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USA. Boston. Actress Lori Loughlin convicted of engaging in corruption in admitting her daughters to college

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.

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.

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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Actress Lori Loughlin with husband Mossimo Giannulli before a court in Boston in April 2019KATHERINE TAYLOR/EPA/PAP

The actress, who became the face of the scandal in public, said she understood that her actions “contributed to exacerbating existing inequalities in society, and in the higher education system in particular.” “I am really sorry and I must face the consequences and make amends,” said Loughlin during a videoconference hearing for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Financial penalty and community service

Boston District Judge Nathaniel Gorton called “blatant” a practice involving wealthy parents, including Loughlin and Giannulli, who conspired with a California college admissions officer to use bribery and fraud to secure their children’s admission to college.

Gorton also ordered the actress and her husband to pay fines of $ 150,000 and $ 250,000, respectively, and to complete 100 and 250 hours of community service.

“We can only hope that you will spend the rest of your lovely life like you said, doing up to the system you have hurt,” the judge asked the actress.

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