Boston Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty Monday to paying $15,000 to a fake charity that facilitated cheating when her daughter took the SATs.
When she appeared in federal court in Boston, prosecutors recommended a sentence of four months prison time for the"Desperate Housewives" TV star for her role in the college admissions scandal. They also suggested a $20,000 fine and 12 months of supervised release for the charge, which is a felony.The charity was associated with Rick Singer, who has confessed to helping wealthy parents cheat on standardized tests for their children.
A dyslexic friend who could do everything but read finally, as an adult, found a program that taught her how to read. AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
Internet solution of paying off a few student loans is the more creative solution. C'mon. Lottery.
She did the right thing fessing up. Said her daughter didn't know. Lets hope they are lenient with her, its more difficult to admit a mistake and accept the consequences than to hire expensive attorneys to get the guilty off. To those who are guilty and fight throw the book at em
Only sorry she got caught........like the rest.
What? 4 freaking months?! Wtf. You know if that was a regular person or person color, I wonder if they will get 4 months?! I bet you not.
Her white entitlement still working for her .
I admire her honesty & willingness to accept her wrong doing.
Years*
4-months - that’s more time than a typical DUI offender. And you wonder under why our justice system is so fucked up.
I think of the kids who couldn’t get in because no more room and parents didn’t or couldn’t pay
4 months? I have seen others do the same thing, and because of their skin color, they got years not months. SHOULD BE the same punishment for ALL not pick and choose because of money and color. We are all part of the AMERICAN family, we all should be treated as such.
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GerberKawasaki Home arrest for some deep self reflection.
Yeah, a semester worth of time....bahahahaha
I don’t even think she should go ya jail and the fact that people could get 20 years is insanity.
Prison seems a bit harsh. Fine and LOTS of community service would be a better option. No?
Why isn’t her husband being named also
Parents will do whatever it takes to grease the skids for their children, because everyone knows the good life belongs to those who grab it by any means necessary. Deserve it or not. The only thing she is sorry about is getting caught.
What a cheapskate. Most wealthy parents make a healthy college donation to obtain the necessary favour; trying to get away with only $15000 is a crime in itself. 😀
Sorry she got caught
She should get 3 or 4 years. Look at those who went to prison for not paying taxes and here she is, probably filed papers and got tax credit for doing something illegal, clearly a case of fraudulent behavior. I hope the IRS crawls up her as and explode!!!!!
20 yrs seems a little bit ridiculous. I bet if she were a politician instead of an amazing actress, she would probably only do 2 months plus probation and some community service
This is f...ing stupid. Personally I don't care if some rich kid goes to college. Think of how much spent to catch these people. That could of been spent catching real criminals
So disappointed for all the kids whose parents thought they couldn’t do it on their own.
Not good news for Lori Loughlin. They're recommending 4 months for someone who plead guilty and fully cooperated.
Lock her up.
Wow i was guessing 5 years
All of their degrees should be null and void.
Ya want to play the game...... Sometimes ya have to pay the game.....
Lol 4 months
I hope she got the deal she wanted. The shorter the sentence the better for her!
This is only a story to millennials who don’t understand THIS IS HOW THE WORLD WORKS BOYS AND GIRLS. The rich BUY what they feel they deserve. God who raised you people😂😂😂
Then you have a black female who prosecuter want to give 5 years for mistakenly voting
Four months in Federal prison. She got a huge break. Other criminals are not that lucky.
Honestly, I don't think she should do any time. There should be some punishment, yes, but prison should be reserved for only dangerous offenders. She is not.
Daughter knew everything. It was dinner table talk and they laughed at those who work for their grades. It was morning orange juice giggles over what they thought they were pulling over classmates eyes. LOL, just show up and hang out. Grades will be handed over and you’ll soar^^^
She apologized. She will pay her debt to society. I fully forgive her. Am I the only one? Let's spread love...not hate. She deserves a hug
I’ll give credit to felicity because at least she has admitted she has done something wrong . Compare to Lori who’s ego is too big to admit she is guilty .
Actress Felicity Huffman pleads guilty to charges related to college 😱😱
She doesn’t belong in jail.
She’s laughing at the American justice system – she’s laughing at the poor people in America who can’t afford to send their kids to college – she deserves to stay in jail for a very long time.
I think lorilaughlin is screwed. They paid a 500K and have denied wrongdoing. FelicityHuffman admitted it, paid 15k and they're recommending 4 months. So, maybe 2 - 2.5 years for her?
How much time did they give Kelley Williams-Bolar? Jailed wanting better for her daughters than her local school district, where 14% of its residents live below the poverty line and which met only 4 of 26 school standards.
