Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, to plead guilty in college bribery case

[Dennis Donovan]

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Zeke Miller ✔@ZekeJMiller

BOSTON (AP) — Court papers show Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, will plead guilty in college admissions bribery case.

9:17 AM - May 21, 2020

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Yashar Ali 🐘 ✔@yashar

Breaking: Lori Laughlin and Mossimo Giannulli have agreed to plead guilty

Subject to court approval...

Lori

2 months prison
$150k fine
2 years sup release
100 hours community service

Mossimo

5 months prison
250k fine
2 years sup release
250 hours community service

9:20 AM - May 21, 2020

Maybe they can be prison "influencers"?

[dewsgirl]

1. Good.

[MineralMan]

2. Well, they sure took their time doing that,

and cost the jurisdiction a lot of money. Perhaps that can be taken under consideration in their sentencing.

Privilege only goes so far.

[underpants]

4. Righteous privilege

They are of the “We are rich because we are better than you” sect.

[jberryhill]

3. Darn it

I really wanted to see them defend this and go down hard.

Definitely needs more money. They cost us a bundle.

[PJMcK]

6. A question

I agree with you that I wanted to see them defend the indefensible then get hammered by the courts.

The proposed punishments sound fairly harsh between the prison terms, the fines and the subsequent supervision and public service. My question is, are these punishments too much or too little?

Meanwhile, I suspect that Laughlin's career is finished. She'll be out of the public eye for too long and when she's released, she'll be toxic.

[jberryhill]

8. I have no idea what the guidelines are for they charges to which they copped

But, figure, they are unlikely to be incarcerated for any term, and they can pay those fines out of household pin money.

[underpants]

5. Aunt Becky is going to jail.

Felicity Huffman got what, two weeks?

[catbyte]

7. So their combined fines are $100K less than their bribe? That's lame.

Figures, though. And then I remember this. What could possibly be different about these sentences?

This Mom Went To Prison For Enrolling Her Son In A School Outside Her District

Ashley Alese Edwards
March 15, 2019, 4:13 PM EDT



The college cheating scandal that has ensnared at least 50 people, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, has sparked a much needed conversation about privilege and money in the U.S. educational system. And while the scam has also produced lots of funny commentary due to the sheer ridiculousness of the lengths these parents went to get their kids into college (like photoshopping their kids' faces onto stock photos of athletes) and the level of privilege these people have (Loughlin's daughter Olivia Jade was literally on the yacht of a billionaire when the news broke), what's not funny is how lower-income people fare when they try to get a better education for their children. One stark example of wealth inequality in education is the case of Tanya McDowell, who went to prison for enrolling her son in the wrong school district.

In 2011, McDowell, a homeless Bridgeport, CT mom, was arrested and charged with first-degree larceny for enrolling her then 5-year-old son Andrew in a school in neighboring Norwalk. McDowell at the time said she and her son were able to sleep at an apartment in Bridgeport at night, but during the day had to leave, and lived in her van or at shelters. McDowell also had prior drug charges. A police source who worked on McDowell's drug case told Refinery29 once she was picked up for dealing drugs to an undercover officer again after her arrest for the school larceny, she lost a lot of community support. "It was a very unfortunate thing that happened with the education. I'm pretty sure she wasn't the only one who got arrested at that time," he said. "I think she was just dealing drugs to support herself."

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McDowell eventually took a plea deal and was sentenced to five years in prison for the charges connected to sending her son to school in the Norwalk school district. "Who would have thought that wanting a good education for my son would put me in this predicament?" McDowell said at her sentencing for the drug charges, in which she got a 12-year suspended sentence, plus five years probation; the sentences ran concurrently. "I have no regrets seeking a better education for him, I do regret my participation in this drug case."

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https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mom-went-prison-enrolling-her-191400017.html

[jberryhill]

9. Yep

[JI7]

11. she went to prison becsuse she is black

[helpisontheway]

10. Watch them get house arrest instead of time in prison due to the virus. Nt