GUILTY Nationwide College Cheating Scandal - Actresses, Business Owners Charged, Mar 2019 #4

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Lori Loughlin hires prison expert to help her survive behind bars

https://pagesix.com/2020/01/03/lori-loughlin-hires-prison-expert-to-help-her-survive-behind-bars/

Lori Loughlin Hires Prison Expert to 'Help Her Learn the Ropes' If She Serves Time

Lori Loughlin Hires Prison Expert to 'Help Her Learn the Ropes' If She Serves Time

 

[JerseyGirl]

Martin Fox, 62, of Houston, was initially slated for sentencing in US District Court in Boston on Feb. 14, but he’ll now learn his fate on May 14, according to an order filed. The reason for the delay wasn’t immediately clear.

Fox introduced Singer in 2015 to Michael Center, then a tennis coach at the University of Texas, “who facilitated the admission of a student to U-Texas as a purported athletic recruit in exchange for a bribe. In return for assisting with the bribe transaction, Singer paid Fox $100,000,” the statement said.

Center copped to his role in the scheme in April, and his sentencing is scheduled for February.

Fox wasn’t only in cahoots with Center. Fox arranged similar bribes on two occasions with a varsity sports coach at the University of San Diego.

Singer paid the varsity coach $10,000 even though the student ultimately decided not to attend the University of San Diego.

Fox was involved in the testing scams as well. “Between 2015 and 2018, Fox also agreed with Singer and others to facilitate cheating on the ACT and SAT college entrance exams,” Lelling’s office said. “Fox funneled bribe payments from Singer to Niki Williams, a test administrator for the ACT and SAT, for four of Singer’s clients. In exchange, Williams allowed someone else to purportedly proctor the exams, despite knowing that this person was not proctoring the exam consistent with ACT and SAT requirements. Singer typically paid Fox $25,000 per exam, a portion of which Fox funneled to Williams.”

Williams has also been charged. Her case is pending.

Sentencing delayed for Texas tennis academy president in college admissions scam - The Boston Globe

 

[Cool Cats]

1/7/2020 8:35 AM PT
Lori Loughlin Did NOT Send Rowing Photos of Daughters to USC

Defense Strategies mentioned in MSM:

#1. They believed they were paying for general college admissions consulting services.

#2. They didn’t know that the $500,000 they paid would in part be used to bribe officials at the University of Southern California.

#3. They were victims of a con artist and manipulated by him.

#4. They were under the impression they might be breaking rules not laws.

#5. Photos of her daughters on a rowing machine NEVER made their way to USC.

#6. They believed their money was going to legitimate charities, programs geared toward helping underprivileged children and legitimate university activities.

How could Lori Loughlin not know $500,000 was for bribes?

Lori Loughlin's 'charity, not bribes' defense 'weak': expert

 

[happyday]

1/7/2020 8:35 AM PT
Lori Loughlin Did NOT Send Rowing Photos of Daughters to USC

Defense Strategies mentioned in MSM:

#1. They believed they were paying for general college admissions consulting services.

#2. They didn’t know that the $500,000 they paid would in part be used to bribe officials at the University of Southern California.

#3. They were victims of a con artist and manipulated by him.

#4. They were under the impression they might be breaking rules not laws.

#5. Photos of her daughters on a rowing machine NEVER made their way to USC.

How could Lori Loughlin not know $500,000 was for bribes?

Lori Loughlin's 'charity, not bribes' defense 'weak': expert

Lol. Good try. But it sounds like the pictures exist sooooooo.....

 

[Bravo]

Wasn't their emails between the Parents and Singer about needing rowing pics?

 

[Cool Cats]

Lol. Good try. But it sounds like the pictures exist sooooooo.....

Also, Petrone, the school counselor, can testify that Mossimo came into his office insisting his youngest daughter was rowing.

Petrone said Giannulli asked him if he was going to tell USC that his daughters were “bad candidates” for the school. Giannulli insisted that Olivia Jade indeed was a coxswain for the rowing team of a private club.

Petrone assured the worried father that he would convey that information to USC.

Lori Loughlin told school counselor 'could mess things up'

 

[JerseyGirl]

Wasn't their emails between the Parents and Singer about needing rowing pics?

