Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin face judge in massive 'Varsity Blues' college entrance scam.
in which prosecutors say they allegedly lied and bribed to get their children into elite schools across the country.
When her case was called, Loughlin and Giannulli listened as the charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud were formerly read against them. Huffman and Loughlin are the highest profile defendants indicted in the investigation dubbed by the feds as "Operation Varsity Blues."
They allegedly paid $50,000 to USC’s associate athletic director, Donna Heinel, to get her to “recruit” their oldest daughter Isabella as a coxswain. After Isabella was accepted, Giannulli allegedly wired another $200,000 to Singer’s bogus charity, the indictment alleges. Huffman -- famous for her Academy Award-nominated role in “Transamerica” and for playing one of the main characters in the television show “Desperate Housewives” -- allegedly gave $15,000 to Singer’s bogus charity "to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of their oldest daughter," court documents allege.
The couple also allegedly paid $400,000 to Singer’s charity to bribe Georgetown’s tennis coach Gordon Ernst to designate their older daughter as a tennis recruit. Ernst, 52, who is accused of accepting $2.7 million in bribes to designate at least 12 applicants as recruits to Georgetown, has pleaded not guilty.
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