Lori Loughlin Daughter Olivia Leaves Yacht Owned by Top USC Official

[demmiblue]

As Lori Loughlin traveled from Vancouver to L.A. Tuesday night to surrender to federal authorities in the college bribery scandal -- which got her daughter, Olivia Jade, into USC -- Olivia spent the night on the yacht of the Chairman of USC's Board of Trustees ... but she's off the boat now, TMZ has learned.

We've learned 19-year-old Olivia was on Rick Caruso's yacht in the Bahamas. Caruso's daughter, Gianna, Olivia and several other friends were spending spring break in the area.

Gianna and Olivia have been friends for quite some time, occasionally posting photos of them together on social media.

Caruso, a billionaire who has major real estate holdings including The Grove in L.A., tells TMZ, "My daughter and a group of students left for spring break prior to the government's announcement yesterday. Once we became aware of the investigation, the young woman decided it would be in her best interests to return home." Olivia is off the yacht.

https://www.tmz.com/2019/03/13/lori-loughlin-daughter-olivia-yacht-usc-board-of-trustees-rick-caruso/

[getagrip_already]

1. You just can't make this stuff up.........

Really? As though she wasn't privelaged enuf?

Expel her ass and let Daddy Warbucks take care of her.

[Sherman A1]

4. Agreed

I don't know what year she is in, but all her grades and credits since admission should be voided. She got in under false pretenses and if she wants to go to school, she can do it the old fashion way like the rest of the masses.

[crazycatlady]

20. she's a freshman

from what I hear, she only is interested in school for the partying and gameday "college experience."

She's a YouTube star and social media influencer. I think she prefers that to studying.

[Sherman A1]

23. I had heard similar reports of her interest in college

I believe make it easier for her. Void out her acceptance and any credits earned then just go away. Her Mom can deal with both the Little Darling and her own self inflicted legal troubles.

[littlemissmartypants]

43. +1000 nt

[EveHammond13]

47. make class space/dorm space for someone who deserves to be there

buh bye

[Chin music]

52. When Social Media Influencer becomes a job kids want to have, it's time to cut down on the

internets.

[Mariana]

68. It's more of a hobby, I think.

Kids like her, whose parents are loaded and pay their way into everything, don't need to be bothered with mundane things like studying and working.

[Chin music]

69. Yes. For societies sake...we as a nation are dumbed down by stupid people trying to

set any kind of standard for how others should live. It's kind of outrageous. No Mas Khardasian Types. Actually use school to better your life academically and make your country a better place. She doesn't need to be in school to enjoy the tail gating and internet advice. School is..gulp...for learning. Other kids would give a pinky toe to be at her school.

[liberal N proud]

2. Rich privilege

[kysrsoze]

29. There's a reason they call it University of Spoiled Children

[reACTIONary]

44. maybe they do....

.... but my son is a USC graduate, and so are the chi'dren of other DUers.

He's not spoiled.

[samnsara]

3. these people make me sick................

[2naSalit]

24. +1

[getagrip_already]

5. BTW, when is it EVER appropriate.....

For an undergraduate to be on the private yacht of a university official?

This guy should be forced off the board. It is simply not acceptable.

[JI7]

6. the guy is a typical rich asshole .

[TheBlackAdder]

19. The only thing better is if his yacht is named, Monkey Business.

[2naSalit]

25. *snort*

[Blue_true]

33. The girl was on the yatch with his daughter and female friends her age.

They likely were spring-breaking. She was not there for the old man apparently, but just to be with a girl that she has known most of her life.

We should call things what they are and not insinuate.

[Ms. Toad]

58. When the undergraduate is chilling with her friends -

One of whom happens to be the daughter of the university official who owns the yacht.

I'm a university official - and my daughter's friends (some of whom attend the university) attend private parties at our home. No yacht, but the principle is the same.

[uponit7771]

7. WOW !! Is this after the indictments !?!? These people have big minerals

[Blue_true]

34. She and the daughter and some friends had left before the indictments.

The parent of one of the young women own the yatch, which had left port days before the indictment. The yatch is almost surely fully staffed by a captain and a crew. Seems like typical rich kid stuff, take rich daddy or mommy' expensive toys for a fun run, as long as the kid doesn't have to drive or handle it.

