The drama just got very real for Lori Loughlin & Felicity Huffman. The actresses are among a slew of individuals indicted in a college entrance exam scandal.
According to court documents filed in Boston on Tuesday, those indicted allegedly paid millions in bribes to get their children into elite colleges. Those colleges include Yale, Stanford and the University of Southern California. Loughlin and husband, Mossimo Giannulli, are accused of paying $500,000 to USC in exchange for having their two daughters designated as recruits to the college’s crew team — even though they did not participate in crew — thereby guaranteeing their admission in the college, according to documents.
Huffman and her spouse, William H. Macy, are accused of disguising a $15,000 charitable payment in the bribery scheme. Macy, however, was not named in the indictment. According to charging documents, a confidential witness met with Huffman at her home and explained that he “controlled” an SAT testing center and could arrange for someone to proctor the taking of the test and then correct her answers afterward. Huffman is said to have later exchanged emails with this individual in an effort to get 100 percent extra time for her daughter and to facilitate the taking of the SATs away from her school. Huffman’s daughter is said to have taken the test in Dec. 2017 and received a 1420 on the test, a 400 point improvement from a previous test. Last October, Huffman discussed repeating this for her youngest daughter in a taped conversation that evidently the FBI has obtained. However, Huffman did not go through with the cheating for her youngest daughter.
Several NCAA D-1 college coaches have also been charged in the scandal as well as prominent CEO’s. Both actresses have not released statements at this time. A press conference is expected to take place shortly to fully explain the matter.
