Olivia Jade Giannuli has complained of being “publicly embarrassed” by her parents’ role in the college admissions scandal and has said people “judge her quickly.”
The 21-year-old spent Friday on TikTok and made comments while sharing a message from a “very inspiring woman” amid the consequences of her family’s involvement in the scandal.
Her parents Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli were sentenced to two and five months in prison, respectively, for paying Rick Singer $ 500,000 to get Olivia Jade and her sister Isabella to join USC as crew recruits.
No teenager participated in the sport, but their apps featured photographs of them posing on rowing machines.
In her video, Olivia Jade said, “We were talking about public embarrassment and she was saying to me, ‘Well, my situation doesn’t even compare, I won’t even start comparing it to yours.’
“And he looked at me and said, ‘Olivia, it doesn’t matter if I drown at 60 feet of water and you drown at 30, we both still drown.’
The 21-year-old went to TikTok on Friday to share a message she had received from a “very inspiring woman” amid the college scandal
He added: “I think about this quote every day because I think it’s so true and it’s such a big message for our world right now. I think we’re all very quick to judge. I think we’re all very quick to drop people.
I just want people to remember, if your feelings are bad for you, if they are valid for you, they are valid. It doesn’t matter if someone is having a worse time, “he said.” You’re allowed to have a good time in this world. But that doesn’t take anyone away, and that shouldn’t get you out. We’re all human beings.
Last December, Olivia Jade made her first public statements about the scandal on ‘Red Table Talk’, saying she does not want or deserve mercy.
He admitted he didn’t think there was anything wrong with the university bribe, but now he realizes he’s wrong and that his family “damaged” him.
‘We have messed up. I just want a second chance like, “I admit I’ve wrapped up.” And for so long I couldn’t talk about it because of the legalities behind it, ”he said.
Olivia Jade said, ‘I think we all judge very fast. I think we’re all too quick to drop people ‘
Her parents Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli were sentenced to two and five months in prison, respectively, for paying Rick Singer $ 500,000 to get their daughters Olivia Jade and Isabella to join USC as crew recruits.
Loughlin and Giannuli were implicated in the college admissions scandal after Rick Singer began cooperating with investigators in September 2018. He secretly recorded his calls with the former Full House star and her husband. of the fashion designer to build the case against them.
Ultimately, he pleaded guilty in 2019 to racketeering, money laundering and fraud. He has up to 65 years in prison, but will not be officially convicted until all others are prosecuted.
Prosecutors said Singer paid Singer more than $ 25 million to trick their children into the country’s most beloved schools between 2011 and 2018.
More than 50 people were charged with the scandal that made parents pay bribes of up to $ 6 million to get their children to top universities such as Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and USC, in the which authorities described as the “biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the Justice Department.”
Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman were one of the most prominent defendants in the case.
No teenager participated in the sport, but their apps featured photographs of them posing on rowing machines
Last December, Olivia Jade made her first public statements about the scandal in ‘Red Table Talk’, saying she does not want or deserve mercy
Huffman and his spouse, Shameless star William H. Macy, who received no charge, made a $ 15,000 charitable donation to participate in the cheating scheme on the entrance exam. in college, on behalf of his eldest daughter.
Huffman had initially planned to do the same for his youngest daughter, before retiring later, according to investigators.
Loughlin and Giannulli initially pleaded not guilty, claiming they believed they were making a legitimate contribution to USC with their $ 500,000 payment to Singer.
Facing up to 40 years behind bars, they reversed course and reached an agreement with prosecutors.
Loughlin and Giannulli initially pleaded not guilty, claiming they believed they were making a legitimate contribution to USC with their $ 500,000 payment to Singer.
Loughlin was released from federal confinement at CI Dublin in California on Dec. 28, where she served her full two-month prison sentence, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said.
The Full House star reportedly had a “tearful” reunion with her daughters Olivia Jade, 21, and Bella Rose, 22, when she finally returned to her Malibu mansion.
Giannulli, however, is still serving his five-month sentence in a Lompoc prison near Santa Barbara, California, for his role in the college bribery plan.
He is scheduled to be released on April 17. Prosecutors said Giannulli deserved a harsher sentence because he was “the most active participant in the scheme.”