Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin charged in college scam

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Steve Timko

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Mar 12, 2019, 1:29:29 PM3/12/19
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But not William H. Macy. Maybe the prosecutor is a 'Fargo" fan?

TV stars and coaches charged in college bribery scheme

BOSTON (AP) — Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin were charged along with nearly 50 other people Tuesday ...

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Doug Fields

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Mar 12, 2019, 1:58:41 PM3/12/19
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Children of the rich can get preferential treatment in admissions to upper-echelon schools if the parents grease the wheels with a little financial "donation"?  


I'm shocked.  Shocked, I say!


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I just hope nobody uncovers evidence children of rich people are getting jobs they aren’t qualified for within their parents’ companies. Because that would be really disheartening.
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Doug Eastick

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Mar 12, 2019, 7:45:23 PM3/12/19
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My thought earlier today when I heard the headline, or a synopsis of the case, I thought "imagine being those kids knowing that their parents bought their way in".

But then I heard some details of the kids posing for photos for rowing scholarships (when they had never rowed before in their life) I withdraw my original thought above.



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Kevin M.

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Mar 12, 2019, 8:54:34 PM3/12/19
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As the Bible says: The meek will inherit the Earth, but the entitled punks will get accepted into USC. 
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PGage

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Mar 12, 2019, 11:59:53 PM3/12/19
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The most surprising aspect is that anyone, no matter how rich or how stupid, would invest so much money and effort to get their kids into USC.
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Mar 13, 2019, 5:50:07 AM3/13/19
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On Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 1:58:41 PM UTC-4, Doug Fields wrote:

Children of the rich can get preferential treatment in admissions to upper-echelon schools if the parents grease the wheels with a little financial "donation"?  


I'm shocked.  Shocked, I say!


Doug Fields

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And thankfully it didn't take long for the President's oldest son Jr to chime in, brimming with his usual amount of self-awareness
 

Mark Jeffries

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Mar 13, 2019, 10:37:48 AM3/13/19
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He just said "Hollywood," as if that meant everything.  Besides, I thought Lori Laughlin was a Republican--or am I getting her mixed up with Candace Cameron Bure, since they were both on the same show?

Besides, seems to me that the Tim Allen show that the Trumpies love so much is filmed in Hollywood, not in Atlanta or at Pat Robertson's place in Virginia Beach.

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Jon Delfin

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Mar 13, 2019, 10:58:52 AM3/13/19
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Also note: If there were more celebrities ensnared by this operation, we'd have heard about them by now. So, mostly wealthy, but not Hollywood, people. 

PGage

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Mar 13, 2019, 1:34:00 PM3/13/19
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Another target is a wealthy winery operator here in Napa Valley (though it looks like he lives in the City). Looks like most of these parents are general entitled wealthy people (though I have always enjoyed Huffman’s work, but pissed media is tagging her with Housewives label instead of Sports Night, which obviously has priority).

I checked in with my late 20s daughter and her BF, both Ivy grads who were not smart enough to choose wealthy parents to buy their way in, to find out what they and their friends thought. As I suspected, they lacked the extreme moralized indignation that we have seen from so many of the upper middle class (but not actually upper class) media types have been indulging in. They and their friends mostly shaking their heads, but see this as a minor example of the much more pervasive practice of children of the elite classes getting into Ivy League level schools though legacy, donations and influence rather than ability or hard work.
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Jon Delfin

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Mar 13, 2019, 1:40:13 PM3/13/19
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David Mamet (friend of Huffman and Macy) has commented to the effect that he sees no difference between bribing universities by donating a building, and bribing third parties to perpetrate fraud on said universities. David Mamet is a moron.

Melissa P

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Mar 13, 2019, 2:33:38 PM3/13/19
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I don't think it's been noted here yet that son-in-law and expert-on-everything Jared Kushner was able to attend Harvard because Daddy donated millions to the school. 

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Kevin M.

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Mar 13, 2019, 2:46:39 PM3/13/19
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On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 10:40 AM Jon Delfin <jond...@gmail.com> wrote:
David Mamet (friend of Huffman and Macy) has commented to the effect that he sees no difference between bribing universities by donating a building, and bribing third parties to perpetrate fraud on said universities. David Mamet is a moron.

There is a difference, just as there is a difference between somebody scoring drugs from a dealer on the street vs somebody scoring drugs from a doctor in a lab coat. To paraphrase the late Spenser/Jesse Stone author Robert B Parker, police aren’t in the right and wrong business, they are in the legal and illegal business. Giving money directly to a school to influence its admissions policies is legal, but it is also just as wrong as the indirect methods used by the people who were charged yesterday. 
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Kevin M.

