Soon after the FBI and DOJ announced some of the prominent names involved in Operation Varsity Blues, there was a low-key conversation about which actresses would play Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman in the eventual movie about this mess. I’m still thinking about that, because I do think that there will be a movie – perhaps a TV movie – about all of this. I think Nicole Kidman as Felicity Huffman, and I see Jennifer Garner as Lori Loughlin. Anyway, Felicity is clearly taking a plea deal and hoping to avoid prison altogether, or possibly trying to avoid spending more than a few months in prison. Felicity’s crimes – while terrible – were on the lower end of the spectrum. She paid less than $20K to have a SAT proctor change her daughter’s answers, basically. Lori Loughlin’s crimes were much bigger and more involved. And so of course Lori is facing more time in prison:
Lori Loughlin and her husband are in a way worse position than Felicity Huffman … because the huge amount they allegedly paid in bribes to get their daughters into USC could land them in prison for 2 YEARS MINIMUM … TMZ has learned.
Sources connected to the case tell us … all of the parents in the college cheating scandal have been offered plea deals, but prosecutors will only accept pleas with prison time attached.
As we reported, Felicity copped a plea Monday, along with 12 other parents. The remaining 37 individuals charged — including Lori and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli — have been offered plea deals, with varying recommendations for prison sentences, largely determined by the amount they paid in bribes and whether they accept responsibility for what they did.
Felicity’s plea would enable her to serve as little as 4 months in prison. The problem for Lori and Mossimo is that they paid $500,000 to allegedly bribe the crew coach, and the amount raises the MINIMUM PRISON SENTENCE IN A PLEA DEAL TO A RANGE OF 2 TO 2 1/2 YEARS.
Our sources say prosecutors have given all defendants an ultimatum … reach a plea deal QUICKLY or else they will go to a Federal Grand Jury and add charges, including money laundering, which significantly raises the low end of prison time.
[From TMZ]
Someone said that white folks are going to riot if Felicity and Lori end up serving real prison sentences all while Jussie Smollett is free as a bird. But what struck me about this is… obviously, no one wants to f–k with the federal justice system, but how is Lori Loughlin basically facing a similar prison sentence as someone like Paul Manafort?? Trump and his associates were doing crimes involving money laundering, fraud on a massive scale, treason and more. And here’s Lori Loughlin… getting the same kind of jail time?
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