In August 2016, William “Rick” Singer, emailed Giannulli and Loughlin, saying that he needed a copy of their daughter Isabella’s transcript and test scores “very soon while I create a coxswain portfolio for her.”

“It would probably help to get a picture of her on an ERG in workout clothes like a real athlete,” Singer wrote, referring to the indoor rowing machine.

“Fantastic,” Giannulli replied, according to the indictment. “Will get all.”

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The indictment’s new quotes add further details to the allegations in the original complaint released in March. The complaint showed that Singer had asked Loughlin and Giannulli for an “action picture” of their younger daughter, Olivia Jade, rowing as part of the scheme.

“Moss will get this done,” Loughlin allegedly wrote in a July 2017 email, copying Giannulli. “We are back in town on Monday.”

Giannulli sent the photo of her on the machine to Singer, copying Loughlin, a week later, the complaint said.

Mossimo Giannulli Said He Had to ‘Work the System’ to Get Daughter Into USC, New Indictment States

 

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Wasn't their emails between the Parents and Singer about needing rowing pics?

So Moss didn't get this done? Lol

from the affidavit:

On or about September 7, 2016, GIANNULLI sent CW-1 an e-mail attaching a photograph of his older daughter on an ergometer

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CW-1 indicated that the profile would present their younger daughter, falsely, as a crew coxswain for the L.A. Marina Club team, and requested that the GIANNULLIS send an “Action Picture.” Four days later, CW-1 sent the GIANNULLIS a second request, noting, “If we want USC I will need a transcript, test scores and picture on the ERG.”

LOUGHLIN, copying GIANNULLI, replied later that day, “Moss will get this done. We are back in town on Monday.” On or about July 28, 2017, GIANNULLI, copying LOUGHLIN, e-mailed CW-1 a photograph of their younger daughter on an ergometer.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Lori Loughlin sent high-five emoji to college scam mastermind after daughter Olivia got into USC | Daily Mail Online

 

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In August 2016, William “Rick” Singer, emailed Giannulli and Loughlin, saying that he needed a copy of their daughter Isabella’s transcript and test scores “very soon while I create a coxswain portfolio for her.”

“It would probably help to get a picture of her on an ERG in workout clothes like a real athlete,” Singer wrote, referring to the indoor rowing machine.

“Fantastic,” Giannulli replied, according to the indictment. “Will get all.”

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The indictment’s new quotes add further details to the allegations in the original complaint released in March. The complaint showed that Singer had asked Loughlin and Giannulli for an “action picture” of their younger daughter, Olivia Jade, rowing as part of the scheme.

“Moss will get this done,” Loughlin allegedly wrote in a July 2017 email, copying Giannulli. “We are back in town on Monday.”

Giannulli sent the photo of her on the machine to Singer, copying Loughlin, a week later, the complaint said.

Mossimo Giannulli Said He Had to ‘Work the System’ to Get Daughter Into USC, New Indictment States

“Action picture” & “like a real athlete” Hahahahahaha.

I just don’t know how you would even begin to feign ignorance.

 

[Bravo]

"Oh but we were just bending the rules"

 

[Cool Cats]

"Oh but we were just bending the rules"

BENDING RULES:

BREAKING RULES:



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The Journey: Breaking The Rules

 

[JerseyGirl]

And then the email from Moss to his accountant saying he “had to work the system” to get them into USC.

Denying that too?

 

[mickey2942]

And then the email from Moss to his accountant saying he “had to work the system” to get them into USC.

Denying that too?

I said it before, Lori should wash her hands of this situation. I believe that Moss had more to do with it than Lori. She should get her own attorney. And have the trial separate from her husband, or take a plea, and let him continue down his road of denial.

 

[neesaki]

So 50k was a “donation”. What about the other 450k? SMHhttps://www.thethings.com/lori-loughlin-and-husband-wrote-a-50000-cheque-directly-to-usc/amp/
Lori Loughlin And Husband Wrote A $50,000 Cheque Directly To USC

TMZ adds, “The core of the defense is that USC invites donations like the ones Lori and Mossimo made to the school. It's an institutionalized form of admission for a price, and it is in no way, shape or form bribery.”

