Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli are asking a federal judge to lower their bond in the college admission scandal case from $ 1 million to $ 100,000, arguing that they are not risks of flight.
The Hollywood couple has already pleaded guilty to paying money to enroll their two daughters at the University of Southern California as members of the crew team even though neither girl was involved in the sport. They are due to appear in Boston, Massachusetts court in August for final judgment, but they have reportedly asked Judge Nathaniel Gorton to reduce their $ 1 million, insured for their property, bonds to $ 100,000.
“There is no indication that the defendants are fleeing rather than facing sentences,” the Loughlin legal team wrote, according to the Boston Herald. “An unsecured bond, along with enough assets to collect, provides the same incentive for Defendants to appear in this case, which, of course, they will continue to do.”
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Gorton previously told them to appear in court next month, where he will make his final decision on a plea agreement that they reached after maintaining his innocence for more than a year while the case was ongoing.
Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli have called for their $ 1 million bonus to be reduced.
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Loughlin pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and electronic fraud, while Giannulli pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and electronic fraud and honest services for wire and electronic fraud.
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Under the terms of their agreement, Loughlin would serve two months and pay a $ 150,000 fine along with two years of supervised release and 100 hours of community service. Giannulli, meanwhile, would serve five months in prison, pay a $ 250,000 fine with two years of supervised release and 250 hours of community service.
The duo has been accused of arranging a total collective payment of $ 500,000 to trick mastermind William “Rick” Singer into having their daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella, recruited into USC as athletes.
Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli are to be tried in court in the case of the university admission scandal in August.
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Parents 23 and 24 flagged to plead guilty in college admission scandal, which came to light last year and saw parents pay large sums to trick Singer, the mastermind, into admitting their children at the school of your choice through various allegedly fraudulent means.
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“Under the plea agreements filed today, these defendants will serve prison terms that reflect their respective roles in a conspiracy to corrupt the college admission process and that are consistent with the previous sentences in this case. We will continue to search responsibility for undermining the integrity of college admissions, ”said United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling in a statement at the time of his statement.
