Lori Loughlin Thinks New Evidence Exonerates Her
by EG
Lori Loughlin's defense on fraud charges hinges on the claim she thought she was paying USC a "donation" to get her daughters accepted to the school rather than a "bribe." Her defense thinks new evidence from the guy who ran the scheme helps her case. It remains to be seen whether the "donation" vs. "bribe" distinction makes any difference. Read on for details.
Via Page Six.
The lawyer for Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband claim new evidence exonerates the couple in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal.
The “Full House” actress’s defense has hinged on the argument that she believed the money she paid to the sham charity of scandal’s mastermind, Rick Singer, were truly donations–and not bribes.
Notes from Singer’s iPhone released in Boston federal court Wednesday appear to back up that claim, according to Loughlin’s lawyer, Sean M. Berkowitz, according to ABC News.
Singer–who pleaded guilty to racketeering and fraud in the scandal–complained in his notes sent to his lawyer that he had argued with FBI agents over the phone after they instructed him to accurately describe where payments to him were actually going–what he described as a “fib.”
“Loud and abrasive call with agents,” Singer wrote. “They continue to ask me to tell a fib and not restate what I told my clients as to where there (sic) money was going — to the program not the coach and that it was a donation and they want it to be a payment.”
Prosecutors charged that the notes were merely “a con man’s interpretation” of communication with the FBI, according to the report.
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