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Probation or jail? Horse-faced Felicity Huffman to be sentenced Friday in college admissions scheme
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Elizabeth Paige Laurie
Sep 13, 2019, 6:40:03 AM9/13/19
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Liberal Democrats, too lazy and stupid to compete
scholastically. This is the result of the present day inferior
California school system, once the envy of the entire free
world, after 40 years of Democrat control and parasitic
socialist union infestation.
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"There is no justification for what I have done," the actress
wrote in a letter to the judge. "I could have said 'no' to
cheating on the SAT scores."
Felicity Huffman will learn Friday how she will be punished for
her role in a massive college admissions scandal that exposed
how well-heeled parents paid a college fixer to get their
children into elite universities.
The Oscar-nominated actress, 56, is set to be sentenced in
federal court after pleading guilty in May to paying thousands
of dollars to boost her daughter's college admission hopes. She
pleaded guilty to committing mail fraud and honest services
fraud.
Federal prosecutors have said that she should serve a month in
prison and pay a $20,000 fine. And while probation officials did
not explicitly recommend a sentence for Huffman, they said that
there was "no victim" or any "actual or intended loss."
Attorneys for the actress, who co-starred on the ABC drama
"Desperate Housewives" and who earned an Oscar nomination for
"Transamerica," have requested that the judge sentence her to a
one-year term of probation and 250 hours of community service.
She would also pay the $20,000 fine, they said.
She is one of 50 people charged in the sweeping college entrance
cheating scheme, which revealed how well-heeled parents paid
William "Rick" Singer to get their children into elite
universities by boosting their test scores or passing them off
as top athletes worthy of special admission. Actress Lori
Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli,
have also been charged.
Singer pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, money
laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the United States
and obstruction of justice in March. He cooperated with federal
investigators.
Huffman paid $15,000 to have wrong answers corrected on daughter
Sofia Grace Macy's SAT exam, leading to a remarkably improved
score from the teen's PSAT performance, prosecutors said.
Huffman said in a letter to Judge Indira Talwani earlier this
month that "there is no justification for what I have done,"
that "I could have said 'no' to cheating on the SAT scores."
Huffman wrote that she was told by other mothers that she
shouldn't leave her daughter's college process in the hands of
overworked administrators at her high school for the performing
arts, and that's how she came to become involved with Singer.
Singer later told Huffman that her daughter's math scores were
still not measuring up, that he could "make sure she gets the
scores she needs" by having someone bump up her scores after
taking the test, Huffman said in the letter. The actress wrote
she was "shocked that such a thing existed."
Huffman ultimately agreed to the scheme, she said in the letter
to the judge. "As warped as this sounds now, I honestly began to
feel that maybe I would be a bad mother if I didn't do what Mr.
Singer was suggesting," Huffman wrote in the letter.
"In my desperation to be a good mother I talked myself into
believing that all I was doing was giving my daughter a fair
shot,” Huffman wrote.
She also wrote that her daughter, who had no idea about the
scheme, was upset when she found out about it and asked why she
did not believe in her or that she could accomplish the scores
on her own.
"I had no adequate answer for her. I could only say, 'I am
sorry. I was frightened and stupid,'" Huffman said in the letter.
Prosecutors said in their sentencing memorandum filed last week
that Huffman defrauded the College Board, the non-profit
organizations that develop and administer the SAT and the
colleges to which her daughter applied, and that it deprived
competing applicants of a fair shot at admission.
"Huffman's conduct was deliberate and manifestly criminal: it
was wrong, she knew it was wrong, and she actively participated
in manipulating her daughter's guidance counselor, the testing
services and the schools to which her daughter applied,"
prosecutors wrote.
Prosecutors also wrote: "Neither probation nor home confinement
(in a large home in the Hollywood Hills with an infinity pool)
would constitute meaningful punishment or deter others from
committing similar crimes."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/probation-or-jail-felicity-
huffman-be-sentenced-friday-college-admissions-n1053886
Liberal Democrats, too lazy and stupid to compete
scholastically. This is the result of the present day inferior
California school system, once the envy of the entire free
world, after 40 years of Democrat control and parasitic
socialist union infestation.
TAGS: Cheat Lie Bribe Obama Ignorant Liberal Dumb Crime College
High School Sports USC Coach ACT Democrat LA Times, Washington
Post, NY Times Elite Hollywood TV Media Twitter youTube Scumbags
Kiss Your Job Goodbye
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"There is no justification for what I have done," the actress
wrote in a letter to the judge. "I could have said 'no' to
cheating on the SAT scores."
Felicity Huffman will learn Friday how she will be punished for
her role in a massive college admissions scandal that exposed
how well-heeled parents paid a college fixer to get their
children into elite universities.
