Lori Loughlin Rejected Plea Deal Before New Charges, Says Source: 'Not Seeing How Serious This Is'

People ^ | April 9, 2019 | Steve Helling

[C19fan]

In the weeks since Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin were named in the high-profile college admissions cheating scandal, they have been working with their legal teams to determine what their next move should be. Huffman agreed to plead guilty on Monday, saying, “I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what I have done, I accept full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences that stem from those actions.”

[gcparent]

The kids were in on Emails.

[Liz]

The colleges HAD to know what was going on......depends on what they did to facilitate the admissions fraud.

Falsifying documents might do it.....

But just “looking the other way” would be hard to prosecute

[moovova]

“Too pretty and famous to go to jail.”

You left out arrogant.

[hanamizu]

OJ got off.

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Yes, he did and it was a travesty of justice. But remember, a couple of years later over a hundred really bad guys were released from prison and paid large amounts of compensation because the LAPD was caught planting evidence. This was apparently standard operating procedure and the locals knew it. The defense’s argument was that Fuhrman planted the bloody gloves. Not saying he did, but the jury’s verdict, wrong as it was, makes a whole lot more sense.

[LS]

Think of it in context of the “two-tiered justice system.”

The rich white people have to go to jail to take the attention off the hoaxter Mullett so that it “appears” that there is the rule of law. She is being made an example of-—and what she did was wrong, and yes she should pay. But she is being thrown to the pack to protect others who are more politically connected and/or have a more approved skin color.

[RikaStrom]

Liz,

Thank you for that explanation. I was having some issues connecting the dots as to how this was illegal, and that helped immensely!

RS

[Liz]

Y/V/W

[MplsSteve]

BUMP for later reading.

[Avalon Memories]

I don’t believe she is the “poster girl” for the situation. Although she might be the best-known of the individuals charged, she is not a huge star. I don’t consume tabloids so don’t know her representation there. However, what she has actually done to be charged with crimes speaks to her real values. Cheat and bribe to get her daughters into big-name schools. Teach her daughters that’s how to get ahead in life. Some “family values” she actually practices. Would her crimes be any less if she were not a celebrity? No. It’s only our celebrity besotted culture that makes her a sympathetic figure in your eyes.

[Sans-Culotte]

One of the problems I have with this story is that it is not clear to me what was illegal vs simply unethical.

[gcparent]

Duh paying money to a phoney charity and taking a tax deduction for it is illegal.

[Guenevere]

You two continue to misinterpret .......

......so.....whatever

[Guenevere]

Oh my goodness....THANK YOU LS!!!!!!

You exactly expressed what I’ve been trying to say!

[chris37]

No, you just choose to pay attention to something that isn’t real and doesn’t matter.

Are you female?

[dp0622]

Wow. Thank you so much. What a great reply :)

Yep, that’s laundering alright!!

[dp0622]

Can you imagine?

Disgusting

[dp0622]

Good!

[an amused spectator]

The Founders would have spit on plea deals, and the career persecutors who offer them.

Just before they tarred and feathered them.

That being said, your point is true.

[dp0622]

Wow. Didn’t think about all that

Makes me wonder how Jr. got FOUR mistrials.

They didn’t go for a 5th.

[dp0622]

I don’t think they saw an exploding minority group backed by MANY bleeding heart whites who would in essence destroy them and not help them.

How crowded and backlogged are America’s courts without blacks in the system?

I don’t know lol

But in NYC, 1 out of 10 at Rikers are white