A former Georgetown University tennis coach who once coached former President Barack Obama’s family has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for pocketing more than $3m in bribes in exchange for helping wealthy parents cheat their kids’ way into the school.
The sentence for Gordon Ernst on Friday is by far the toughest punishment handed down yet in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal that shone a light on the lengths some rich parents will go to get their kids into the nation’s most selective schools.
