Here's Some Potential 'Good News' for Lori Loughlin, Other Parents in College Admissions Scandal

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Here’s Some Potential ‘Good News’ for
Lori Loughlin, Other Parents in College
Admissions Scandal
by Alberto Luperon | 2:14 pm, June 13th, 2019

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Former Stanford University sailing coach John Vandemoer, who pleaded
guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering for his role in the nationwide
college bribery scandal, is getting no prison time. The Wednesday
sentencing development may signal that defendants in this massive
prosecution may get relatively light treatment from the courts, which is
potentially good news for Lori Loughlin and other charged parents.

The punishment includes six months of home con nement, with two years
of supervised release, and a $10,000, but all told, it’s considered pretty light.
Vandemoer faced a possible 13 months in prison for accepting $610,000 in

bribes that were then funneled into the Stanford sailing program. The
students had no sailing experience. He was the rst of dozens of individuals
to be sentenced as a result of “Operation Varsity Blues.”

Per NBC News:

 Vandemoer received two separate payments of $500,000 and $110,000
 and was promised a third of $160,000 between fall 2016 and October
 2018 on behalf of the Stanford sailing program to falsely represent that
 three clients of [William “Rick“] Singer‘s were elite sailors — and thus
 deserving of special admission to the private school, according to
 court documents.

The defense said Vandemoer never took the money for himself.

One lawyer suggested that this sentence is “good news” for Full House
actress Lori Loughlin and other parents charged in the case.

“Yesterday’s decision is a good sign for all of the parents,” California trial
lawyer Lara Yeretsian told Law&Crime. “The coach, who was charged with
racketeering, accepted a lot more money than Lori Loughlin or other parents
paid, and the judge said that he shouldn’t serve jail time. The parents lost
money by doing this, and the fact that the judge granted leniency for the
coach means that Loughlin and other parents may not end up serving time.”

It’s a little bit more complicated for Loughlin, however. After all, she and her
husband Mossimo Giannuli didn’t plead guilty in their case, which could
have been taken into consideration at sentencing and mitigated the
damage. Not only that, the couple was also hit with additional money
laundering charges after they didn’t cut a plea deal with the
government. The couple has instead elected to ght charges in court.

Loughlin and Giannulli allegedly paid bribes of $500,000 to get their

daughters Isabella and Olivia Jade Giannuli treated as recruits of the
University of Southern California crew team. The teens never participated in
crew.

Then there’s the matter of USC considering a lawsuit against Loughlin and
Giannulli. That detail came out in a motion from the prosecution. It was
suggested that Latham & Watkins, the law rm representing the couple,
could have con icts of interest since it also represents the school in an
unrelated matter. Prosecutors said that the school would be entitled to a
victim-impact statement in a sentencing hearing, which Loughlin’s defense
counsel would be obligated to look at and possibly challenge.

Loughlin’s attorney said that there is no con ict of interest.

“Our law rm is con dent that it has no or reasonably foreseeable con ict of
interest in this case,” lawyer William Trach wrote in a May 6 letter cited by
prosecutors, according to USA Today.

Yeretsian also said that she would be surprised if USC ultimately moved
forward with a lawsuit, since that has the potential to expose the university
even more.

“I’d be surprised if USC actually brought a lawsuit against Loughlin and her
husband,” she said. “It may serve to uncover evidence of illegal or immoral
conduct by the university. Why would the university invite that kind of
scrutiny?”

[Image via Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images]

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 Lock her up in Martha Stewart's old cell. At least the curtains will match the
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missinger • 3 months ago
i don't see the parents committed a crime. The schools set a way to extort money
from parents to get their children in school. These people committed a crime
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Buford • 3 months ago
He escaped prison because he did not personally benefit from the scam... that is
certainly not true of the parents who paid the bribes. Those parents can expect
stiff penalties.
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Zip Zap • 3 months ago
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Fredly • 3 months ago
This case was bs from the outset. They can't prove intent based on those emails.
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Frank • 3 months ago
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JIMROCKFORD • 3 months ago
mediaite is on record supporting terrorist supporter and Pervert , Carlos maza .