[aikoaiko]

8. Them be some bad optics.

But it is a nice boat.

[2naSalit]

26. Reminds me of

an iceberg.

[rickyhall]

46. Maybe it'll find one

[MontanaMama]

51. You might be onto something there.

Maybe that iceberg will take down this particular crooked official. 🤞

[2naSalit]

53. That's the

line of thinking that came along with the imagery!

There's always a boat with "special" folks.

[MontanaMama]

54. I know, right?

Where does this BS end? Wait, don’t answer that...

[reACTIONary]

65. He is an official of the university....

.... but what makes him crooked? Was he arrested or charged?

[MontanaMama]

67. Maybe he is and maybe he isn't.

Time will tell as this unfolds. He’s an idiot for not distancing himself personally from this situation, imho.

[reACTIONary]

70. What should he have done ....

... to "distance himself"?

As far as being involved goes, so far the culprits seem to be lower level grifters... coaches, consultants, test proctors. It doesn't seem likely that anyone in a high level position would be involved.

[MontanaMama]

71. Christ on a crutch.

There’s no way he didn’t know wth was going down when he took the kids out on the boat. Maybe he wasn’t involved maybe he was. The optics are horrible and we’ll find out eventually how high this goes. Quite frankly I don’t see how it is “unlikely” that anyone in a “high level position” wouldn’t be involved. Grifters and cheats occur at every economic level...take a look at Congress and the current WH cabinet and administration for Pete’s sake.

[reACTIONary]

72. The optics are ....

.... tabloid click bait innuendo, with no substantial significance to the actual event or issue.

[Maru Kitteh]

35. JFC

That looks like some Saudi's toy.

[KayF]

9. did she row back to shore? n/t

[madaboutharry]

18. Wins the thread!

[2naSalit]

27. DUzy!!

Right over here! ^^^

[Raine]

31. Good one!

[Pachamama]

56. Bwahahahaha

[Ilsa]

10. So, the real reason she wanted in to USC

was that her BFF was there, and the BFF is the daughter of the chairman of the board of trustees? What a wretched, tainted, toxic system. So much for republicans being all about merit-based advancement.

[Dorian Gray]

15. Privilege

I don't know what any of these people have to do with Republicans. Most probably identify as Liberal. But they aren't politicians.

We should be making sure that politicians don't kowtow to any of these people who would abuse the system in such a scum baggy way.

[Blue_true]

37. Also bashing the young woman for what her parent did.

She could have been unaware of what was going on. The parents are rather silly, if they wanted their daughter in, just talk to the influential parent of her best friend, but that may have gotten back to the daughter, so they took an illegal route. It is pretty common practice for the kids of influential people to get into school all over the world, when merit alone would not have gotten them in, there is nothing new about that reality.

[fescuerescue]

22. Pretty sure they are Democrats actually

at least they donate to Democratic candidates.

[2naSalit]

28. Donate to and

Votes for have a Grand Canyon of space between them.

[fescuerescue]

32. of course

But I don't know of anyone that donates to liberal politicians and then votes for republicans.

Hollywood also. Not exactly the epicenter of Republican causes.

But anything is possible since we are speculating.

[Blue_true]

38. When blind hatred for the rich can be shown without consequence.

Almost anything else is on the table. I am not defending the parents, but people are making all types of assumptions about them because they did something that was stupid.

[Dorian Gray]

59. Calling any of these people Republicans is ridiculous

But I also say diminishing what they did as "stupid" isn't right, either. This was a very calculated scheme that would ensure that their children would jump ahead of other children. It was calculated and complicated. They didn't just fall into this.

[Ilsa]

63. Loughlin and her husband are Republican donors. NT

[Ilsa]

48. Internet says Loughlin and husband donated to Romney and Rubio.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/political-donors-college-admissions-scandal_n_5c883861e4b0fbd7661ed2fb

She's also taken the side of conservatives in minor debates on shows like The View, and has been a guest on the Christian Broadcasting Network.

