MOST
MOST OF
MOST OF THE OUTAGES ARE IN THE DENVER AREA.
DENVER AREA. >>> TWO COMPANIES HAVE NOW
DROPPED ACTRESS LORI LOUGHLIN'S
DAUGHTER THAT ADVERTISES ON HER
POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.
THIS IS JUST PART OF THE
FALLOUT FROM A COLLEGE
ADMISSIONS BRIBERY CASE.
TRESEME AND SEPHORA CUT TIES
WITH HER DAUGHTER.
SHE'S A A STUDENT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. HER PARENTS ARE AMONG THE 50
PEOPLE ARRESTED IN A NATIONWIDE
COLLEGE BRIBERY SCANDAL.
PROSECUTORS ARE ALLEGING THAT
LOUGHLIN AND HER HUSBAND PAID
$500,000 TO HAVE THEIR TWO
DAUGHTERS LABELED AS CREW TEAM
RECRUITS AT U.S.C., EVEN THOUGH
NEITHER OF THEM ROW.
SO THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG FOR THIS CASE.
WE GOT WHITNEY TRAYLOR HERE
WHO'S OUR LEGAL EXPERT TO TALK
ABOUT THIS.
ABOUT THIS. YOU WERE JUST MENTIONING THE
FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE FACING
POSSIBLY FELONY CHARGES AT THIS
POINT IS A LITTLE BIT
SURPRISING.
SURPRISING. >> WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
SURPRISING.
SURPRISING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIGNIFICANT
CRIMES.
CRIMES.
CRIMES. I
CRIMES. I MEAN, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN
CHARGED, ACTUALLY, AND THIS IS
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE
U.S. ATTORNEY GENERALS ARE THE
ONES CHARGING THEM, AND THEY
CHARGE THEM WITH RACKETEERING,
MONEY LAUNDERING, YOU KNOW,
ATTEMPTS TO DEFRAUD THE U.S. SO
THESE ARE VERY SERIOUS.
THEY'RE FELONIES FOR SURE.
>> THEY ARE FELONIES.
YOU WERE TELLING US THAT THIS
WHOLE THING CAME ABOUT BECAUSE
OF A DIFFERENT INVESTIGATION.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> AND THEY ACCIDENTALLY KIND
OF RAN INTO THIS.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. AND THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR A
PROSECUTORS TO BE PROSECUTING
ONE THING AND THEN SOMEBODY
SAY, HEY, I HAVE INFORMATION
ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
SO THEY WERE INVESTIGATING A
SECURITIES EXCHANGE --
SECURITIES FRAUD ISSUE AND THE
PERSON, THE DEFENDANT IN THAT
CASE GAVE THEM INFORMATION
ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE
AND THEY GOT TO SINGER.
SINGER WAS THE ONE WHO WAS
ORCHESTRATING THE WHOLE THING.
AND SO HE'S BEEN COOPERATING
WITH THEM SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER.
AND SO WHAT'S INTERESTING IS
USUALLY THEY GET, YOU KNOW,
KIND OF THE LITTLE GUYS WHO
COOPERATE AND GO UP AND GET THE
BIG GUYS.
BIG GUYS.
BIG GUYS. HERE IT WAS KIND OF THE
RINGLEADER, IF YOU WILL, WHO
GOT, YOU KNOW, CAUGHT AND THEN
STARTED NAMING PEOPLE BELOW.
AND SO I'M ASSUMING THERE'S
GOING TO BE MORE INDICTMENTS
FOR SURE.
FOR SURE.
FOR SURE. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS
BEEN ADDRESSED HERE, BUT WHAT
HAPPENS TO THE KIDS, THE
STUDENTS WHO WERE IN THE
UNIVERSITIES RIGHT NOW?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION
BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE SAYING
THAT THE STUDENTS DIDN'T
ACTUALLY KNOW.
ACTUALLY KNOW. NOW, IN SOME INSTANCES THEY
WERE PAYING FOR AN S.A.T.
PROCTOR ON A.C.T.
PROCTOR TO SIT WITH THEM AND
SOMETIMES THEY WOULD CORRECT
THE ANSWER AS THEY WERE GOING
ALONG.
ALONG.
ALONG. SO
ALONG. SO THERE THE STUDENT CLEARLY
KNEW.
KNEW.
KNEW. AND
KNEW. AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN THEY WERE
TAKING PLACES FROM AN ATHLETIC
SCHOLARSHIP AND SO THEY WERE
PURPORTING TO BE, YOU KNOW, A
CREW TEAM MEMBER OR WHATEVER,
AND THEY HAD TO PUT IMAGES OF
THEM DOING ROW AND THAT KIND OF
THING, THEY WOULD KNOW IN THOSE
INSTANCES.
INSTANCES. AND SO THOSE KIDS COULD BE
CHARGED AS WELL.
