Nationwide College Cheating Scandal - Actresses, Business Owners Charged, Mar 2019 - #3

[gregjrichards]

Felicity Huffman's lawyers to argue that she should get NO jail time because she didn't mastermind the Varsity Blues cheating scandal as her sentencing looms two days away

Felicity Huffman's lawyers to argue that she should get NO jail time | Daily Mail Online

This is really starting to annoy me you would think she was getting LWOP.

 

[Inthedetails]

Felicity Huffman's lawyers to argue that she should get NO jail time because she didn't mastermind the Varsity Blues cheating scandal as her sentencing looms two days away

Felicity Huffman's lawyers to argue that she should get NO jail time | Daily Mail Online

This is really starting to annoy me you would think she was getting LWOP.

Ridiculous.

She was somewhat sympathetic until this past week. Now she is just as annoyingly clueless and entitled as the rest.

I do, however, think her guilty plea will work very much in her favor. imo



jmo

 

[Handsome Sailor]

for the Hollywood illuminati, the sneer is the highest form of their self-expression

 

[gregjrichards]

Felicity Huffman arrives in Boston for sentencing after detailing tearful fight with daughter and how the teen awoke to an FBI agent with a gun drawn to her head on day of arrest, as she fights to avoid jail time

Felicity Huffman arrives in Boston for sentencing after detailing tearful fight with daughter | Daily Mail Online

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

It’s too bad that their daughters were woken up by the FBI with guns to their heads, but dang, FH brought all this on with her actions. And WM doesn’t come out smelling like a rose either in this whole charade. IMO

 

[gregjrichards]

It’s too bad that their daughters were woken up by the FBI with guns to their heads, but dang, FH brought all this on with her actions. And WM doesn’t come out smelling like a rose either in this whole charade. IMO

The FBI and the guns were way over the top in my opinion.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

The FBI and the guns were way over the top in my opinion.

Yes I totally agree!

 

[ColyH]

Did the FBI really come into FH house and put a gun to her daughter's head? That's hard to believe.

 

[gregjrichards]

Did the FBI really come into FH house and put a gun to her daughter's head? That's hard to believe.

“Felicity Huffman knew she was a target of the federal investigation into bribery in the college admissions process ... but she had no idea 7 feds would show up at her door Tuesday morning with guns drawn.

Sources familiar with the arrest tell TMZ, 7 FBI agents showed up at Felicity's Hollywood Hills home at 6 AM and drew their weapons as they ordered Felicity to come out and surrender.”

https://www.tmz.com/2019/03/12/felicity-huffman-arrest-guns-drawn-fbi-college-bribery

I don’t think they put a gun to her head but the house was surrounded by seven FBI agents with guns pointed at the house. What a waste of resources she wasn’t El Chapo or a terrorist.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Probation or jail? Felicity Huffman to be sentenced Friday in college admissions scheme

"There is no justification for what I have done," the actress wrote in a letter to the judge. "I could have said 'no' to cheating on the SAT scores."

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Judgment day for Felicity Huffman, facing possible prison for scam

Boston – Actress Felicity Huffman is returning to court to be sentenced for her role in a sweeping college admissions bribery scandal.

The “Desperate Housewives” star is scheduled to appear in Boston’s federal court Friday after pleading guilty to a single count of conspiracy and fraud in May. She’s the first parent to be sentenced among 34 charged in the scheme...

 

[Inthedetails]

Judgment day for Felicity Huffman, facing possible prison for scam

Boston – Actress Felicity Huffman is returning to court to be sentenced for her role in a sweeping college admissions bribery scandal.

The “Desperate Housewives” star is scheduled to appear in Boston’s federal court Friday after pleading guilty to a single count of conspiracy and fraud in May. She’s the first parent to be sentenced among 34 charged in the scheme...

Sentencing scheduled for 2:30pm today, Sept 13, east coast time.


2:3o pm Eastern time
1:30pm Central time
12:30pm Mountain time
11:30am Pacific time

Sorry, WSers outside the USA - you'll have to do your own time calculations! My brain can only handle the one-hour increments.

jmo

 

[JerseyGirl]

Are any other parents/coaches being sentenced today?

 

[gregjrichards]

Sentencing scheduled for 2:30pm today, Sept 13, east coast time.


2:3o pm Eastern time
1:30pm Central time
12:30pm Mountain time
11:30am Pacific time

Sorry, WSers outside the USA - you'll have to do your own time calculations! My brain can only handle the one-hour increments.

jmo

Thank you. It starts 7:30pm UK time.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Will there be live stream coverage of the sentencing? Please share links if/when available. Thanks.

 

[gregjrichards]

Will there be live stream coverage of the sentencing? Please share links if/when available. Thanks.

I doubt it I don’t think cameras are allowed in federal court from my experience of following other cases. TMZ and the Daily Mail etc will be covering it so as soon as there is any news we will get it.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I doubt it I don’t think cameras are allowed in federal court from my experience of following other cases. TMZ and the Daily Mail etc will be covering it so as soon as there is any news we will get it.

I forgot that the case was in federal court

 

[Inthedetails]

I forgot that the case was in federal court

My prediction for Felicity: house arrest, probation, fine, community service. No jail.

I would like to see some jail time as it is a serious crime! But, I think the guilty plea will go a long way toward leniency. (Which isn't good for Lori.)

jmo

 

[whitelilac]

11:45 a.m.

A federal judge says the size of the bribes paid by parents in a college admissions scam will not influence the severity of their punishments.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued the decision Friday only hours before actress Felicity Huffman was scheduled to be sentenced for her role in the scheme.

The decision settles a dispute about how sentences should be calculated. Prosecutors argued that bribe amounts should be a factor, while the court’s probation office says it’s not appropriate in this case.
The Latest: Judge says bribe size not a factor in sentences

 

[Inthedetails]

11:45 a.m.

A federal judge says the size of the bribes paid by parents in a college admissions scam will not influence the severity of their punishments.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued the decision Friday only hours before actress Felicity Huffman was scheduled to be sentenced for her role in the scheme.

The decision settles a dispute about how sentences should be calculated. Prosecutors argued that bribe amounts should be a factor, while the court’s probation office says it’s not appropriate in this case.
The Latest: Judge says bribe size not a factor in sentences

I agree with this. It doesn't make sense to base the jail sentence on the amount of the bribe. The fact that a bribe was paid at all is enough to judge wrongdoing, imo.


jmo