Felicity Huffman was sentenced to 14 days behind bars for her role in the college admissions scandal.
Felicity Huffman was sentenced to 14 days behind bars for her role in the college admissions scandal .
The Desperate Housewives actress, 56, faced a judge on Friday afternoon in a federal courtroom in Boston. In addition to the 14 days incarceration, the judge fined her $30,000 and said she would be on supervised release for one year. She will also have to do 250 hours of community service.
Huffman arrived in court holding the hand of her husband, William H. Macy . She wore a short-sleeved navy blue dress and low-heeled beige pumps.
She tearfully addressed the judge prior to sentencing, apologizing for her criminal actions and saying she deserved whatever sentence she got. While she spoke, Macy’s eyes welled up with tears.
Huffman must begin her incarceration within 60 days, the judge said. The judge will recommend where she serves her sentence. Martin Murphy, her attorney, asked the judge that Huffman serve her time in a Dublin, Calif. correctional institution near her home.
Huffman pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Prosecutors had recommended that she serve one month in prison, 12 years of supervised release, and pay a $20,000 fine. Huffman’s lawyers asked that she receive one year of probation, 250 hours of community service, and a $20,000 fine.
On March 12, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts announced that it had charged 50 people — including Huffman and fellow actress Lori Loughlin — in the cheating scandal. The two actresses, along with coaches, admissions counselors, parents, and Laughlin’s husband, fashion designer J. Mossimo Giannulli , were indicted on accusations of falsifying SAT scores and lying about their athletic skills, among other alleged crimes. (Loughlin and Giannulli have pleaded not guilty.)
Prosecutors said in a criminal complaint that Huffman paid $15,000 to admissions consultant William “Rick” Singer and his nonprofit organization, Key Worldwide Foundation (“KWF”), which prosecutors said was actually a front for accepting bribes. Singer then facilitated cheating on Huffman’s daughter’s SAT test by having a proctor correct the teen’s answers after the fact.
Huffman discussed the scheme in a phone call with Singer that was recorded by investigators.
In an emotional letter to the judge, Huffman says it was “desperation to be a good mother” that led her to pay $15,000 to fake her daughter’s SAT scores — and she’ll feel “utter shame” for the rest of her life.
If you are wealthy and "famous" you get 14 days.
Poor kid steals a candy bar in some places and gets the book thrown at him.
I would think at least 90 days in jail and 2 years probation should have been in order for this cheat.
Just curious, and serious question.. why 90 days? Why not 10 months or 3 years or some other time period?
I think she should have got more time for being a typical liberal hypocrite.
Isn't she one of the Hollywood anti trumpers?
You know it was rhetorical.
This was a victimless crime, she didn't hurt or kill anyone. Probation and fine is enough. Probably get time served.
Comey only got a slap on the wrist.
Hillary was never even charged at all for leaking secrets to Russia.
If there was a bottomless list of accepted applicants to these colleges you would have a slight point, but there isnt.
She paid someone to cheat for her on a competitive test that determines who gets something (a spot at that college).
Although I tend to agree this is a small crime, America never takes white collar crime seriously. Corruption is not at all uncommon.
Wasn't this all discovered and reversed before her kids actually went to college? Could be wrong, but I thought her kids were younger than most of the others in this thing.
Very true John. I've seen people do more time than that for reckless driving.
I think 90 days is the shortest "serious" sentence. 2 weeks in a minimum security prison is the blink of an eye. She'll probably spend it writing a magazine article about her ordeal.
She'll probably spend it trying to avoid being assaulted.
Seems reasonable enough and the judge backed it up with some pretty solid reasoning. I think if the corruption weren't so widespread, she might not have received any time at all, but there seems to be a genuine need for a sentence that serves as a deterrent to others.
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