Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli will likely be tried in the college admissions scandal case in October, according to USA Today.
What’s going on: The government filed a memorandum on Wednesday at the Boston federal court, where the majority of the case has been focused.
- Loughlin and Giannulli are two of the 15 parents who have pleaded not guilty in the college admissions scandal. The two are accused of paying $500,000 in bribes so that daughters Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose Giannulli could be crew recruits for the University of Southern California. The couple has pleaded not guilty.
The government has two ideas for how to handle the college admissions scandal trials, NBC Boston reports:
- Two separate trials for the parents.
- Three separate trials for smaller groups.
Loughlin and Giannulli would be added to the first trial, which would take place in October.
- Per Fox Business, the celebrity couple would join I-Hsin “Joey” Chen, Elisabeth Kimmel and TPG Growth exec William McGlashan in the trial if they were in the smaller group.
- If they were in the bigger group, Vegas casino owner Gamal Abdelaziz and USC professor Homayoun Zadeh would also be involved.
In the memo: Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Rose wrote: “The government believes that these groupings, which contemplate that spouses who have been charged together are tried together, will facilitate the efficient presentation of evidence based on the specific conduct in which each of the defendants engaged and the nature of the witnesses and evidence against them.”
- Rosen: “The government believes that it is likely that additional defendants will enter into agreements to resolve the charges prior to trial. For that reason, the government believes it may be possible to try those defendants who wish to exercise their right to a trial in no more than two trials.”