Federal prosecutors have called on a judge to accept the deals for Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, to serve five months in prison in the college admissions scandal.
- Loughlin and Giannulli pleaded guilty to paying $500,000 in bribes so their daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose Giannulli, would be crew recruits for the University of Southern California.
What’s going on:
Prosecutors said the proposed prison terms are similar to sentences other wealthy parents received in the same college admissions scandal, The Associated Press reports.
- The charges for Loughlin and Giannulli account for their “repeated and deliberate conduct” and their “decision to allow their children to become complicit in crime,” the prosecutors said, according to The Associated Press.
- Prosecutors said Giannulli was “the more active participant in the scheme. Loughlin “took a less active role, but was nonetheless fully complicit.”
Charges and sentences:
Loughlin agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and Giannulli will plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and honest services wire and mail fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.
- Loughlin agreed to be sentenced to two months in prison, a $150,000 fine and two years of supervised released with 100 hours of community service, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.
- Giannulli agreed to be sentenced to five months in prison, a $250,000 fine and two years supervised release with 250 hours of community service, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.
What’s next:
- The sentences await the judge’s approval on Friday.