Federal law enforcement officers have exposed a huge scandal this morning of Hollywood liberal elites using their ‘privilege’ to bribe their kids into top schools around the country.
Two of the people named so far are Full House’s Lori Loughlin and Desperate Housewives’ Felicity Huffman.
Here’s more:
FOX NEWS – Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are among the boldfaced names in a veritable who’s who of the rich and powerful charged in an alleged college admissions bribery scam.
Federal authorities have also charged college coaches and others in a sweeping admissions bribery case, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
A rep for “Fuller House” star Loughlin, who is reportedly filming a movie in Vancouver, told Fox News that she had no information on the case at this time. A rep for Huffman, who U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling said in a press conference had been arrested by federal agents, did not return multiple requests for comment.
The racketeering conspiracy charges were unsealed Tuesday and they include charges against coaches at schools such as Wake Forest University, Georgetown and the University of Southern California. Authorities say the coaches accepted bribes in exchange for admitting students as athletes, regardless of their ability.
ABC News reported that parents would pay a predetermined amount to an as-yet-unidentified man in California, who would then give the funds to coaches, SAT or ACT administrators.
The alleged fund amounts ranged from several thousand dollars to $6 million.
The documents allege that Loughlin and her husband, famed fashion designer Massimo Giannulli, “agreed to pay bribes totaling $500,000 in exchange for having their two daughters designated as recruits to the USC crew team – despite the fact that they did not participate in crew – thereby facilitating their admission to USC.”
Officials claimed to have obtained emails from Loughlin supporting their case.
Loughlin’s daughter, the YouTube sensation Olivia Jade, attends USC. It is not immediately clear if Loughlin’s other daughter, Isabella, attends the university.
A California man was at the center of the scandal…
The alleged admissions scam — which involved placing students in top colleges like Yale, Georgetown, Stanford, University of Southern California, UCLA and the University of Texas — was purportedly run by a man in California, William Rick Singer, who helped parents get their children into the schools through bribes, court documents unsealed Tuesday in Boston showed.
What’s ironic about this as far as Loughlin is concerned is that her daughter, who attends USC, just said a year ago that she doesn’t even care about college.
She’s just going there for the parties and games…
In one of the videos, the social media influencer opened up about graduating from her private high school in California and planning to attend college in the fall. However, the explanation she gave on why she was gearing up to pursue a degree quickly sparked backlash.
“I don’t know how much of school I’m gonna attend,” she told nearly 2 million subscribers. “But I’m gonna go in and talk to my deans and everyone, and hope that I can try and balance it all. But I do want the experience of like game days, partying… I don’t really care about school, as you guys all know.”
The statement quickly ignited outrage from her followers.
I wonder if Loughlin knew this before forking over hundreds of thousands of dollars to get her spoiled brat into the school. Actually, she probably did. If I had to guess, this was probably all driven by the spoiled brat who wanted to go.
So far we don’t know the other names of people involved yet in this widespread scam.