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Guess what? The judge is allowing it!

Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, who are on supervised release for their role in a college admissions bribery scheme, will be allowed to travel to Mexico for vacation, a judge ruled Thursday.

Loughlin has paid a fine of $150,000 and met her community service requirement, and Giannulli has paid a fine of 250,000 and is working to complete his community service, the request said.

United States District Judge Denise J. Casper approved the travel plans Thursday.
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I don’t see the big deal, they’re both doing as the judge ruled. Both paid the fine, she did her community service, he’s in the process of finishing his. People can disagree with the original sentence, but no reason to have denied this request, it seems they’re both following through with the court orders
 
BOSTON — A former University of Southern California soccer coach choked up on Monday as she testified in the first trial in the U.S. college admissions scandal that in exchange for money, she helped wealthy parents' children get into schools as fake athletic recruits.

Laura Janke told a Boston federal jury that those children included the daughter of ex-casino executive Gamal Aziz, who is on trial with private equity firm founder John Wilson over charges they participated in the fraud scheme.

She said she helped the scheme's mastermind, William "Rick" Singer, get Aziz's daughter and others, including a daughter of "Full House" actor Lori Loughlin, admitted as sports recruits, regardless of their abilities.

"I basically devalued the sport and the commitment it takes for athletes to play," Janke said.

Fifty-seven people have been charged in the scandal, including Singer, who pleaded guilty in 2019 to using bribery and exam cheating to secure spots for his clients' children at universities. Loughlin also pleaded guilty.

Prosecutors say Aziz, a former Wynn Resorts Ltd executive also known as Gamal Abdelaziz, and Wilson, Hyannis Port Capital's founder, paid Singer to get their children admitted to USC as sports recruits. They deny wrongdoing.

Janke, who pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, said that as an assistant women's soccer coach at USC, she and the head coach recruited Singer-backed children for $50,000 per student.

Janke said that money initially went to the soccer program and was later split between the coaches.

After leaving USC in 2015, Janke said Singer paid her to create athletic profiles used in the admissions process that included made-up information about applicants to schools including USC, Yale and Stanford.

Janke said those profiles included one for Aziz's daughter that falsified her height, team position and accolades.
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Deja Vu? Nope. I mean why even have probation if it's going to be bs like this?

Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli seek judge’s permission to attend wedding in Mexico​

Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, who recently traveled to Cabo San Lucas after spending time in the slammer for their roles in the 2019 college admissions scandal, have asked a judge for permission to return to Mexico for a wedding.

The ex-cons filed court documents seeking approval for a trip to San Jose del Cabo from Nov. 5 to Nov. 12, according to TMZ.
 
Following up:

The college admissions scandal that sent stars to jail and may have even claimed the life of one desperate father... but turncoat mastermind Rick Singer remains free​

Hollywood stars including Lori Loughlin and the Felicity Huffman ended up in jail. Pampered children were thrown out of the schools they'd deceived and crucified by egalitarians.

Some - like the scheme mastermind Rick Singer - cut deals with the government to avoid behind put behind bars. He is still awaiting punishment for his crimes, three years after flipping on all the parents he took money from to cooperate as a witness, and is living quietly in a trailer park in Florida.

Last week, the scandal took its most sinister turn: Robert Flaxman, a 66-year-old real estate tycoon, hanged himself in his home in Malibu. Flaxman had paid to get his son, Jacob, into the University of San Diego and to boost his 'troubled' daughter Kaylin's SAT scores.

In total, 53 parents, college coaches and admissions officials were charged as part of the infamous Department of Justice operation.

Here, DailyMail.com looks back on the key players involved, and how they have handled the fallout ever since.

Felicity Huffman: Paid $15,000 for her oldest daughter's SAT scores to be improved and spent 11 days in jail

Huffman and her husband paid Singer's operation $15,000 to massage her oldest daughter Sophia's SAT scores.

The indictment revealed how Sophia took the test at a center in West Hollywood on December 2, 2017.

Once she'd completed the test, Mark Riddell - who was Harvard educated and on Singer's payroll - changed the answers and her score increased by 400 points.

The indictment didn't specify which school she had been trying to get in to.

Huffman decided against using the scheme for her second daughter, Georgia. She was arrested at home on March 12 in a dawn raid by FBI agents.

Huffman released this statement in April 2019. She spent 11 days in jail and has since kept an extremely low profile
The actress, best known for her role in Desperate Housewives, was silent for a month.

Presumably under the advice of her lawyers, she watched as fellow defendants fell like dominoes, pleading guilty to their role in the scheme and being handed short but stern jail terms.

When she broke her silence a month after the arrest, she took 'full responsibility.'

'My daughter knew absolutely nothing about my actions, and in my misguided and profoundly wrong way, I have betrayed her.

'This transgression toward her and the public I will carry for the rest of my life.

'My desire to help my daughter is no excuse to break the law or engage in dishonesty,' she said.

In a letter to the judge later, she pleaded that she had only been trying to be a 'good mother'.
 
It would've been pretty easy for these rich parents to have their children succeed in school with their ability to afford private tutors or whatever it took to do it, but, no, as with everything, they were just letting their money take care of the shit after it hit the fan. I can't believe Rick Singer hasn't been prosecuted.
 

Mastermind of ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions scheme Rick Singer sentenced to over 3 years in federal prison​

The mastermind behind the widespread college admissions bribery scandal, William “Rick” Singer, was sentenced Wednesday to 3 1/2 years in federal prison — ending a saga that landed dozens of wealthy parents and celebrities behind bars and exposed a rigged higher education system.

Singer, 62, was also handed down three years of supervised release and a forfeiture of over $10 million, by Boston, Massachusetts federal judge Judge Rya Zobel.

Singer — the last person to be sentenced in the bombshell 2019 case — apologized in court for his flimsy morals.

“I lost my ethical values and have so much regret,” he told the judge.”To be frank, I am ashamed of myself.”

During the investigation, Singer secretly cooperated with the feds to snitch on affluent parents and celebrities whose kids he helped get into some of the nation’s top schools with made-up test scores and phony athletic positions.

He worked with police and the FBI to record hundreds of phone calls and meetings, sparking the arrest of more than 50 parents, coaches and administrators in March 2019.
 

Felicity Huffman finally speaks out about Varsity Blues admissions scandal after 11 day prison stunt for bribing her daughter's way into college: 'I had to break the law to give her a future'​

Felicity Huffman has finally broken her silence on the Varsity Blues scandal that saw her spend 11 days in jail after bribing college officials $15,000 to fudge her daughter's SAT scores, saying she felt she had 'no option' but to break the law.

She had paid Rick Singer $15,000 to fudge her daughter Sophia's SAT scores in order to land her a place at college and was among a group of wealthy, famous parents swept up in the scandal.

Actress Lori Loughlin was also jailed for paying for both her daughters to be accepted into USC.

In her first public remarks outside of the courtroom, Huffman, 60, tells ABC that she thought it was 'a joke' when FBI agents turned up at her mansion to arrest her.
 
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