American actress Lori Loughlin, known for her role in the series “Full House”, was sentenced to two months in prison for her involvement in a fraud in admitting her daughters to college. Her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, was sentenced to five months in prison.
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Lori Loughlin and her husband Mosimmo Giannulli were convicted after pleading guilty in May to involvement in a fraud to secure places for their daughters at the University of Southern California. During the recruitment, candidates for studies were assigned false sports achievements, facilitating the process of entering the university.
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Loughlin, in her first public statements on the case since her detention in March 2019, said she acted out of love for her daughters. The actress in court apologized for the “terrible decision” she had taken to help her daughters gain an “unfair advantage” in the college enrollment process and into their preferred school.
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Bribing on admission to college
Loughlin and Giannulli are among the 56 people accused in a practice initiated by William “Rick” Singer, who pleaded guilty to facilitating college entrance exam fraud and using bribery to secure school admission under the guise of a wanted athlete.
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