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 Frank > JIMROCKFORD • 3 months ago
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 PresidentBrokahontas > JIMROCKFORD • 3 months ago
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JIMROCKFORD • 3 months ago
https://www.wsj.com/article...
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 Frank > JIMROCKFORD • 3 months ago
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 Ralph the Bus Driver > Frank • 3 months ago
 You are one sad person.
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 PresidentBrokahontas > JIMROCKFORD • 3 months ago
 Stop crying nazipussy
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PresidentBrokahontas • 3 months ago
It's good news for everyone EXCEPT the trumpkin couple Laughlin and Mossimo.

They laughed in the prosecutors' faces and pissed them off already. The other
defendants will throw them under the bus in return for lighter sentence.
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PeaScott • 3 months ago
Here’s Some Potential ‘Good News’ for Lori Loughlin, Other Parents in
College Admissions Scandal

John Vandemoer, pleaded guilty, while Lori Loughlin and her husband plead not
guilty.
So HOW is this good news for them?
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ThinkLab • 3 months ago • edited
“Home confinement” is silly. You should lock people up or let them go play golf.
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 Ralph the Bus Driver > ThinkLab • 3 months ago
 What about if your home borders a golf course?
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 ThinkLab > Ralph the Bus Driver • 3 months ago
 Haha!
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 Ralph the Bus Driver > ThinkLab • 3 months ago
 On second thought, that might not seem so funny. Many
 well heeled live bordering golf courses.
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tiresius2 • 3 months ago
Between the light sentence for Brock Turner (former Stanford swimmer convicted
on rape charges) and the 1 day sentence for the Stanford sailing coach, it
certainly appears that judges on both the east and west coast can be awfully
lenient when dealing with Stanford athletics.
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Justthetruth76 • 3 months ago • edited
That's not really good news for Lori Loughlin, some parents are already sitting in
jail for this, and John Vandemoer situation is a little different than Loughlin's.

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 Buford > Justthetruth76 • 3 months ago
 Agree... this means nothing for the parents who have been charged. This
 coach kept no money, so didn't personally benefit. These parents paid
 bribes and committed fraud... HUGE difference.
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 Ralph the Bus Driver > Justthetruth76 • 3 months ago
 No one is in jail. Yet. Although several have pleaded guilty, Vandemoer is
 the first to be sentenced.

 His end in this ($600,000 +) only warrants a very light sentence.
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leftynyc • 3 months ago
Uh - it appears to be good for people who admit their guilt. May not be so good for
those who force the state to spend on a trial.
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 Seahawk > JohnDoeSr • 3 months ago
 So I guess we can look forward to My Pillow and gold coin ads on the
 Hallmark Channel.
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FauxReal • 3 months ago
I don't think that "good news" applies to the parents who paid the bribes. I think
the reason this coach got off without jail time is that he didn't personally profit from
the scheme but somehow funneled the money into the school's program (though I
wonder how and why the school didn't notice $610,000 coming in).
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sweetknee2323y • 3 months ago
Still baffles me how much was spent on their stupid child to get her into a tier 2
school.
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 Ralph the Bus Driver > sweetknee2323y • 3 months ago
 USC is a Top Tier school, rated at #16. An SAT of 1400 makes it very
 exclusive.
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 tiresius2 > sweetknee2323y • 3 months ago
 Attendance at USC was simply another "designer label" for most of these
 parents, it had very little to do with actual education. They simply wanted
 to be able to say, "My shoes are Manolos, my dress is by Vera Wang, and
 our precious daughter is loving her first year at USC. You should see her
 vlog. She's quite the little entrepreneur. We're so proud of her."
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 sweetknee2323y > tiresius2 • 3 months ago
 Perfect take down
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 Seahawk > sweetknee2323y • 3 months ago
 Right?

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 JohnDoeSr • 3 months ago
 they're liberal Hollywood trash would you expect any different. Smollett???
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 Seahawk > JohnDoeSr • 3 months ago
 You're a moron.
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