Lori Loughlin's lawyer: Other university bribe students still enrolled

[pRICE cUBE]

From my previous postings on this matter, I am not sympathetic to Loughlin and the fallout of her family's dirty dealings. Her lawyer did make a good point though when it was stated that other student's whose parents bribed school officials are still enrolled at school. I frankly don't give any sympathy to Loughlin's sob story that they are the only ones getting heat for these illegal acts. How are the other bribe students still enrolled? Doesn't seem fair to more deserving students.


https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lori...43809.html


The sob story:

When her attorneys spoke earlier, they acknowledged that Loughlin broke the law but spent a long time talking about how unfair it was that she became the face of the scandal, as the most famous person involved. They said it’s had “devastating effects” and she “lost the acting career she spent 40 years building,” listing the companies that fired her amid the scandal. However, prosecutors were very quick to say that Loughlin was “fully complicit” in the scam, saying she was “not following the lead of her husband,” whose involvement was deeper, or being led astray by Singer.

Loughlin’s attorneys also spoke about the pain her daughters have gone through amid the scandal, saying they were bullied and Loughlin had to hire security to protect them. They also spoke of how the girls had to leave USC while other kids whose parents were involved in the scandal continued attending their schools.

[Speedy]

Perhaps as a condition of continued enrollment, the students be required to produce transcripts to the court to prove they meet high academic standards.

[Ca Bob]

There may have been a few students who got in through these illegal methods, but who intended to be serious students and have been so. The daughters have not demonstrated any such intent whatsoever, and one of them has been quoted repeatedly as not wanting to attend college at all.

My view is that Loughlin and spouse simply didn't give enough money, because then they could have donated it directly to the university and gotten the kiddies in that way. There would also be a Loughlin Hall on campus. Of course that might have run $75 million or so. It's a lot cheaper making fake photos of your kids being on a high school rowing team.

[Sarcany]

Ca Bob wrote:
My view is that Loughlin and spouse simply didn't give enough money, because then they could have donated it directly to the university and gotten the kiddies in that way. There would also be a Loughlin Hall on campus. Of course that might have run $75 million or so. It's a lot cheaper making fake photos of your kids being on a high school rowing team.

Traditionally, one does not need to fund a library or hall unless the intention is to secure a place for the next few generations.

She was scammed. The same half-million she blew on fake testing and promo pics for the athletics admission would have purchased a qualifying fellowship/seat or scholarship.

[vision63]

It's how Thornton Melon was able to go "Back to School."

[Racer X]

Yeah, but he WAS on the diving team, for real.

The cameo of Kurt Vonnegutt getting a B on his paper about his own book was priceless.

[macphanatic]

Did the others fight the charges or make plea bargains?

[pRICE cUBE]

macphanatic wrote:
Did the others fight the charges or make plea bargains?

Off the top of my head, I believe everyone else plead quickly and got minimal slaps on the write. Felicity Huffman was sentenced to 4 weeks in jail which came out to be 2 weeks actually behind bars.

Here is the wikipedia rundown of the parents involved https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_colle...al#Parents

[JoeH]

macphanatic wrote:
Did the others fight the charges or make plea bargains?

The whole thing is a fine example of whataboutism from the lawyer. There is evidence the daughters actively participated in the fraud, for example pictures of Olivia Jade on a rowing machine. That the prosecutors chose not to include them in the charges is probably related to who provided the money. Whether the two daughters were expelled, or just encouraged to leave is hidden behind student record privacy laws.

Other children involved have also left the schools they got into under the various frauds admitted to. Some stayed in the schools. That may have been a determination by those schools based on the actual academic progress, or lack of evidence the student was also actively involved in the scheme to be admitted.