Lori Loughlin is ‘concerned’ to enter a guilty plea in the $500k college admissions scandal as she’s worried how it will affect her relationship with her daughters, a source claims
- According to a source, the public’s perception of the scam is ‘nothing compared to what her daughters think of her’
- Loughlin is said to be worrying how a plea may affect both of her daughters’ reputations and her relationship with them
- Along with her husband Mossimo Giannulli, the have been accused of paying $500,000 to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California
- In the Massachusetts court this week they were indicted for conspiring to commit money laundering and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud
- The source went on to say that Loughlin has been reluctant to accept a deal from the very beginning because she feels that she has done what any mom would’ve
Lori Loughlin is said to be ‘very concerned’ about how entering a guilty plea in the college admissions scandal she’s become ensnared in may affect her daughters’ reputations – and her relationship with them.
According to a source, the public’s perception of the scam is ‘nothing compared to what her daughters think of her. So that is something that has understandably made her less likely to enter a plea,’ the unnamed person told People.
Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli, a fashion designer, have been accused of paying $500,000 to get their two daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella, into the University of Southern California on fake crew team scholarships.
The scandal arose on March 12 when the US Attorney’s Office announced that 50 people – including Loughlin, Giannulli and actress Felicity Huffman – had allegedly involved in the cheating scandal.
In the Massachusetts court this week they were indicted for conspiring to commit money laundering and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
Lori Loughlin (pictured leaving court on April 3) is said to be worrying how a plea may affect both of her daughters’ reputations and her relationship with them
Relations are said to be tense in the Giannulli household, with youngest daughter Olivia Jade (left) said to be ‘hardly’ speaking to her parents and living away from the family home in Bel Air
The younger of the two daughters and YouTube star Olivia is said to be ‘barely speaking’ to either of her parents in the scandal’s wake, previous reports have suggested.
She has been spotted staying with friends in LA instead of at home with her parents in Bel Air.
Huffman has already agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest service services mail fraud, but Loughlin, who faces the same charges, is said to be apprehensive to follow suit.
And things got worse for the mother-of-two on Tuesday, after Loughlin and her husband we named among 14 other parents who were indicted on an additional charge of money laundering conspiracy. They now face up to 20 years in prison for each charge against them.
Along with her husband Mossimo Giannulli, the have been accused of paying $500,000 to get their two daughters, Olivia Jade (right) and Isabella (left), into the University of Southern California
According to a source, Lori thinks the public’s perception of the scam is ‘nothing compared to what her daughters think of her’
The full gravity of the situation is now slowly sinking in for Loughlin, the source claims.
‘It’s just taking some time for it to sink in that what she was allegedly doing could be considered illegal,’ People’s source said. ‘To her, it wasn’t egregious behavior. Was it entitled and perhaps selfish? Perhaps. But she didn’t see it as being a legal violation.’
The source went on to say that Loughlin has been reluctant to accept a deal from the very beginning because she feels that she ‘hasn’t done anything that any mom wouldn’t have done, if they had the means to do so.’