By Sheila Mckenzie-
Actress Lori Loughlin has been released from federal prison after serving a two-month sentence for her role in the college admissions scam, prison spokeswoman Sally Swarts said Monday.
Best known for her role as Aunt Becky in “Full House,” Loughlin pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in May and admitted to paying the scheme’s mastermind $500,000 to get her two daughters into the University of Southern California under false pretences.
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She began serving her sentence on October 30 at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California.
As terms of her release, she must complete 100 hours of community service, pay a $150,000 fine and have two years of supervised release.
Her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, also pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge as part of a plea deal. He reported to the Federal Correctional Complex in Lompoc, California, on November 19 to serve a five-month sentence
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Loughlin and Giannulli were among the highest-profile defendants charged in the scheme, which revealed the lengths to which some wealthy parents will go to get their children into elite universities.
The famous couple admitted in May to paying 500,000 dollars to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as crew recruits even though neither girl was a rower.
Their guilty plea was a remarkable change from the original position of the couple, whose lawyers had insisted for a year that they were innocent and accused investigators of fabricating evidence against them.
The only public comments either Loughlin or Giannulli made about the case since their arrest last year WAS at their sentencing hearings in August. Loughlin told the judge her actions “helped exacerbate existing inequalities in society” and pledged to do everything in her power to use her experience as a “catalyst to do good”.
Their younger daughter, social media influencer, Olivia Jade, made her first public remarks about the scandal this month on the series Red Table Talk. Olivia Jade said she does not want or deserve pity.
Sixty people have been charged in the scheme led by Singer, who secretly worked with investigators and recorded his conversations with parents and coaches to help build the case against them.
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