Lori Loughlin’s husband Mossimo Giannulli has asked to complete his five-month sentence for the college admissions scandal at home due to concerns over COVID-19, CNN reports.
What’s going on?
Attorneys for Mossimo Giannulli said in court documents Thursday that Giannulli has had to spend 40% of his sentence in solitary confinement due to COVID-19 concerns, according to CNN.
- “The toll on Mr. Giannulli’s mental, physical and emotional well-being has been significant,” the attorneys wrote, according to CNN.
- “Mr. Giannulli spent almost 40% of his total sentence confined in solitary quarantine, despite testing negative for COVID-19 at least ten times and despite his counsel’s multiple requests that [the Bureau of Prisons] release him from quarantine,” his lawyers said, according to People magazine.
Giannulli was immediately sent into a small cell in solitary confinement for 24 hours a day with just three short 20-minute breaks per week. He has also been tested for COVID-19 every two weeks. He’s only tested negative. But new prisoners who joined the facility have tested positive, raising concerns.
- “As a result BOP [the Bureau of Prisons] has determined that any individual in the facility must re-quarantine each time that occurs, despite the fact that individuals are not in contact with one another, and instead are confined to their cells 24 hours per day,” the attorneys wrote, per People magazine.
Giannulli was booked into federal prison in Lompoc, near Santa Barbara, California, on Nov. 19.
Loughlin released in December
Loughlin was released from federal prison in December after two months for her role in the college admissions scandal, as I wrote about for the Deseret News. She received her two-month sentence at the end of August.
Some in Loughlin’s camp hoped she would be released in time for Christmas. Loughlin was also concerned over the COVID-19 pandemic, as I wrote about for the Deseret News.