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WE ARE ALSO WORKING DEVELOPING
NEWS.
ACTRESS FELICITY HUFFMAN HAS
LEARNED HER FATE--FOR HER ROLE
IN THE NATIONWIDE COLLEGE
ADMISSIONS SCANDAL.
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A JUDGE SENTENCED HUFFMAN TO TWO
WEEKS IN PRISON--
AND A THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLAR
FINE--
AT FEDERAL COURT IN BOSTON
TODAY.
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THAT'S WHERE WE FIND EYEWITNESS
NEWS REPORTER CAROLINE GOGGIN
WITH THE LATEST.
CAROLINE?
PROSECUTORS HAD ASKED FOR A
MONTH IN JAIL.
HER ATTORNEYS ASKED FOR
PROBATION AND COMMUNITY
SERVICE...
BUT ITS 14 DAYS IN PRISON FOR
FELICITY HUFFMAN.
THAT SENTENCE ANNOUNCED WITHIN
THE LAST 90 MINUTES HERE IN
FEDERAL COURT IN BOSTON.
HUFFMAN NOW HAS UNTIL OCTOBER 25
TO REPORT TO PRISON.
LETS GIVE YOU A LOOK AT HER AND
HER HUSBAND - ACTOR WILLIAM H
MACY - LEAVING COURT AFTER THE
SENTENCING WITHOUT COMMENT.
HUFFMAN WILL BE SERVING TIME IN
PRISON FOR HER ROLE IN THE
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL.
DUBBED "OPERATION VARSITY
BLUES."
A TOTAL OF 51 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
CHARGED IN THE SCHEME...
INCLUDING ACTRESS LORI LOUGHLIN.
BUT HUFFMAN IS THE FIRST OF 34
PARENTS TO BE SENTENCED IN THE
CASE.
IN MAY --- HUFFMAN ADMITTED SHE
PAID 15 THOUSAND DOLLARS --- TO
RIG HER DAUGHTER'S SAT EXAM.
IN COURT TODAY --
WHERE OUR CAMERAS ARE NOT
ALLOWED -
PROSECUTORS ARGUED FOR ONE MONTH
IN PRISON ...
SAYING THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR
WHAT HUFFMAN DID.
THEY SAID BEING A GOOD MOTHER..
DOES NOT MAKE YOU A FELON, IT
DOES NOT MAKE YOU CHEAT, IT DOES
NOT MAKE YOU CUT CORNERS."
SPEAKING TO THE JUDGE BEFORE SHE
WAS SENTENCED -
HUFFMAN SAID QUOTE "I HAVE DONE
MORE DAMAGE THAN I COULD HAVE
EVER IMAGINED... I COULD HAVE
SAID NO.."
GETTING EMOTIONAL AT POINTS..
SHE TOLD THE JUDGE SHE WAS
PREPARED TO ACCEPT WHATEVER
SENTENCE SHE WAS GIVEN.
THAT EXACT SENTENCE
TWO WEEKS IN JAIL
A 30 THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE
ONE YEAR SUPERVISED RELEASE
AND 250 HOURS OF COMMUNITY
SERVCE
SO AGAIN, HUFFMAN HAS UNTIL
OCTOBER 25 - THATS SIX WEEKS TO
SELF REPORT TO PRISON.
IT WASNT DETERMINED WHERE SHE
WILL REPORT TO... BUT HER LAWYER
DID ASK SHE SPEND THOSE 14 DAYS
IN A LOW SECURITY FACILITY IN
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. .
LIVE IN BOSTON, CAROLINE GOGGIN,
- EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS NOW ---
ON ACTRESS FELICITY HUFFMAN.
TODAY SHE LEARNED HER PUNISHMENT
FOR HER ROLE IN THE COLLEGE
ADMISSIONS CHEATING SCANDAL ---
AND SHE *WON'T* AVOID JAIL TIME.
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER
CAROLINE GOGGIN WAS IN FEDERAL
COURT FOR THE SENTENCING, AND
JOINS US LIVE FROM BOSTON.
IN MAY - HUFFMAN ADMITTED TO
PAYING 15 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO
RIG HER OLDER DAUGHTER'S SAT
EXAM.
SPEAKING TO THE JUDGE BEFORE SHE
WAS SENTENCED -
HUFFMAN SAID WHEN HER DAUGHTER
FOUND OUT WHAT SHE HAD DONE...
SHE SAID- "MOM. I DON'T KNOW WHO
YOU ARE ANYMORE. WHY DON'T YOU
BELIEVE IN ME? WHY DIDN'T YOU
THINK I COULD DO IT ON MY OWN?"
HUFFMAN NOW THE FIRST PARENT TO
BE SENTENCED IN THE COLLEGE
ADMISSIONS BRIBERY SCANDAL.
ACTRESS FELICITY HUFFMAN IS
GOING TO PRISON...
BUT ONLY FOR 14 DAYS.
THAT WAS THE DECISION ANNOUNCED
IN FEDERAL COURT IN BOSTON
TODAY,
WHERE OUR CAMERAS ARE NOT
ALLOWED.
HER AND HER HUSBAND -
ACTOR WILLIAM H MACY -
LEAVING COURT MOMENTS AFTER
WITHOUT COMMENT.
HUFFMAN IS GETTING JAIL TIME FOR
HER ROLE IN WHAT THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS -- IS
THE LARGEST COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
CASE ITS EVER PROSECUTED.
IN HER CASE - HUFFMAN ADMITTED
SHE PAID 15 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO
RIG HER DAIGHTERS SAT EXAM.
IN FEDERAL COURT ON FRIDAY--
PROSECUTORS ASKED THE JUDGE FOR
ONE MONTH OF PRISON TIME FOR
HUFFMAN...
SAYING HER ACTIONS WERE
CONSIDERED AND DELIBERATE.
BUT HER ATTORNEY ARGUED SHE GET
A YEAR OF PROBATION AND 250
HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, IN
ADDITION TO PAYING A FINE.
HE TOLD THE JUDGE -
"I think the court has an
obligation to consider
unwarranted disparity... not
treat her more harshly because
of her wealth and fame..."
ULTIMATELY -
THE JUDGE DECIDED PRISON TIME
WAS NECESSARY..
BUT ONLY TWO WEEKS OF IT.
THE JUDGE SAID SHE CAME TO THE
DECISION BECAUSE HUFFMAN PAID
ONE OF THE SMALLEST BRIBES - OUT
OF THE OTHER 50 PEOPLE CHARGED
IN THE SCANDAL.
THE JUDGE ALSO SAID HUFFMAN
DIDNT INVOLVE HER CHILD --
SHE WASNT A REPEAT OFFENDER.
BUT SHE DID KNOW WHAT SHE WAS
DOING WAS WRONG.
14 DAYS IN PRISON
30 THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE
ONE YEAR PROBATION AND COMMUNITY
SERVICE
A TOTAL OF 51 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
CHARGED IN THE SCHEME...
INCLUDING ACTRESS LORI LOUGHLIN.
SHE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY.