Felicity Huffman Sentenced To 14 Days In Prison After College Admissions Scandal

Sep 16, 2019 by apost team

Felicity Huffman was sentenced to 14 days in prison and a $30,000 fine after pleading guilty in the College Admissions scandal. Huffman was the first of dozens of other parents who are charged in the case and awaiting their day in court.  

Huffman was charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. However, her 'guilty' plea was exchanged for a low jail time sentence and no further charges being brought against her. She had been found to have paid $15,000 to a charity that facilitated helping her daughter cheat on her SATs. 

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ET obtained documents that showed the U.S. Attorney requested that Huffman be sentenced to 1 month in jail, followed by a year of supervised release and a fine of $20,000. However, the judge handed down only 14 days in prison, one year of supervised release, 250 hours of community service and a $30,000 fine. After the sentencing, Huffman read from a statement as cited by ET:

"I have always been prepared to accept whatever punishment Judge Talwani imposed. I broke the law. I have admitted that and I pleaded guilty to this crime. There are no excuses or justifications for my actions. Period.... I would like to apologize again to my daughter, my husband, my family and the educational community for my actions. And I especially want to apologize to the students who work hard every day to get into college, and to their parents who make tremendous sacrifices supporting their children.”

The former "Desperate Housewives" star took full responsibility for her actions continuing with her statement, "I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what I have done, I accept full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences that stem from those actions.”

Huffman also offered reasoning to why she participated in the scandal saying her daughter had learning disabilities and she was afraid that her acting auditions at top schools wouldn’t be taken as seriously because of her daughter's low grades and scores. 

A source told US Weekly that Lori Loughlin, the other high profile name charged in the scandal, is now having second thoughts about her plea in the college admissions scandal. The insider told the magazine, “Lori regrets not doing what Felicity [Huffman] did.”

Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli pleaded ‘not guilty’ to conspiracy charges in the college admissions scandal. Prosecutors claim Loughlin and her husband paid half a million dollars to a fake charity to have their two daughters accepted into the University of Southern California.

The source tells the magazine “Lori was inclined to take the deal, but Mossimo said it would ruin both of their careers.” The couple would have had to spend two years in prison if they accepted the deal. If Loughlin is found guilty by a jury on the two counts she and her husband could be facing 20 years in jail per charge.

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