Lori Loughlin
Actress, best known as Aunt Becky on Full House
- Entries
- 9
- On the record
- 7
- Stories
- 1
- Latest entry
- Dec 28, 2020
The record
Lori Loughlin was one of the parents charged in the college admissions case that federal prosecutors in Boston unsealed on March 12, 2019. The U.S. Attorney's Office for Massachusetts described a nationwide conspiracy to cheat on entrance exams and to admit students to elite universities as purported athletic recruits, with coaches, exam administrators and parents among the defendants. Her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, was charged in the same case.
She and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, admitted in May 2020 that they paid $500,000 to Rick Singer and his Key Worldwide Foundation to have their daughters falsely designated as University of Southern California crew recruits, NBC News reported. Prosecutors had filed four superseding indictments before she pleaded guilty on May 22, 2020, to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
Judge Nathaniel Gorton imposed the sentence the government recommended: two months in prison, two years of supervised release, a $150,000 fine and 100 hours of community service. At sentencing she said she had made an awful decision. She reported to the federal prison in Dublin, California, on October 30, 2020, and was released on December 28, 2020. Giannulli received five months in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Roles and honours on the record
Every entry, newest first
- Ruled
Judge Nathaniel Gorton sentenced Loughlin to two months, a $150,000 fine, two years supervised release and 100 hours of community service, CNN reported. Varsity Blues: Huffman $15K, 14 days; Loughlin $500K, 2 months
- Admitted
Loughlin pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud after earlier pleading not guilty, CNN reported. Varsity Blues: Huffman $15K, 14 days; Loughlin $500K, 2 months
Stories in this file
The record, entry by entry
- 2019-03-12 Filed Charging documents in a nationwide college admissions and testing bribery conspiracy were unsealed in federal court in Boston; Loughlin is listed among the parents charged. U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts, case page
- 2020-05 Admitted Loughlin and Giannulli admitted paying $500,000 to Rick Singer and Key Worldwide Foundation to falsely designate their daughters as USC crew recruits. Prosecutors had filed four superseding indictments before her plea. NBC News report
- 2020-05-22 Admitted Loughlin pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts, case page
- 2020-08 Admitted At her sentencing Loughlin told the court she had made an awful decision and gone along with a plan to give her daughters an unfair advantage. NBC News report
- 2020-08-21 Ruled Judge Gorton sentenced her to two months in prison, two years of supervised release, a $150,000 fine and 100 hours of community service, matching the sentence the government recommended. Giannulli received five months and a $250,000 fine the same day. U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts, case page
- 2020-10-30 Reported Loughlin reported to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, to begin her two-month sentence. NBC News report
- 2020-12-28 Reported Loughlin was released from the federal prison in Dublin after serving her sentence; she had turned herself in nearly three weeks early. NBC Bay Area report