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Mar 13, 2019, 4:41:08 PM3/13/19
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File this under, There Is A Tweet For Everything

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Jon Delfin

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PGage

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A NYT list of all the indicted parents, with a brief description of each. Only the two previously identified people from the film/TV industry.



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Bob Jersey

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Hallmark Channel has parted with her.


This ostensibly followed a hearing where her bail was set at $1mil, and she was allowed to travel to Vancouver, where the multiple series she (ahem) was involved with were produced.


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Bob Jersey

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Mar 16, 2019, 11:21:27 AM3/16/19
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Moi, Thursday (3/14):
Aaaaaaand, so has "Fuller House," which hasn't started filming yet, and in which she wasn't that involved anyway...


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Steve Timko

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Mar 24, 2019, 5:10:29 PM3/24/19
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'Fuller House' actress gets co-star's support
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actress Candace Cameron Bure says "family sticks together no matter what," in what seems a sign of support for "Fuller House" co-star Lori Loughlin, who has been charged in an alleged college admissions scandal.
Bure delivered that message in her acceptance speech Saturday night at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Funny TV Show. She later shared those thoughts on Instagram.
Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, are among dozens who been charged in the alleged admissions scam in which wealthy parents are accused of bribing coaches and other insiders to get their children into elite schools.
Prosecutors allege the couple paid $500,000 to have their daughters labeled as crew-team recruits at the University of Southern California, even though neither is a rower.


Kevin M.

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Mar 24, 2019, 5:43:30 PM3/24/19
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Born Again extremists like the Cameron family are required to forgive, since they constantly commit so many other atrocities they need forgiveness from others. 

I admit, as a Christian I struggle with forgiveness, but I’ll forgive when I see indications of remorse. I’ve not seen Aunt Becky show remorse or accept responsibility or make amends. So f*ck her. 

Amen.
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PGage

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Mar 24, 2019, 7:32:09 PM3/24/19
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That prayer must be from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Kevin. I like it.



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I admit, as a Christian I struggle with forgiveness, but I’ll forgive when I see indications of remorse. I’ve not seen Aunt Becky show remorse or accept responsibility or make amends. So f*ck her. 

Amen.

Kevin M.

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Mar 24, 2019, 7:36:46 PM3/24/19
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It’s too matter-of-fact for RSV... King James Version laid down the law, old school. That’s my Biblical jam!

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Brad Beam

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Mar 24, 2019, 10:04:25 PM3/24/19
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I think that’s from– what’s it called – the “Vulgar” translation? “Vulgate”? (Something like that….)

 

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Steve Timko

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Apr 8, 2019, 3:52:11 PM4/8/19
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Huffman agrees to plead guilty. No explanation why Macy wasn't charged. I'm guessing they didn't file a joint tax return and only Huffman claimed the bribe as a deduction.


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Steve Timko

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Apr 9, 2019, 3:51:32 PM4/9/19
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Aunt Becky, others charged with money laundering now.

https://apnews.com/e4a973e7b5e042ebb4df6b5e181c401e


This is a lot of prison time hanging over her head. She might want to have a chat with OJ on getting a full acquittal. It worked once, sure. But he ended up doing nine years in max for a first-time robbery offense.

Kevin M.

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Huffman pleads guilty

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Bob Jersey

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Updating... While Huffman finishes out her 2-wk sentence, Loughlin, her hubby and 9 others now face bribery charges on top of the mail fraud and money laundering ones.


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PGage

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Huffman is smart; always nice to position yourself as the likable member of your criminal conspiracy...

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Kevin M.

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On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 1:45 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote:
Huffman is smart; always nice to position yourself as the likable member of your criminal conspiracy...

Still wondering how Mr Macy dodged the bullet on all of this 

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Updating... While Huffman finishes out her 2-wk sentence, Loughlin, her hubby and 9 others now face bribery charges on top of the mail fraud and money laundering ones.


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Steve Timko

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Oct 23, 2019, 7:43:03 PM10/23/19
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Easy. They didn't file a joint tax return. She took the "charitable" deduction on her taxes

Kevin M.

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On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 4:43 PM Steve Timko <steve...@gmail.com> wrote:
Easy. They didn't file a joint tax return. She took the "charitable" deduction on her taxes

I get the legal absolution, but wondering why he isn’t as tainted in ye ol’ court o’ public opinion. There’s no way he didn’t know that his idiot social media daughter wasn’t qualified for... well... damn near anything. 


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Steve Timko

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Lori Loughlin  hires a prison expert to teach her how to survive in prison.



