Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin have already served their sentences, but their history will remain forever, not only in the collective imagination, but also in the film heritage. Netflix will premiere on March 17 Operation Varsity Blues, the documentary that tells the plot set up to facilitate access for children of wealthy families to elite universities by falsifying qualifications involving the two actresses.
Directed by Chris Smith, the film promises to delve into the methods used by the con man and the mastermind of the plot, William Rick Singer, to take the children of his wealthy clients to the best schools. These schemes include everything from allowing kids to cheat on their college entrance exams to forging sports credentials or bribing school officials.
A scandal that broke out in March 2019 and involved Hollywood celebrities, business people and other members of the United States’ wealthy elite. The star of Desperate women, Felicity Huffman and the actress explain Forced parentsLori Loughlin, along with her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, were two of the 50 parents concerned, but their case has received most of the media attention due to the fame of both. However, they have not suffered the same fate and after seeing their names and their faces on the front cover of headlines and research programs, fates have been most unequal for both.
Huffman, 58, appears to be in a better position. The actress was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Transamerica (2005) admitted he was responsible for his actions and pleaded guilty to paying up to $ 15,000 (about $ 13,700) to manipulate his daughter Sophia Macy’s grades at the entrance exam. His apology was immediately accepted by both the association and the jury. Her sentence included a prison sentence – she went to jail for 11 days out of the 14 she was sentenced to -, a $ 27,000 fine, 250 hours of community service and a one-year probation that her attorney assured last October had already been served. whole.
Huffman’s husband, actor William H. Macy, was not charged and remained by his side throughout the trial. After this stage, the actress is also a successful fiction America Crime He hopes to finish rehab in Hollywood after landing a lead role in a new sitcom for ABC. Last November, it was confirmed that she had landed her first acting job since serving her sentence, a series scheduled for spring, inspired by the story of Susan Savage, the owner of the Sacramento River Cats baseball team that she inherited after death. from her husband.
Lori Louglin has a more difficult road ahead. The actress known for playing Aunt Becky from the famous family series Forced parents and her husband extended their legal situation for several months. The couple initially pleaded not guilty and insisted that investigators make up evidence against them. But they finally accepted their debt: After paying $ 500,000 to get their two daughters, Isabella Giannulli, 22, and Olivia Jade Giannulli, 21, admitted to the University of Southern California as part of the rowing team, despite having that sport had never practiced. The couple, who were sentenced to 40 years in prison, accepted an agreement that resulted in a sentence much lower than the provisional one but slightly higher than Huffman’s. After serving his two-month jail term, Loughlin was released in late December from Dublin federal prison, the same where Huffman was admitted. He still has to pay a fine of about 127,000 euros and perform 150 hours of community service. Her husband, who will be in prison until mid-April, is serving his five-month sentence, paying just over $ 200,000 and spending 250 hours in the community. In addition, the couple must also serve two years of probation.
In the workplace, Loughlin, 56, remains in the background. He became famous for his role in Forced parents, which was reinforced with the replacement of the episodes on Netflix and with the new series created by that platform, Forced mothers, seen as a continuation of the former. Apart from these and some sporadic collaborations in the fashion world, the actress has mainly worked in tabletop films and, with less success, has been in charge of the co-production of some other series.
The youngest daughter of the couple, influence Olivia Jade, has also played a key role in this story. After uncovering the scandal, the young woman who considers herself influence, In his YouTube videos and Instagram profile, he went on to brag that he would talk to the teachers to continue his travels or that he was more interested in partying than studies. After the criticism was received, she went missing for nearly nine months in what had been her temple for so many years: social networks. Last December she admitted that she was “ashamed” about everything that had happened to her parents. “I felt so embarrassed … even though I didn’t really understand what was happening,” said Olivia Jade on the show. Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith’s wife.
“What happened was wrong and I think all the people in my family can see it and think everything was a disaster, it was a big mistake, but I think the most important thing for me is to learn from the mistake” said the young woman. “I’m 21 years old. I feel like I deserve a second chance to redeem myself and show that I’ve grown,” he continued. The entertainment world has turned its back on his mother for now, time will tell. happens to her.