4 months. .......
That's not too harsh i guess
4 months? Sounds about white.
What about every family who has their name on a building at an Ivy League school
Should I thank you for adding to our good name?
Would be better if she worked in homeless shelter for four months.
Four months is insufficient. Let's go for five years.
GOOD! Now if only the other criminal would get off her high horse and admit her guilt!
I did hear that she has been offered a new reality show called The Big House. She and Lori L. model orange jumpsuits in front of Big Mama and her gang of ladies in the prison yard. They bet on who gets to sleep with Big Mama that night based off their new jumpsuit designs.
Give her the same jail time they gave that Black mother For less offensive😎..Give her 80 months...😁😁😁
Apologizing is just for show. She’s only sorry because she got caught. Anyone that falls for it is a sucker
Oh come on! Wouldn’t it be a better sentence to pay into a charitable college fund and community work tutoring college students? But nooo lets burden the tax payers more by supporting her in prison
ItBegins2012 Lmao 4 months why does this not surprise me
Seriously Because she’s the type of people we need behind bars 🙄🙄
How about no prison and scholarships, jail is pointless for this.
Why aren't the colleges being held responsible? Are all the star athletes really going to classes & passing them?
And Lori Loughlin will double down on her innocence. At least Huffman has a spine
She is a stand up woman. No one Man in Washington would do this.
If she gets four months in Jail that would be a shame, she isn't the first person to do this kind of act before her thousands have done it.
Just lock her up! Done!
I wonder what would POTUS get
That’s too lenient. Lock her up for 4 years, the amount of time it would that a qualified student to get a bachelor’s degree.
As much as what Felicity Huffman did was abhorrent, I will give her this ...at least she is handling the aftermath with the remorse and apparent sincerity the violation demands. Aunt Becky on the other hand...🤨
I smell reality show. FELICITY 48 MONTHS OF HELL
Lori Loughlin rn
Probably get off with lethal injection
With all the crime and corruption I sure am happy jailing a mom trying to get a kid college by stupid means is a top priority.
It starts at home and kids learn 1st from there parents. Those who choose to be bff's instead of being a parent are worthless to the growth of there children.
Wow. Not only is Felicity Huffman pleading guilty in the wide-ranging college admissions scandal that has captured the attention of parents and students everywhere, but prosecutors want her to do jail time for it. They are recommending four months in prison.
Good for her. Maybe now she's setting a good example to her kid by owning up to her mistakes. Unlike that other Hollywood princess who looks and acts like she did nothing wrong.
Does she get her money back?
she seems to have been a minor player in this sordid production and my guess is that she'll get probation .... we really don't need to fill up prisons with college scammers rather than people causing physical harm to others. Let's set steep financial penalties for scam crimes.
And we can’t even get Trump in jail?
Sentence her kids to community college !!!!
Absolute scum. Arrest her. Take the millions off her. And then make her work in Mcdonalds for a year. Then maybe then she would get half of what she deserves.
If Huffman, or any other famous/rich person does any time it will be a miracle! Remember, a rich man never goes to the gallos.
It’s simple - Don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time. Going to thebighouse
If felicity goes to jail, then every child’s enrollment from before time needs to be checked. There will be thousands. And maybe start with how your president got into college.
Correct me if I’m wrong but in another state aren’t they trying to give a woman of color 20 years for saying her kid lived in a district she didn’t so the kid oil go to a better public school. privilege
Baby pop 3
This is news because... why?
Finally making an example of someone now! I mean if you say this hasn't been openly being done for decades your an idiot. Just can't understand why finally now they've decided its a criminal thing.
Thats it ?
Big fine and community service.
I would have thought more that 4 months Who did that pay for that
Disgusting. When our kids are saddled with thousands in student loan debt. Hers cheats and has no debt. Her kids are living a charmed life. Yuck and ish. Everytime I see her I will think cheater. So selfish.
This sounds like a story plot for Wisteria Lane ladies!
ONLY FOUR MONTHS? Martha Stewart served more than four months! I guess it's all in who you know or who you can afford to know.
only four months?
At least she admitted her guilt and apologized for what she has done. Instead of prison , she should work at a college and see how difficult it is for some students to pay for college. Sometimes we make bad choices in life and we need to learn from them so we can do better.
This is so flipping stupid. Laughlin I can see, but Huffman has been cooperative throughout. Fine her and be done with it.
Celebrity gets off with a 4 month sentence....probably gets it reduced to 1 month with good behavior. If it was me, I'd get 3 to 5 years.
