Lori Loughlin Asks Judge to Throw Out College Bribery Case
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variety.comLori Loughlin and her husband have urged a federal judge to dismiss charges against them and dozens of other parents in the college admissions bribery scandal, arguing that the government improperly entrapped them.
Attorneys for Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, contend that the government manipulated admissions consultant Rick Singer into ensnaring the parents in the investigation.
They also contend that prosecutors then withheld the evidence of the misconduct for nearly nine months. Loughlin and Giannulli are scheduled to go on trial on Oct.
5 in federal court in Boston on charges that they paid $500,000 in bribes to gain admission for their daughters into USC. The girls were admitted as crew recruits, even though they did not
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