Felicitious statement wrote:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3pzpIUXsAAwmjg.jpg
What a wimp.
She got hustled by the Singer guy who created the whole thing, took the money, bribed employees, paid people to take tests, and found the suckers.
He cuts a deal and these folks are left holding the bag.
Someone ought to stand-up.
Singer is the real criminal.
Aunt Becky paid $500k (total), compared to Huffmann's meager 15000.
I can see why she's going to fight this all the way.
I assume this means very little will happen and this whole thing will go away.
3:23 PM PT -- Felicity's plea deal WILL include prison time after all, IF prosecutors get their way ... but only a little.
According to docs, obtained by TMZ, federal prosecutors are recommending a prison term at the "low end of the sentencing guidelines."
In the docs, the feds say that would be somewhere between 4 to 10 months -- however, Felicity is reserving the right to argue the range should be 0 to 6 months. All of this should be sorted out in sentencing, and it's important to note, these are just the recommendations from prosecutors. The judge will have ultimate say at sentencing.
BTW, they also suggest she pay a fine or penalty of $20k, plus a TBD restitution amount and one year of probation.
odds are against it imo wrote:
3:23 PM PT -- Felicity's plea deal WILL include prison time after all, IF prosecutors get their way ... but only a little.
According to docs, obtained by TMZ, federal prosecutors are recommending a prison term at the "low end of the sentencing guidelines."
In the docs, the feds say that would be somewhere between 4 to 10 months -- however, Felicity is reserving the right to argue the range should be 0 to 6 months. All of this should be sorted out in sentencing, and it's important to note, these are just the recommendations from prosecutors. The judge will have ultimate say at sentencing.
BTW, they also suggest she pay a fine or penalty of $20k, plus a TBD restitution amount and one year of probation.
So what that means is under the rule of law of rich, white, people, she will serve no time. The big question is, " Will she play herself in the made-for-tv movie?" If not, will she get a cut of the profits?
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.
Federal Grand Juror wrote:
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.
Bob Kraft and the POTUS have a better chance of spending time in prison than either of these old, rich white ladies. Ain't happening. Not in this country...unless it's 'country' club' jail , where they are nowhere near Yolanda and Marisol. They'll be on the shuffle board, Netflix ward maybe...
Federal Grand Juror wrote:
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.
10:35 AM PT -- Well, prosecutors did exactly what we reported early Tuesday morning. Since Lori did not cop a plea, the U.S. Attorney went to a Federal Grand Jury to get an indictment, adding charges of money laundering. This now DRASTICALLY increases the amount of time Lori and her husband would get as a minimum recommended sentence.
Specifically, the U.S. Attorney says, Lori, her husband and 14 others will now be charged with the additional crime of "conspiring to launder the bribes and other payment in furtherance of the fraud by funneling them through [Rick] Singer's purported charity and his for-profit corporation."
The money laundering charge alone carries a maximum of 20 years in prison.
This means if Lori and her husband now want to plea bargain their cases, instead of a minimum range of 2 to 2 and a half years in prison ... prosecutors would recommend to the judge a MINIMUM RANGE OF 4 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS UP TO 5 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS.
There's also a very technical rub. Theoretically by charging CONSPIRACY to money launder, the minimum sentence could go even higher -- way higher.
Short story ... prosecutors are out for blood.
This is so typical of USA, with unhinged fame-seeking prosecutors, who abuse the legal system by multiplying charges ("conspiracy" is a favorite), always going after those with the infinite resources of big USA government, leading to bankruptcy if not jail.
It's not justice.
Will be interesting to see if the IRS comes after them for tax fraud. No way should they get a slap on the wrist there when they knowingly wrote off their large bribes as charitable deductions.
Ivies Suck wrote:
Bribes, Cheating, ACT, SAT, Actors, Coaches. Everyone was involved.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fbi-accuses-wealthy-parents-including-celebrities-in-college-entrance-bribery-scheme/ar-BBUGhsh?ocid=ientp
If this was true, I feel like I would have seen it on the real news by now and not just on LR.
Cache me outside, how 'bout dat?
p.n. wrote:
Varsity Blues wrote:
It analyzed exclusively kids who WENT to college and concluded that the cache of the degree was not correlated to earnings.
Okay, this is getting tiresome. The word is "cachet".
I was going to let this go but it seems the word has been misspelled at least three times recently. A cache is something entirely different from what you're talking about.
Lori Loughlin Appears Forlorn While Facing 40 Years in Prison After New Indictment
after a new indictment has her facing up to 40 years in prison her smile has gone missing.
The former “When Calls the Heart” star was seen Wednesday heading to an office building in Santa Monica. Photogarphers hurled fter a new indictment has her facing up to 40 years in prison her smile has gone missing.
The former “When Calls the Heart” star was seen Wednesday heading to an office building in Santa Monica. Photogarphers hurled questions at Loughlin regarding the new indictment that was handed down to her, and 15 other parents, by the U.S. Attorney alleging conspiracy to commit money laundering.
She did not respond to the questions, and her body language was much different than the other day when she was shaking hands with the prosecution team in Boston.questions at Loughlin regarding the new indictment that was handed down to her, and 15 other parents, by the U.S. Attorney alleging conspiracy to commit money laundering.
She did not respond to the questions, and her body language was much different than the other day when she was shaking hands with the prosecution team in Boston.