Apologizes cause she got caught lol
I see another Netflix series coming...
Doubt she'll serve anytime
At least she admitted her mistake & apologized ... she'll pay for her time. 'Other people' are still acting like they did nothing ... amazing!! 😲🤤😒
Lock her up!
If it was a black women..she was never gonna see the light of day.
I could care less for her lame apology.
But a woman gets five years for sending her kid to a better school outside her district.
She was very smart to just take the L.
The humiliation is enough. Give her probation for 5 yrs
Money talks and bullshit walks, what’s new?
4 months in prison has never been done before. 4 months in jail? yes, that’s a thing.
Alllwftopic Maybe she could start a scholarship fund.
That's so weak
She is not going to jail. And she only cried cause she got caught. Her and Aunt Becky stole college careers away from kids that deserved them. I hope they both rot in hell
Funny how this gets a way more severe punishment than those who sneak into this country illegally . And those illegals then get a free education. Its hilarious.
Bullshit, the school should be charged with the crime.
How about 4 months in jail and she has to set up a scholarship for a poor, smart kid.
Happy Mother's Day.
I’d imagine her lawyers asking for house-arrest.
If this was a average citizen with little money, they would get 10 years
Hollywood Hypocrites!!
I like the recognition of an error and humbleling admittance! Yes we want the best for aour kids but look at the high price to pay! and what are we teaching them?
She might be able to look at four months as an interesting experience. More than that would cause real pain, though just being a felon and going to jail would be pretty painful.
MollyIsBack178 ...which will turn into 48 hours because of overcrowding and being a nonviolent offender. No punishment at all really.
Make her watch the last season of Game of Thrones, the sheer horror of the writing will deter her from future crimes
They could make a reality TV show about her time in prison. Ratings would be great!
Jail time or hefty fine and probation. Maybe some community work.
She won't do 4 hours
I understand that there needs to be a punishment but honestly I think there are more productive ways. Put them on probation for however long and make them fund scholarships at these schools. 500K in the general scholarship fund would be a help to several kids.
Anything less than lethal injection is ridiculous!
Don't know why she didn't do it every other parent would do that's rich just donate a bunch of money to that particular University and you're essentially in and then it would have been legal
Give her the max
A black women lied to send her kid to another district for a better education. No bribery. Got 5 years. WhitePrivelege
Think for a sec...why is anyone surprised? She probably paid the judge off too.
4months? At a minimum she should get sentenced to the duration of a 4 year college degree. Heck..make her take a degree while she is there! I don’t care if she admitted her guilt....that shouldn’t be a free ride. Cheating entitled people make me sick!! Work like the rest of us
Does this mean she loses her right to vote?
Smart of her to not wear any makeup to make herself look like a regular person. Aunt Becky would never.
If her last name was Hernandez it wouldve been 4-14 years
My daughter brought her SAT score up from a 1330 to a 1460 by studying the khanacademy - which is free. Just saying.
I guess she’ll be with Cohen
10 years at the minimum.
Why the college administrators not prosecuted
4 months? Wonder if average everyday Americans would get that deal🤔
These actresses are just being made examples of. This has been going on since forever and it’s still going on. This is a waste of time.
Pro: repercussions for the rich. con: not enough.
How about 40 months? She knows better!
So how much will it cost American tax payers for her to go to her swanky resort style prison? Would it not be more beneficial to make her pay off 10 student loan debts at the school she bribed her way into?
Meanwhile Aunt Becky, aka Lori Laughlin, decided to play the “stupid card”. “I didn’t know giving $500k to get my kid into college was considered a bribe, your honor”. ...please
Now Netflix can make a series out of this and Felicity Huffman millions playing herself, right?
If she gets 4 months for cooperating lori Laughlin better get 4 years she made this into a photo op
Lets give her another chance.
how is this any different from a parent who's rich who donates millions of dollars to a particular University to get their child in what you think the parents donated money to that school so their kid doesn't get into the college know
😂😂😂😂😂 4 months huh
liberal_badge_of_honor
2 months off for overcrowding. 1 month off for good behavior. 30 days max!
Well the rich can go to prison too let’s see rich and. W. H. I. T. E
I can’t be the only one that’s finds it crazy that FelicityHuffman will spend more time in jail than GeorgePapa19 did. Not saying she don’t deserve it but treason boy spent 2 weeks in jail.
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Somebody's gotta say it. LockHerUp
Yikes
PITIFUL FelicityHuffman
Lmaooooo 4 months
Smart move
...and free Netflix?
If shes getting 4 months, Laughlin should get 4 yrs...
Only 4 months ?
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