Felicity Huffman claims criminal scheme to get daughter into college was ‘only option’ to give her a future ‘It felt like I had to give my daughter a chance at a future,’ Huffman says The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2023
Appeals court tosses convictions of 2 parents in 'Varsity Blues' college admissions scandal A federal appeals court has overturned the fraud convictions of two parents who were found guilty at trial of paying bribes to get their kids into elite universities as part of a sprawling college admissions bribery The Independent UK · May 11, 2023
Editorial: The ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions case wraps up. But has the playing field been leveled? The former college admissions consultant who cooked up a multimillion-dollar scheme to fraudulently admit kids of wealthy clients, including Hollywood celebrities, into elite U.S. colleges was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Wednesday, closing a sordid chapter on the unfair world of university admissions. Los Angeles Times · Jan 7, 2023
Architect of US college admissions scam receives prison sentence University admissions consultant Rick Singer receives three and a half years in prison for masterminding bribery scheme. Al Jazeera · Jan 5, 2023
College scandal middleman blames 'winning at all costs' Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to send the consultant at the center of the nationwide college admissions scandal to prison for six years The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022
Ex-Yale coach gets 5 months in admissions bribery scandal The former Yale University women’s soccer coach whose cooperation with authorities helped blow the lid off the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal by leading the FBI to the scheme’s mastermind has been sentenced to five months in prison The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022
Beverly Hills real estate mogul sentenced in college admissions scandal dies by suicide LOS ANGELES — Robert Flaxman, a Beverly Hills real estate developer who pleaded guilty in 2019 to conspiring with William "Rick" Singer, the mastermind behind the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal, died by suicide last week at his Malibu home. Los Angeles Times · Oct 27, 2022
Lori Loughlin reflects on being ‘down and broken’ on star-studded TV show Perhaps signaling Lori Loughlin’s acceptance back into the Hollywood fold, the disgraced “Full House” star joined Oprah Winfrey, Sharon Stone and Whoopi Goldberg and other celebrities on a Los Angeles-based telethon over the weekend, talking about her weekly commitment to delivering food to people in need since leaving federal prison. Tribune News Service · Jul 26, 2022
CEO parent appeals conviction in college bribery case A Massachusetts business executive who was sentenced to 15 months in prison in the college admissions cheating scandal has appealed his conviction The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022
Former USC water polo coach found guilty in final conviction of college admissions case LOS ANGELES — A former University of Southern California water polo coach was found guilty Friday of accepting bribes to circumvent the university's admissions process by passing off applicants as promising athletic recruits. Los Angeles Times · Apr 8, 2022