John Stamos Speaks Out About Costar Lori Loughlin: 'The Punishment Is Not Equal To The Crime'

Sep 03, 2019 by apost team

John Stamos has come to his ex-co star Lori Loughlin’s defense amid her alleged involvement in the college admissions scandal that has swept the nation. Loughlin is currently in legal proceedings where the actress could be facing up to 40 years in prison for her involvement. 

Full House actress Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli have both pleaded ‘not guilty’ of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering according to court filings. Prosecutors claim Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli paid half a million dollars to a fake charity to have their two daughters accepted into the University of Southern California. If Loughlin and her husband are found guilty by a jury on the two counts she and her husband could both be facing 20 years in jail per charge. 

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John Stamos, however, has spoken out on the scandal involving Loughlin saying to GQ, “Whatever happened, I’m pretty sure that the punishment is not equal to the crime, if there was a crime.” Stamos who starred in “Full House” with Loughlin and now its subsequent reboot “Fuller House” has stayed relatively quiet on the matter since it first broke. 

“I gotta be careful. I want to wait until the trial happens, if it does, or whatever the result is, and then talk about it,” he said to the magazine. “I’ll tell you one thing that has been strange: Honestly, I can’t figure it out. It doesn’t make sense. I talked to her the morning everything hit. I just can’t process it still.”

Desperate Housewives actress Felicity Huffman is another high-profile name caught in the wake of the scandal. However, Huffman chose to plead ‘guilty’ to the charges laid against her. Her 'guilty' plea could now be exchanged for low jail time 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. The actress released a statement that said: "I am ashamed of the pain I have caused my daughter... I want to apologize to the students who work hard every day to get into college, and to their parents who make tremendous sacrifices to support their children and do so honestly."

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