(CNN) — The actress Lori Loughlin She was sentenced to two months in prison on Friday for her role in the college admissions scandal, a sentence that she and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, initially tried to avoid after being indicted by federal authorities.
Loughlin was sentenced several hours after Giannulli, who faces 5 months in prison, a $ 250,000 fine and 250 hours of community service, according to the federal district attorney for the Massachusetts district.
The ruling ends the case of Loughlin and Giannulli, arguably the most famous parents who admitted to paying the mastermind of the scheme, William Rick Singer, $ 500,000 to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California.
Loughlin, a television star who played Aunt Becky on the sitcom “Full House,” and Giannulli pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges, taking advantage of what Singer called his “side door” to college by creating fake profiles for the girls and passing those profiles as recruits on the crew team.
Loughlin and Giannulli were among the defendants who initially pleaded not guilty and were willing to define their fate in court. But the couple changed their guilty pleas in May and reached an agreement with prosecutors. Loughlin pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and Giannulli pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
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