What’re the Chances of Felicity Huffman & Lori Loughlin Getting Prison Time?
Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin, are among 50 parents who could be facing prison time after getting involved in a massive college admissions bribery scandal.
Huffman is said to have paid $15,000 for someone to fix her daughter’s SAT scores, while Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli reportedly shelled out $500,000 to ensure their two daughters, Olivia and Isabella, would get into the University of Southern California.
Huffman was released on $250,000 bond, and Loughlin paid her bond, which was set at $1 million. They are both expected to return to court at the end of the month, but could these allegations actually land the actresses in jail?
The answer is of course complicated, though prison is definitely a possibility. But while they won’t get off with a slap on the wrist, some experts believe actual time behind bars won’t happen for these two.
“This is a federal prosecution brought forth by the Department of Justice that carries with it potential life-altering consequences for those involved. The stakes could not be higher,” legal expert James J. Leonard told People.
“A custodial term is always a possibility when you are charged with felonies. The question to ask is if it’s a probability, and in this case I don’t see it as a probability with respect to the parents involved.
“At the end of the day, we are talking about parents who tried to help their children. And crossed the line in doing so.”
Not to mention, neither Huffman nor Loughlin have accepted the severity of their charges just yet. “Neither actress knew this would become so serious,” a source told Us Weekly.
“They haven’t fully grasped the extent of their alleged crimes or the possibility of prison time.”
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And though Huffman’s husband William H. Macy was not arrested, he is heartbroken over his wife’s arrest and how it has affected his family.
“Felicity is crushed, and her husband is heartbroken,” the source explained.
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College chicanery has been around forever. I remember in the 70s in biology class the back row was loaded with dumb as rocks negro football players. These guys were absolute morons but they were 'passed' because to fail them meant the godlike football team would falter. And what about legacies? If your Pop was a former bigshot at college and in the right fraternity, this was known (or noted) on your application and you were accepted. If you're an alumni and you give a million dollars, they name a new building after you and your grandkids are whisked right in automatically. Who gives a Shiite about rich actors paying to get their kids in? The phonies in the FBI (fraudulent bureau of incompetence) are such a corrupt agency this is the best they can do--other than pursuing the phantom 'Russian collusion' hoax? Holy god that agency needs to be dismantled.
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What about daddy Bush getting Jr. into Yale, when Jr. was a complete flop. Look at Clintons, obamas, Kennedys, etc. There's some real influence peddling/bribery.
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In Bob Saget voiceover from "How I Met Your Mother"-"Kids, Aunt Becky is now embroiled in a scandal so let's console Uncle Jesse..."
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Hmmm
Why haven't the other 48 co-conspirators been publicly identified repeatedly by the media? There is more time, energy and money being spent on shielding and protecting many of the guilty parents and the crooks in the schools that are also co-conspirators in these crimes than there is in actual investigation, let alone prosecution. These 2 appear to be the sacrificial lambs, while those guilty parents with more political clout and money will remain, along with their adult children who are benefiting from these crimes, conveniently out of the public eye.
Of course the stench of hypocrisy, double standards and discrimination regarding the admissions in the Ivy League remain untouched. I am specifically referring to the fact that over the last 20 odd years all the Ivy's with the exception of Dartmouth College have maintained an undergraduate class containing well over 20% and in some years and schools over 30% jewish students. This number stands in stark contrast to the number of Oriental Americans students who despite applying in roughly equal number while having on average better grades and higher test scores than the jews have been relatively speaking locked out of the Ivy League.
Where is the media frenzy with repeated front page articles and the names and faces of the jewish parents that have used their influence among the admissions staff and Deans office to get their less qualified kids into the Ivy League. It should be noted that not coincidentally the admissions and administrative staff ass well as Department Heads in the Ivy have over the last 20 odd years have also grossly over represented by jews in the Ivy League........
The media has been screaming "white privilege" for weeks now, so why didn't the media give equal coverage when it was jewish privilege that was uncovered? All of this has been information has been available to the public for
years yet the average American has no idea of just how much jewish
privilege has been used to dominate admissions in the Ivy League.
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Not only should these dumb-arses be jailed, but so too should the recipients of what was so easily given to them.
Having 100% First-Hand Knowledge of what they were doing, they should be stripped their jobs, their assets, and their credibility.
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