The Oscar-nominated actress, 56, is set to be sentenced in
federal court after pleading guilty in May to paying thousands
of dollars to boost her daughter's college admission hopes. She
pleaded guilty to committing mail fraud and honest services
fraud.
Federal prosecutors have said that she should serve a month in
prison and pay a $20,000 fine. And while probation officials did
not explicitly recommend a sentence for Huffman, they said that
there was "no victim" or any "actual or intended loss."
Attorneys for the actress, who co-starred on the ABC drama
"Desperate Housewives" and who earned an Oscar nomination for
"Transamerica," have requested that the judge sentence her to a
one-year term of probation and 250 hours of community service.
She would also pay the $20,000 fine, they said.
She is one of 50 people charged in the sweeping college entrance
cheating scheme, which revealed how well-heeled parents paid
William "Rick" Singer to get their children into elite
universities by boosting their test scores or passing them off
as top athletes worthy of special admission. Actress Lori
Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli,
have also been charged.
Singer pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, money
laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the United States
and obstruction of justice in March. He cooperated with federal
investigators.
Huffman paid $15,000 to have wrong answers corrected on daughter
Sofia Grace Macy's SAT exam, leading to a remarkably improved
score from the teen's PSAT performance, prosecutors said.
Huffman said in a letter to Judge Indira Talwani earlier this
month that "there is no justification for what I have done,"
that "I could have said 'no' to cheating on the SAT scores."
Huffman wrote that she was told by other mothers that she
shouldn't leave her daughter's college process in the hands of
overworked administrators at her high school for the performing
arts, and that's how she came to become involved with Singer.
Singer later told Huffman that her daughter's math scores were
still not measuring up, that he could "make sure she gets the
scores she needs" by having someone bump up her scores after
taking the test, Huffman said in the letter. The actress wrote
she was "shocked that such a thing existed."
Huffman ultimately agreed to the scheme, she said in the letter
to the judge. "As warped as this sounds now, I honestly began to
feel that maybe I would be a bad mother if I didn't do what Mr.
Singer was suggesting," Huffman wrote in the letter.
"In my desperation to be a good mother I talked myself into
believing that all I was doing was giving my daughter a fair
shot,” Huffman wrote.
She also wrote that her daughter, who had no idea about the
scheme, was upset when she found out about it and asked why she
did not believe in her or that she could accomplish the scores
on her own.
"I had no adequate answer for her. I could only say, 'I am
sorry. I was frightened and stupid,'" Huffman said in the letter.
Prosecutors said in their sentencing memorandum filed last week
that Huffman defrauded the College Board, the non-profit
organizations that develop and administer the SAT and the
colleges to which her daughter applied, and that it deprived
competing applicants of a fair shot at admission.
"Huffman's conduct was deliberate and manifestly criminal: it
was wrong, she knew it was wrong, and she actively participated
in manipulating her daughter's guidance counselor, the testing
services and the schools to which her daughter applied,"
prosecutors wrote.
Prosecutors also wrote: "Neither probation nor home confinement
(in a large home in the Hollywood Hills with an infinity pool)
would constitute meaningful punishment or deter others from
committing similar crimes."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/probation-or-jail-felicity-
huffman-be-sentenced-friday-college-admissions-n1053886
unclejr
Sep 13, 2019, 9:05:24 AM9/13/19
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Michael Press
Sep 13, 2019, 12:42:46 PM9/13/19
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In article <787b4e5a22945204...@dizum.com>,
caught in this organized crime operation?
[...]
>
> https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/probation-or-jail-felicity-
> huffman-be-sentenced-friday-college-admissions-n1053886
>
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Michael Press
"Elizabeth Paige Laurie" <cbl...@paloaltou.edu> wrote:
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> Liberal Democrats, too lazy and stupid to compete
> scholastically. This is the result of the present day inferior
> California school system, once the envy of the entire free
> world, after 40 years of Democrat control and parasitic
> socialist union infestation.
>
> TAGS: Cheat Lie Bribe Obama Ignorant Liberal Dumb Crime College
> High School Sports USC Coach ACT Democrat LA Times, Washington
> Post, NY Times Elite Hollywood TV Media Twitter youTube Scumbags
> Kiss Your Job Goodbye
>
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> Liberal Democrats, too lazy and stupid to compete
> scholastically. This is the result of the present day inferior
> California school system, once the envy of the entire free
> world, after 40 years of Democrat control and parasitic
> socialist union infestation.
>
> TAGS: Cheat Lie Bribe Obama Ignorant Liberal Dumb Crime College
> High School Sports USC Coach ACT Democrat LA Times, Washington
> Post, NY Times Elite Hollywood TV Media Twitter youTube Scumbags
> Kiss Your Job Goodbye
>
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caught in this organized crime operation?
[...]
>
> https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/probation-or-jail-felicity-
> huffman-be-sentenced-friday-college-admissions-n1053886
>
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Michael Press
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