Mossimo Giannulli begs a judge to release him from prison – he says his eight weeks in solitary confinement was “extreme” punishment for his role in defrauding the university, according to newly filed court documents.
The husband of “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin filed an emergency motion on Thursday seeking permission to serve the remainder of his five-month sentence at home.
Giannulli, 57, says he has been incarcerated in solitary confinement since he arrived at the federal lockup in Lompoc, California on Nov. 19 due to COVID restrictions.
Mr. Giannulli was immediately placed in solitary confinement in a small cell in the adjacent medium-security correctional facility, 24 hours a day with only three short 20-minute breaks a week, where he stayed 56 days before he left yesterday (January 13) was eventually transferred to the camp. ”his lawyers wrote in federal court.
They note that the fashion designer has tested negative for COVID-19 at least 10 times and called the conditions “far more extreme than what the court recommended.”
“After each negative test, Mr. Giannulli was returned to his cell without further explanation, supposedly in solitary quarantine for another two weeks,” the request said.
The lawyers said Giannulli has a release plan that means he will be under house arrest for the rest of his time.
“He has a stable home environment – to which he will travel immediately and immediately upon release – with means that will allow him to be safely quarantined and stay home for the remainder of his sentence,” they wrote.
Nearly 60 inmates in Lompoc have tested positive for the coronavirus – which killed five inmates, the Santa Maria Times reported Wednesday.
Giannulli and Loughlin were among dozens of wealthy parents caught up in the widespread college admissions scandal.
The California couple initially fought the charges and then admitted to paying $ 50,000 in bribes to get their two daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose, to the University of Southern California. The girls were passed on as crew recruits – even though they weren’t athletes.
Loughlin was sentenced to two months behind bars and released in late December.
Giannulli was given a more severe sentence after the judge found he played a bigger role than his wife in the college plan.
He was also ordered to pay a $ 250,000 fine and do 250 hours of community service.