The college admission scandal involving Olivia Jade and her sister, Bella, has officially
come to a close!
Her parents aren’t looking so innocent after all!
What’s up y’all?!
It’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News.
So the case has been closed and according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Lori and
Mossimo have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with the fraudulent
college admissions of their daughters.
Back in March of 2019, Lori and Mossimo were taken into custody for committing multiple
wire and mail fraud crimes in attempting to secure their daughters’ admission to the
University of Southern California as athletic recruits.
After months of court appearances, attempting to plead NOT guilty and even more evidence
that has since come forward, Lori will now plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to
commit wire and mail fraud and her husband will plead guilty to one count of conspiracy
to commit wire and mail fraud and honest services wire and mail fraud.
After careful consideration, Lori’s plea agreement states that, subject to the Court’s
approval, she will serve two months in prison and pay a $150,000 fine, as well as two years
of supervised release with 100 hours of community service, instead of the 40 years they EACH
were facing, for paying the scheme mastermind, Rick Singer, $500,000 to get their daughters
into USC.
Mossimo’s plea agreement states that he’ll serve five months in prison, pay a $250,000
fine and two years of supervised release with 250 hours of community service, so if you
really think about it, these two are being let down real EASY.
Lori and Mossimo’s sentence marks the 23rd and 24th parents to plead guilty in the college
admissions case, including actress Felicity Huffman, who has already served 14 days in
prison last year for paying $15,000 for a proctor to change her daughter Sophia's SAT
score.
U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling revealed in a statement QUOTE, “Under the plea agreements
filed today, these defendants will serve prison terms reflecting their respective roles in
a conspiracy to corrupt the college admissions process and which are consistent with prior
sentences in this case.
We will continue to pursue accountability for undermining the integrity of college admissions.”
The sentencing comes just a month after staged photos of Olivia Jade and Bella surfaced,
where the two sisters were propped on a rowing machine in an attempt to get into USC on an
athletic scholarship.
Back in December, Olivia returned to YouTube in a two-minute video titled, “hi again,”
where she revealed that she wasn’t able to speak about the legal case, but that more
than anything, she hopes to move on with her life.
After claiming they had no idea that their parents were committing such fraudulent acts,
especially after posing for the rowing photos, many users couldn’t believe that Olivia
seemed completely out of touch with everything that was going on.
One user suggested that, “This woman was well aware of the scam and should equally
be prosecuted for the issue.”
Another user said, “This girl took the spot of some deserving student whose dream was
to go to USC.
No contrition showed at all in this video, basically an attitude of "I'm back because
I want to be youtube famous".
Her followers should drop her like a hot potato and move on.”
As for Lori, it was reported back in January that she hired a “prison expert” to help
her prepare for the possibility of a sentence.
A source revealed to People QUOTE, ““She has someone who is advising her what to do
in case she loses her case and goes to prison.
The adviser is there to help her learn the ropes.
That’s not to be construed that she thinks she’s going to lose her case.
Lori is a planner, and she is doing what she needs to do for all contingencies.”
Above all else, Lori allegedly wants to use her time in prison to ‘grow’ from this
entire situation.
The source added that, “She wants to understand what the experience will be like, and how
to not only survive it, but flourish in it.
She is looking at this whole thing as a learning experience, and this is one more thing that
she’s trying to learn.”
We can only assume that Lori and her family have already learned a lot from their many
acts of poor judgement, and will continue to do so moving forward.
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But I want to know what you guys think about all of this!
Do you think Olivia’s parents received a fair sentence, or should they be serving more
time?
Let us know all your thoughts down in the comments below.
We’ll see you guys next time!