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On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 3:53 PM Steve Timko <steve...@gmail.com> wrote:
Lori Loughlin  hires a prison expert to teach her how to survive in prison.


Martha Stewart? Tim Allen? Mike Tyson? 
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Ron Casalotti

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A tactic last seen in the movie "Get Hard" with Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Hard#Plot

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Bob Jersey

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Kevin M, March 12, 2019:
I just hope nobody uncovers evidence children of rich people are getting jobs they aren’t qualified for within their parents’ companies. Because that would be really disheartening.

IYC, Sophia Macy will co-star in a season 2 episode of CBS All Access' "The Twilight Zone."


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Tom Wolper

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On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 9:52 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

IYC, Sophia Macy will co-star in a season 2 episode of CBS All Access' "The Twilight Zone."


Sophia Macy was never accused of any wrongdoing.

Kevin M.

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She was the benefactor of the criminal wrongdoing of others.

Apparently Hollywood was all out of qualified, experienced actors for the role. Yep. That must be it. Nobody else was available. 



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Tom Wolper

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On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 10:13 AM Kevin M. <drunkba...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 7:03 AM Tom Wolper <two...@gmail.com> wrote:

Sophia Macy was never accused of any wrongdoing.

She was the benefactor of the criminal wrongdoing of others.

Apparently Hollywood was all out of qualified, experienced actors for the role. Yep. That must be it. Nobody else was available.

Since her benefit was a college education are you saying she should be disqualified for any employment that demands a degree?

I've read enough about the TV business to know that an actor needs to go through a ridiculous number of approval processes to land a role: casting director, director, studio, network (if they're not the same), etc. If her parents' wrongdoing was an issue it would have come up earlier.

Kevin M.

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On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 12:25 PM Tom Wolper <two...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 10:13 AM Kevin M. <drunkba...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 7:03 AM Tom Wolper <two...@gmail.com> wrote:

Sophia Macy was never accused of any wrongdoing.

She was the benefactor of the criminal wrongdoing of others.

Apparently Hollywood was all out of qualified, experienced actors for the role. Yep. That must be it. Nobody else was available.

Since her benefit was a college education are you saying she should be disqualified for any employment that demands a degree?

I’m saying somebody else out there is more deserving/qualified, and that she was not chosen based on her acting ability, but in her family’s clout in the industry.


I've read enough about the TV business to know that an actor needs to go through a ridiculous number of approval processes to land a role: casting director, director, studio, network (if they're not the same), etc. If her parents' wrongdoing was an issue it would have come up earlier.

An actor without connections has to go through a rigorous process, agreed. The college admissions scandal proved her family was willing to use their connections and even break the law to give her opportunities she hadn’t earned. I have no reason to believe her mother learned her lesson. I’m sure the daughter didn’t learn her lesson . 



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Bob Jersey

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Loughlin and hubby want the case tossed, alleging entrapment and gross prosecutorial misconduct.


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Kevin M.

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Proving you don’t have to be smart to be an actress on a cheesy sitcom 

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On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 9:28 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Loughlin and hubby want the case tossed, alleging entrapment and gross prosecutorial misconduct.


From what I read of court proceedings it's standard for the defense to ask for summary dismissal of the charges at the beginning of the trial. It's rare that they get a judge to agree but they give it a shot because you never know.

Bob Jersey

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Tom Wolper, to moi, 3/27/2020:

Loughlin and hubby want the case tossed, alleging entrapment and gross prosecutorial misconduct.


From what I read of court proceedings it's standard for the defense to ask for summary dismissal of the charges at the beginning of the trial. It's rare that they get a judge to agree but they give it a shot because you never know.

They've changed their pleas to guilty, each to one count of conspiracy and Giannulli to fraud. They'll spend months in gaol and pay six-digit fines.


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Steve Timko

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Lori Laughlin gets two months in prison.


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On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 12:18 PM Steve Timko <steve...@gmail.com> wrote:
Lori Laughlin gets two months in prison.

Unless she shanks her cell mate, she’s gonna get released her first day to home confinement 

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>On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 12:18 PM Steve Timko <steve...@gmail.com> wrote:

Lori Laughlin gets two months in prison.

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>Unless she shanks her cell mate, she’s gonna get released her first day to home confinement 

 

And here I was, hoping she’d stay here in-state at FPC Alderson’s Martha Stewart Suite.

 

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Former "Amazing Race" and "Survivor" contestant who is running for Manhattan district attorney slammed the sentence for Loughlin.

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Loughlin turned up in a TikTok with John Stamos


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