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U.S. college admissions scandal sparks $500 billion lawsuit
Reuters ^ | March 14, 2019 | Staff

Posted on 03/14/2019 9:30:58 AM PDT by C19fan

The U.S. college admissions scandal that erupted this week has triggered private litigation accusing rich, well-connected parents of buying spots for their children at prestigious schools, and keeping children of less wealthy parents out.

A $500 billion civil lawsuit filed by a parent on Wednesday in San Francisco accused 45 defendants of defrauding and inflicting emotional distress on everyone whose "rights to a fair chance at entrance to college" were stolen through their alleged conspiracy.

In the largest known college admissions scandal in U.S. history, federal prosecutors on Tuesday said a California company made about $25 million by charging parents to secure spots for their children in elite schools, including Georgetown, Stanford and Yale, by cheating the admissions process.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: admissions; college; collegebribescandal; highereducation; loriloughlin; scandals; university
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POPCORN!!!! This is classic Alinsky. Use the Left's favorite weapon to go after one of the Left's most cherished possession. I hope the judge who will get the case allows discovery to go forward.
1 posted on 03/14/2019 9:30:58 AM PDT by C19fan
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That’s big, LOL


2 posted on 03/14/2019 9:32:02 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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So, who paid for Always On Crack’s admission to Boston University?


3 posted on 03/14/2019 9:32:12 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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Democrats claim Trump University was a scam.

Now, we know Democrats and their universities were running bigger scams.


4 posted on 03/14/2019 9:35:11 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is now a hate-mob)
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Nothing nefarious about AOC’s admittance to BU. She just had the right last name.


5 posted on 03/14/2019 9:35:20 AM PDT by C19fan
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Discovery should be interesting. Run the names of DNC operatives, dem candidates and their children against those admitted via fraud. I suspect that several could “fall from grace”.


6 posted on 03/14/2019 9:35:42 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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7 posted on 03/14/2019 9:35:50 AM PDT by PGR88
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So, who paid for Always On Crack’s admission to Boston University?


Look in the mirror. We all paid for that.


8 posted on 03/14/2019 9:36:14 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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Finally the commie indoctrination centers are getting theirs. W I N N I N G!!


9 posted on 03/14/2019 9:36:57 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary walks free, equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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Ironic that her last name is same as the invader and conqueror of mehico.

It's a European thing.

10 posted on 03/14/2019 9:37:09 AM PDT by going hot (happiness is a momma deuce)
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Let us hope that there are many THOUSANDS of such suits are filed.


11 posted on 03/14/2019 9:37:22 AM PDT by Enterprise
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OK, let’s say they win.... who’s going to pay this?


12 posted on 03/14/2019 9:38:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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wow that sounds like a lot of money!


13 posted on 03/14/2019 9:38:12 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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And it's also extremely stupid. Hit with just below a ridiculous amount. Let discovery and leaks do the rest. "You Honor, what good is a gag order after all of these leaks? They aren't probative, they're prejudicial!"

Oh. Yeah. And no Class Action idiocy. Makes the lawyers rich, nobody else.

14 posted on 03/14/2019 9:38:40 AM PDT by j.argese (/s tags: If you have a mind unnecessary. If you're a cretin it really doesn't matter, does it?)
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Didn’t expect it from this angle though. The left is nothing but a house of cards.


15 posted on 03/14/2019 9:39:33 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is what I read in the papers.)
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Jennifer Kay Toy’s previous law suit:

https://unicourt.com/case/ca-sfc-jennifer-kay-toy-vs-anheuser-busch-inbev-worldwide-inc-et-al-461597

Wack job.


16 posted on 03/14/2019 9:39:50 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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“A $500 billion civil lawsuit filed by a parent on Wednesday in San Francisco accused 45 defendants of defrauding and inflicting emotional distress on everyone whose “rights to a fair chance at entrance to college” were stolen through their alleged conspiracy.”

$500B? People smell money in the air.


17 posted on 03/14/2019 9:41:15 AM PDT by plain talk
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Mrs Toy sounds like a classic Asian Tiger Mom. Certainly have zero sympathy for these defendants and I wish the lady luck with her lawsuit against them, but it seems like a pretty big stretch. Did her 4.2 gpa son apply to (and get rejected by) exactly the same schools at the same time as these defendants’ kids? Hard to believe anyone with a 4.2 gpa is getting turned down at U. of Spoiled Children. And some of many of these kids got admitted as fake athletes, getting a slot reserved for an athletic recruit. Did her kid play one of those sports? Seems to me that mainly the kids who got cheated were those applicants who really did row crew, play tennis etc. and were bumped for fake athletes.


18 posted on 03/14/2019 9:41:36 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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It doesn’t sound like the colleges will be the targets.


19 posted on 03/14/2019 9:42:19 AM PDT by Toespi
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Gee. Coincidence this coming out around the same time as mueller


20 posted on 03/14/2019 9:42:37 AM PDT by stanne
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