[fescuerescue]

50. I stand corrected then

I just went to re-google what I googled earlier and all the links return details on the current scandal. go figure.

[JI7]

57. yup, she is always talking about god and faith and would my dad be proud of me and the typical

right wing crap trying to make themselves out to be some pure souls.

[Dorian Gray]

60. What about Huffman and Macy

And everybody else involved in this?

I mean, these are selfish parents who want their kids to rise up above everybody else. You also have Bill McGlashin, a partner in the Rise Fund, which focuses on socially responsible investing. (And it's also supposed to support equitable educational opportunities.)

What he's saying publicly is very different than what he did privately.

[Ilsa]

61. The OP is about Loughlin and husband and daughter.

That is all I was speaking about, just this one situation.

Macy and Huffman are Democrats.

[obamanut2012]

62. She is a bible-thumping conservative, who goes on the 700 Club

She and her husband are not liberals in any way.

[pecosbob]

11. ...

[2naSalit]

30. +1

[Mz Pip]

12. Parents paid a lot of money

just so their girl could party.

[BigmanPigman]

36. $500,000 for her two daughters...

I thought that was a real bargain. I wonder if she would get a discount if she had a third kid apply?

[Blue_true]

40. The interesting thing is one daughter was best friends with a man who could have gotten all the kids

in the old fashioned way, use his powerful influence with the school to say "admit this kid". Give admissions officer a name and phone number and presto, she would have been in. Believe it or not, that has happened since the advent of higher education.

[BigmanPigman]

41. We know this has been happening for forever

but now it is so "in your face" and blatant. There is no shame with some people.

[Blue_true]

49. It is in our face because today news travel worldwide in seconds.

That type of activity has happened since the advent of elite education, or elite anything that is selective, a kid is best friend with the kid of a powerful person, the powerful person uses his or her influence to get the kids into sought after positions. When I first started my career as an engineer my department manager was the true definition of a moron, the man was majorly dense, but his dad was a high level Vice President of the corporation. I have seen that since and actually saw it earlier in high school and college, I don't let it bother me, I focus on my life objectives.

[Blue_true]

39. Happens all the time. nt

[Raine]

13. Rotten to the core

the whole system!

[Blue_true]

42. Been a reality for centuries.

Schools like USC, Harvard, Duke, Stanford exist because of rich muckamucks that set them up, help finance them and sit on their various boards. They let in other kids that don't have powerful connections to avoid looking like some elite snobville. Has happened since such schools came into existence. BTW, ALL of the schools that were involved in the investigation are private universities, set up by and maintained by rich people for educating mostly rich kids. It is what it is, when the story broke, I thought about all the good state run public universities that were not involved.

On edit, one school that was involved UCLA, is a state run public university, the only one on the list. But I am sure such shenanigans happen at other high level state U's.

[Awsi Dooger]

14. I'm enjoying the related threads on USC forums

To be frank, they wouldn't care about this if it meant Lynn Swann were fired as athletic director. He's been all the scorn lately.

Familiar names in the threads trying to blame it on liberalism. But that's standard on USC forums. One wing nut after another. They hate me because I twist back:

https://wearesc.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-latest-academic-scandal-bogus-athletes.59257/

[Initech]

16. My brother is a UCLA grad. I would love to know his take on this.

[obamanut2012]

64. Except UCLA is also part of the scandal

USC is just getting all the focus because of Loughlin and her kids.

[Initech]

66. I wonder who isn't part of the scandal?

[Initech]

17. And you wonder why people hate the rich and privileged.

[Raine]

21. and the reason why Socialism is looking better

to a larger amount of people in this country probably then ever before..

[littlemissmartypants]

45. Very good point. nt

[Sneederbunk]

55. Helicopter parenting by parents who own helicopters.

[magicarpet]

73. .... and super yachts,.. private jets,... three homes and three summer cottages.

.... top of the line cars and SUVs with all the bells and whistles.

[Pepsidog]

74. With this kind of contact why did she have to lie and pay? Seems a call from Board Chair would

get anyone with a pulse in. Unless she had such a horrible HS transcript that he could not make a call.