AND MANY LEGAL EXPERTS THOUGHT SHE WOULD GET IT.
IN TEND, IT WAS THE JUDGE’S
DECISION AND HUFFMAN WILL DO
TIME.
TIME. FELICITY HUFFMAN WALKED OUT OF
COURT LATE FRIDAY.
IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SHE WILL
HAVE TO WALK INTO FEDERAL
PRISON.
PRISON. WITH HUSBAND AND ACTOR WILLIAM
H. FACEMACY BY HER SIDE, SHE WIL
HAVE TO FACE 14 DAYS BEHIND
BARS.
BARS. THE PROSECUTOR SAYING THERE IS
NO EXCUSE FOR WHAT SHE DID.
PARENTHOOD DOES NOT MAKE YOU A
FELON OR A CHEAT.
THE PROSECUTOR HAMMERED HOME,
THERE’S NO PAPARAZZI IN PRISON.
PRISON IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER.
HUFFMAN, WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO
PAYING $15,000 TO RIG HER
DAUGHTER’S S.A.T. SCORE, SAID
ALL ALONG, SHE WAS READY FOR THE
JUDGE’S DECISION, THOUGH ASKED
FOR LENIENCY BEFORE SENTENCING.
I WAS FRIGHTENED, I WAS STUPID
AND I WAS SO WRONG.
THE JUDGE NOTED HUFFMAN’S EARLY
ADMISSION OF GUILT, BUT ADDED,
SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING WAS
WRONG, A FRAUD.
THE RULING, 14 DAYS IN PRISON,
$30,000 FINE, ONE YEAR
SUPERVISED RELEASE AND 250 HOURS
OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.
AFTER HER SENTENCING ON SOCIAL
MEDIA, BOTH SUPPORT AND OUTRAGE.
THE ACTRESS DIDN’T GET MORE
PRISON TIME.
PRISON TIME. WATCHING THE OUTCOME CLOSELY,
OTHER PARENTS IN THE PAY-TO-PLAY
COLLEGE ENTRANCE SKANDCANDAL, LI
LORI LOUGHLIN, WHO HAS PLEADED
NOT GUILTY AND IS MOVING TOWARDS
TRIAL.
TRIAL. HUFFMAN’S SENTENCING SHOWS THAT
TIME BEHIND BARS IS A
POSSIBILITY.
POSSIBILITY. THE COURT DRAMA IS OVER.
BUT SOON, PRISON TIME WILL
BEGIN.
BEGIN. HUFFMAN’S ATTORNEY ASKED THAT
THE ACTRESS BE ABLE TO REPORT TO
FEDERAL PRISON IN DUBLIN,
CALIFORNIA, A FEW HOURS AWAY
FROM HER HOME IN THE HOLLYWOOD
HILL NAPS SAY
HILLS.
HILLS. AFTER HER RELEASE, HUFFMAN WILL
BEGIN HER COMMUNITY SERVICE.
>> MIGUEL, THANK YOU.
14
14 >>> LET’S BRING IN CRIMINAL
ATTORNEY, DANNY SAVALAS.
>> I CAN’T BELIEVE THE WORDS ARE
GOING TO COME OUT OF MY MOUTH.
I THOUGHT THE 14-DAY SENTENCE
WAS TOO HARSH.
>> TOO HARSH?
>> THAT’S NOT MY JUDGMENT BY
WHAT HUFFMAN DID.
IT’S BY THE NUMBERS.
SHE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A
PROBATIONAL SENTENCE BY THE
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS. ANOTHER DEFENDANT HAD A
RECOMMENDED SENTENCE OF 13
MONTHS AND WILL SERVE NO TIME
BEHIND BARS.
BEHIND BARS. THE ZERO MONTHS WOULD HAVE BEEN
IN THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES.
SHE SHOULD HAVE, FOR
CONSISTENCY, GOTTEN A ZERO-MONTH
SENTENCE BEHIND BARS.
I WAS SURPRISED.
IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE HARSH WORLD OF
FEDERAL SENTENCING, THIS WAS,
OVERALL, A LENIENT SENTENCE.
>> IF THIS WAS, IN YOUR EYES, A
BIT TOO HARSH, SHE SPENT JUST
LESS THAN WHAT LORI LOUGHLIN
SPENT.
SPENT. WHAT EFFECT DOES THIS HAVE ON
LOUGHLIN’S CASE?
LOUGHLIN’S CASE? >> IT HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH LORI
LOUGHLIN’S CASE.
LOUGHLIN’S CASE. LOUGHLIN
LOUGHLIN LOUGHLIN’S CASE IS MORE SERIOUS
WITH HUFFMAN’S.
WITH HUFFMAN’S. SHE’S BEEN CHARGED WITH MONEY
LAUNDERING AND SHE ELECTED TO GO
TO TRIAL.
TO TRIAL. WHEN YOU DO THAT IN THE FEDERAL
SYSTEM, YOU LOSE THE ABILITY TO
GET THE BONUS POINTS IN
REDUCTION IN SENTENCE.
IF LORI LOUGHLIN IS CONVICTED,
IT IS ALMOST A CERTAINTY SHE
WILL DO SIGNIFICANT PRISON TIME,
MORE THAN 14 DAYS.
>> THERE’S SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE
BEEN WONDERING.
BEEN WONDERING. WE SEE PICTURES OF FELICITY.
WHY HASN’T WILLIAM H. MACY BEEN
CHARGED?
CHARGED? >> THIS WAS PROBABLY THE SOURCE
OF MUCH DEBATE OF FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS BEHIND DOORS.
ON THE ONE HAND, IT APPEARED
THAT WILLIAM H. MACY WAS ON
PHONE CALLS.
PHONE CALLS. HE APPEARS TO BE INVOLVED.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, MERE
PRESENCE AND MERE KNOWLEDGE OF A
CRIME IS NOT ITSELF A CRIME.
I EXPECT THE PROSECUTORS AGONIZE
AGONIZED OVER THIS BECAUSE IT IS
A FINE LINE TO BE PRESENT AT A
CRIME AND AGREEING AND
PARTICIPATING IN IT.