BUT THERE'S OTHER INSTANCES
WHERE THE KIDS JUST DIDN'T
KNOW.
KNOW.
KNOW. SOMEBODY SIMPLY PAID FOR THE
SPOT AND THEY GOT IN.
>> SURE.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. >> AND THE KID DIDN'T THINK
TWICE ABOUT IT.
>> I READ WHERE THE UNIVERSITY
SAID WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THAT
ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS AS FAR
AS THE KIDS ARE CONCERNED.
>> RIGHT, YEAH.
>> SOME OF THEM MAY STAY, I
DON'T KNOW.
DON'T KNOW. SO WE'RE TALKING SIGNIFICANT
CRIMES HERE, SIGNIFICANT
PENALTIES?
PENALTIES? ANYBODY GOING TO GO TO PRISON
YOU THINK OR --
>> WELL, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
WEALTHY PEOPLE, AND, YOU KNOW,
I BELIEVE IN THE JUSTICE
SYSTEM, BUT THERE'S FLAWS, AND
SO OF COURSE MONEY MAKES YOUR
DEFENSE GO A LITTLE SMOOTHER,
SO PROBABLY NOT.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE -- I MEAN,
THESE ARE FELONY, BUT I THINK
PEOPLE WILL COOPERATE.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT
BACK RESTITUTION, SO LOTS OF
THEM PAID A LOT OF MONEY.
AND THEN THERE'S PROBABLY GOING
TO BE CIVIL LAWSUITS, AND SO
THERE COULD BE PENALTIES THERE
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. IN FACT, TWO STANFORD STUDENTS
ALREADY INITIATED A CLASS
ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST SOME OF
THE UNIVERSITIES ON BEHALF OF
THESE STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE
GOTTEN IN BASED ON THIS.
>> AND I THINK WHAT STINGS FOR
A LOT OF PEOPLE REAL QUICKLY
BEFORE WE'RE OUT OF TIME IS THE
PEOPLE WHO WERE TRYING TO GET
IN THROUGH THE RIGHT PATHS TO
THE UNIVERSITY.
THE UNIVERSITY. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> AND THEN MAYBE LOST OUT ON A
SPOT.
SPOT.
SPOT. >>
SPOT. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. AND THAT IS KIND OF WHAT IS THE
REAL HARM IN THIS SITUATION IS
THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE FOLKS
WHO ALREADY HAD OPPORTUNITY.
AND WHEN I SAID -- YOU KNOW,
I'M NOT BASHING PEOPLE FOR
BEING RICH, BUT THEY HAD THE
TUTORS AND THE PRIVATE LESSON,
AND THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED THEM
WITH THE SATs AND THE ACTs, SO
THEY HAD EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO
EXCEL.
EXCEL.
EXCEL. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S THESE SAME
PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT FOLKS ON
ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS OR, YOU
KNOW, ECONOMIC SCHOLARSHIPS,
AND THEY SAY, WELL, YOU DIDN'T
GET HERE ON MERIT.
IN FACT, WHEN I WENT TO REGIS
UNIVERSITY, I WENT THERE OF THE
-- SEVERAL OF THE STUDENTS
SAID, WELL, YOU'RE ONLY HERE
BECAUSE YOU'RE BLACK.
AND WHAT THAT DID IS IT WAS SO
DISCOURAGING FOR ONE, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE I WAS WORKING THREE
JOBS, I HAD GOTTEN FOUR As AND
A TWO Bs, I WAS THE LEADING
SCORER ON THE SOCCER TEAM, AND
IT WAS, LIKE, NO, I DESERVE TO
BE THERE.
BE THERE.
BE THERE. AND AS MANY BLACK PEOPLE SAY,
YOU CHOOSE YOUR BATTLES.
SO I WOULDN'T ALWAYS ENGAGE
THAT, BUT IT PRESUPPOSED THAT I
DIDN'T BELONG, WHEREAS THESE
STUDENTS WHO WERE, YOU KNOW,
WHITE AND WEALTHY AND AFFLUENT
AND HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES
COMPLETELY NOBODY WOULD EVER
QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THEY
BELONGED.
BELONGED.
BELONGED. AND SO IT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS
THIS, YOU KNOW, HYPOCRISY, AND
IT DOES -- YOU KNOW, THESE
PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T -- YOU KNOW
ALL THEY REALLY WANT IS THIS
OPPORTUNITY, AND IF THEY GET
THE OPPORTUNITY, THESE ARE THE
KIND OF STUDENTS THAT WE
ACTUALLY WANT IN OUR JOBS, THE
ONES WHO ARE, YOU KNOW,
FIGHTING TO GET THE SPOT, YOU
KNOW, NOT THE ONES WHO REALLY
DIDN'T EARN ANYTHING.
>>EL WITH, IT'S AN INTERESTING