World News – USA – Lori Loughlin has been released from prison after serving two months on college admission fraud charges

28. December 2020 / 9:55 a.m.
/ CBS / AP

« Full House » actress Lori Loughlin was released from prison Monday after spending two months behind bars for paying half a million dollars in bribes to bring her two daughters to college. Loughlin has been released from federal prison in Dublin, California, where she served her sentence for her role in the college admissions bribery program, the federal prison office said.

Her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, is serving his five-month sentence in a prison in Lompoc near Santa Barbara, California.

Loughlin and Giannulli were originally supposed to report to prison in November. 19, but prosecutors and defense lawyers agreed that Loughlin could begin her sentence in October. 30th. Loughlin also agreed that she would not seek early release due to the coronavirus, prosecutors said.

Loughlin and Giannulli were among the program’s most prominent defendants. This revealed how long some wealthy parents will go to get their children to elite universities.

The famous couple admitted 500 in May. Having paid $ 000 to bring his two daughters to the University of Southern California as crew recruits, even though neither girl was a rower. Her admission of guilt was an amazing reversal for the couple, whose lawyers had insisted on innocence for a year, accusing investigators of fabricating evidence against them.

The only public comments Loughlin or Giannulli have made on the case since they were arrested last year came at their trial in August. Loughlin told the judge that her actions « helped exacerbate existing inequalities in society » and vowed to do everything in her power to « use her experience as a » catalyst for good « . « 

Her younger daughter, social media influencer Olivia Jade, made her first public comments on the scandal this month on the « Red Table Talk » series. « Olivia Jade said she doesn’t want or deserve pity.

« We screwed it up. I just want a second chance: “I realize I screwed it up. « And I couldn’t talk about it for so long because of the underlying principles, » she said.

« It’s embarrassing in itself that I’ve been walking around my whole life and not realizing that you have an insane privilege, you are the figurehead of white privilege and you had no idea, » she said.

« It’s embarrassing in itself that I’ve been walking around my whole life and not realizing that you have an insane privilege, you are the figurehead of white privilege and you had no idea, » she said.

Of the nearly 60 parents, coaches and others charged in the case, about a dozen are still fighting the allegations. Penalties for parents who have spoken out in favor of the case so far range from a few weeks to nine months.

First published on 28. December 2020 / 9:55 a.m.

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