They are currently awaiting an August sentence in the university’s bribery scandal after accepting the respective two and five months behind bars.
Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli have turned in their membership cards to the exclusive Bel-Air Country Club.
The couple, who agreed in May to plead guilty to conspiring to get their daughters admitted to USC as part of a widespread college admissions scandal, quit the club in a dispute first reported by TMZ and confirmed by Hollywood reporter, by a source near the couple.
The Bel-Air Country Club board voted to suspend the couple until they have completed their respective sentences. That didn’t sit well with former board chairman Michael E. Gallagher, who wrote a letter for the Bellagio Road club, which once boasted of industry members like Jack Nicholson, Tom Rothman of Sony, Clint Eastwood, Roger Birnbaum, Dennis Quaid, Patrick Whitesell of WME and Kelsey Grammer, criticizing the decision.
Gallagher said the club is made up of “gentlemen and ladies” who “are not criminals.” He continued: “You cannot be a member of good standing and guilty of a serious crime at the same time, it is not a kidnapping.” … Our club has become a laughingstock. “
According to the source, Loughlin and Giannulli “voluntarily renounced the disappointment of many of the board members and members.” At the time of publication, Gallagher did not respond to a request for comment on the couple’s resignation.
