,000 to an admissions consultant for a supervisor to correct her daughter’s answers on an exam.