While actress Felicity Huffman plead guilty and did her time, Lori and Mossimo aren’t backing down. They claim they’ve played by the rules, and being generous is nothing close to bribery.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Lori Loughlin still withholding evidence in college admissions scam, feds say

“Defendants have not yet produced any discovery to the Government despite Government requests,” Friday’s joint status report said. “The Defendants believe that it is premature to do so at this time. The Government disagrees with the Defendants’ assertion that it is ‘premature’ to provide their own discovery.”

Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli argued last month feds are denying them a fair trial by withholding FBI interviews with scandal leader Rick Singer. Other parents fighting bribery charges also filed similar petitions over evidence last month.

A potential hearing on the evidence fight could be held Feb. 11 in U.S. District Court, as the sides are expected to exchange reply briefs this month. A status conference in the case will be held Friday in federal court.

Prosecutors in last week’s report said they’ve handed discovery to defendants seven times since the case began in hard drives, DVDs and thumb drives. Parents filed a joint motion Dec. 9 asking for more evidence, and Loughlin and Giannulli filed their own petition days later.

Defendant Robert Zangrillo fought successfully in federal court for access to USC documents including information about the percentage of students accepted into USC who were designated as “VIP” or “special interest” and whose parents donated at least $50,000 to USC. Access to the “Protected USC Material” is strictly limited.

Prosecutors and parents in Friday’s status report also agreed on a motion to dismiss filing date in April, and pretrial hearings in June. The government also wrote it expects a college admissions scandal trial to take three to six weeks.

 

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Prosecutors say with the exception of two defendants, William McGlashan and Robert Zangrillo, parents have not turned over any discovery. The government turned over its first batch of 3 million pages of evidence — emails, phone logs, bank records and other documents — to defense attorneys in April and May.

Lori Loughlin withholding discovery in admissions scandal: Feds

 

[squareandrabbet]

"Rules not laws", lol.

As I've said at least once before on this thread, there's no way that people at this age and level of society think that anyone gives $500,000 (!) to a university legally, without expecting to see their blankety-blank name on a plaque somewhere as a result of it. There would be discussions of dedication ceremonies, etc. and so forth.

 

[JerseyGirl]

USC Senior associate athletic director Steve Lopes, who’s also the CFO and COO, was fired on Jan. 14. Ron Orr, a USC senior associate athletic director who led the Trojan Athletic Fund, is also out, along with associate athletic director Scott Jacobson, who worked with Orr in development and fundraising.

Lopes, Orr and Jacobson haven’t been charged or mentioned publicly by authorities in connection with the “Varsity Blues” investigation, but they were referenced in a slew of internal USC emails filed in U.S. District Court by attorneys for Robert Zangrillo, one of the defendants:

In one email string in early 2014, Heinel told Orr and other school officials about a student admitted as a walk-on water polo player. “Please give me ideas on what kind of development opportunities we can explore with the family?” Orr wrote.
The response from another official: “1-5M potential.”

When the family appeared to not have followed through with a donation, Heinel suggested she could have “Admissions pull the approval.”
Orr wrote back: “Really sucks dont pull we will guilt them.”

The court filings also included spreadsheets tracking about 200 “special interest” applicants between 2012 and 2015. The sheets included which athletic department official recommended them, the students’ grade-point average and a column where a potential donation by their family was often listed.

One freshman recommended by Lopes, for example, had the notation: “1 mil pledge.”

A freshman recommended by Orr for women’s track and field carried the note: “500,000 for Galen.”

The note for one of Jacobson’s recommendations said: “100,000 — no ask yet.”

Three USC senior athletics officials are out, sources say

Other officials previously fired by USC include senior athletic official Donna Heinel, who was indicted by the federal government for “racketeering conspiracy”, USC fired water polo coach Jovan Vavic, women’s soccer coach Ali Khosroshahin and assistant coach Laura Janke, who were also charged in the "varsity blues" indictment.

USC fires three top athletic officials in wake of Varsity Blues college admissions scandal | Daily Mail Online

 

[JerseyGirl]

Felicity Huffman's daughter has landed an acting role after the college admissions scandal dragged her into the spotlight and resulted in her mother serving time behind bars.

Sophia Macy, 19, will star in an episode of "The Twilight Zone." A CBS announcement lists the budding actress on its list for season two casting of the show. Few details were released for Sophia's role, but the casting sheet says her character, along with another played by actress Abbie Hern, will be "introduced."

Felicity Huffman's daughter lands acting role after college admissions scandal