The person is absolutely right. Paying a fine equal to her bribe, $15K, would have been meaningless. But that two week prison stint changed Felicity Huffman for ever, not to mention affected her financially - her job prospects are slimmer, and she has a record for life. Lori's going to be worse as she's spending a year or more away and her daughters are vacuous fools who probably won't even visit her (one of Felicity's daughters refused and she was only in prison two weeks!) |
DP. I disagree if you read any of the stories from “sources” she doesn’t sound remorseful AT ALL. Everything is due to her listening to other people, or the prosecutors being mean, or her just wanting the best for her daughters (who doesn’t??). There’s really no indication that she wouldn’t do this again. |
Not a chance. Instead of doing a legitimate donation of $5 or $10 million plus to get their kid into the university they went down the illegal $500,000 bargain basement path. |
I think Felicity Huffman had very, very good legal counsel. Her brother is a lawyer. I'm sure her brother told her early on to cut a deal, do the time, pay the fines, put this behind her and get on with her life. |
| “Working the system” implies they were led to believe it was within the system. |
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I know that I shouldn't keep harping on this but when LL was in front of the courthouse signing autographs, I think that really pissed off the prosecutors. I think it was a disgusting display of ego and entitlement. I hope she does at least two months in prison.
I don't think a $5M will matter to them at all. I agree with a PP above... prison time will really hit her where it hurts. |
Apparently Lori Loughlin's lawyers have been counseling her to take a deal from the beginning as well. But she shares co-counsel with her husband who refused. Oh well, you're going to end up doing time just like Teresa Guidice, listening to a fool. |
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Two of the charges are highly technical; will be tough to prove beyond reasonable doubt. The third will also be difficult but not impossible .
Risky move, but it could work out in her favor. |
No, I'm not. First, Loughlin is worth $6M and her husband is worth $80M and that is only in personal worth, that does not include his future earning potentials as a fashion designer with many lucrative clients (such as Target). $5M is nothing to them. As for the image and vanity issue, stop and consider. The various families and parents who have plead guilty have shown contrition and remorse and agreed to their penalties. The 19 or so parents who have plead not guilty are defiant and unperturbed by their accusations. There is no remorse and the fact that they have been given three plea bargains and continue to plead not guilty shows that they still feel they have done nothing wrong. After the first charge, she showed up at court, smiling, waving to her fans, signing autographs. She was bring friendly with the prosecution attorneys, still not showing any sign of guilt or remorse. She has played the part of Hollywood starlet and kissed up to the media and fans as if there is nothing in the world wrong. Then she goes home and gives her best Scarlett O'Hara and talks about the stress that she's under. Right. As for the guilt and remorse, how they can possibly think that they can get off is beyond me. First, there is no misunderstanding that they thought they were going through official channels. The facts are pretty clear that this was not an authorized channeel for donation to the school. Rick Singer was a coach and not a member of the school administration. They paid money to a private non-profit owned by the coach that had no affiliation with the school. They were requested to send photos of the candidates in work-out clothes to simulate being athletes. They were asked to position their children on rowing machines to simulate being crew members. They were being accepted as recruits for a sport that their children had never participated in (really, do you think that collegiate schools offer acceptance into school sporting teams to students who have never participated in that sport?) They specifically sought out Rick Spring as they admitted that they knew that their children's test scores and academic credentials were below the currently accepted standards that the school was accepting. Instead of paying money directly to the institution, like Jared Kushner's father did, they sought out someone who had a reputation for fixing such situations who offered services to parents such as changing standardized test scores, having "proofers" review the kids test scores and change answers before submitting the test forms, claiming learning disabilities to get children accommodations such as extra time for standardized tests, and faking participation in sports for athletic consideration. The emails that have been submitted to the court show an complicit understanding of what was happening and cooperating with what are clearly illegal and unethical methods to game the system. It is very clear that they have extremely weak morals and no remorse or guilt that they did anything wrong, despite all signs clearly showing that they were specifically lying and cheating to gain what they wanted. The vanity and entitlement of the rich. As for jealous, no I'm not. Not even close. I am not jealous of anyone who gets ahead by lying and cheating. |
This. Come on people! 60 years??? Are effing kidding me? Your need for vengeance is getting the better of your judgment here. She deserves several months. A significant fine/restitution, and a LOOOOONG period of tedious community service that she cannot get out of. |
And she's going to get several months. Maybe 1-2 years because she dragged this out for forever. No one thinks she'll get 60 years. We just think she should have admitted her obvious guilt, taken her few weeks in jail, and not pranced in front of the cameras signing AUTOGRAPHS at her initial hearing. If Lori has anyone to blame in this, its herself. |
60 years is not what the prosecution is actually lobbying for. 60 years is the maximum sentencing if they were considered guilty of all charges and were the masterminds of the racketeering and conspiracy, like Rick Singer facing the same charges. People like Loughlin and Guiannulli who were just gaming the system are only going to get at the lower end of the scale. There are no minimum sentences, so they'll likely end up with something under 5 years (most likely under 2 years) based on the parents that have gone before. However, there was a huge cut to the first round of parents for pleading guilty. It may be in the under 5 years category for the last group who have plead not guilty and fought the system the entire way. However, based other parents caught up in the same scandal, they are looking at 6-24 months imprisonment and a fine of $200K+. Huneeus paid $300K in bribes, sentenced to 5 months, 500 hours community service, $100K fines. Semprevivo paid $400K in bribes, sentenced to 4 months, 500 hours community service, $100K fines. Sloane paid $250K in bribes (including fake athletic admissions), sentenced to 4 months, 500 hours community service, $95K fines. Flaxman paid $250K in bribes, $75K for fake test scores, sentenced to 1 month, 250 hours and $50K fines. these are the biggest fish so far. The difference is that each of these people took one of of the plea bargains and plead guilty. You get lighter sentences when you accept a plea bargain. For those that don't accept the plea bargain and fight to the end and then are found guilty, you get bigger sentencing penalties. |
Not looking good for Loughlin and Guiannulli. Yesterday (11/13), California real estate mogul (and former insurance title exec), Toby MacFarlane, was sentenced to 6 months prison, 2 years supervised release, 200 hours community service, $150K fines. This is the longest prison term yet in the Varsity Blues scandal. He paid $450K to pass his daughter off as a soccer star and his 5 ft, 5 in son as a 6 ft 1 in basketball recruit. His daughter graduated in 2018 and never played soccer for the school in her entire college career. His son was admitted, but withdrew from the school without playing basketball. And Loughlin and Guiannulli paid more than all of the above for two children. The penalties are going up with every trial and there are still 13 cases (including Loughlin and Guiannulli's) pending. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/college-admissions-scandal-california-real-estate-exec-gets-longest-prison-n1081961 |
Six months AND HE PLEADED GUILTY. OMG Lori also has more charges against her. I'm beginning to think 12 months is going to be her minimum sentence. Maybe 1.5 years for dragging this out. |
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