Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman set to make first appearance in court and face charges in wide-spreading U.S. college admissions scam
Lori Loughlin, left, and Felicity Huffman are among at least 40 people indicted in a sweeping college admissions bribery scandal. Both have been charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud and are scheduled to make their initial appearances in Boston federal court. Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are expected in court Wednesday to face charges that they participated in a wide-ranging college admissions cheating scam.
Neither Huffman nor Loughlin and Giannulli have publicly commented on the allegations. They and other parents are scheduled to make their first appearances in Boston’s federal court.in the 1980s and ‘90s, and Giannulli are accused of paying $500,000 to have their two daughters labelled as recruits to the University of Southern California crew team, even though neither participated in the sport.
The Hallmark Channel – where Loughlin starred in popular holiday movies and the series “When Calls the Heart” – cut ties with Loughlin a day after her arrest. Among the other parents expected in the Boston court Wednesday is Gordon Caplan, former co-chairman of the international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, based in New York.
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