Lori Loughlin and husband could face two years in prison - Page Six

Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli could face a minimum of two years in prison — if they cop a deal in the widespread college cheating scandal, according to a report on Tuesday.

The couple is among the slew of parents who have been offered plea deals in the case, sources told TMZ.

Prosecutors gave the allegedly crooked parents the same ultimatum — take a deal or potentially face extra charges, like money laundering, from a federal grand jury.

The plea-deal sentences are determined, in part, by the amount of bribes paid and acceptance of responsibility — and prosecutors are said to only be accepting pleas that call for prison time.

Loughlin, the former star of “Full House,” and Giannulli are accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to get their decidedly unathletic daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose, into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits.

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The amount of bribes they allegedly paid raises the couple’s minimum sentence to two to two and a half years behind bars.

“Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman — who was charged with paying a college fixer at least $15,000 to fudge the answers on her daughter’s SAT test — announced Monday that she would plead guilty to charges and apologized for her role in the scheme.

Huffman could serve as little as four months in jail, TMZ said.

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Lori Loughlin's daughters' USC status on hold amid college admissions scandal investigation - Fox News

While Lori Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli's future is in limbo from their alleged involvement in the college admissions scandal, their daughters' academic fate at the University of Southern California has also been called into question.

USC said in a statement that students involved in the alleged cheating and bribery scams will not be able to withdraw from the school and that their situations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

"USC determined which applicants in the current admissions cycle are connected to the alleged scheme and they will be denied admission. A case-by-case review of current students who may be connected to the alleged scheme is also underway. We will make informed decisions about those cases as the reviews are completed," the college wrote on its website.

LORI LOUGHLIN BONDS WITH DAUGHTER ISABELLA AFTER COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL

“USC has placed holds on the accounts of students who may be associated with the alleged admissions scheme," the statement continued. "This prevents the students from registering for classes (until they have agreed to participate in the review of their case), withdrawing from the university, or acquiring transcripts while their cases are under review.”

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USC would not go into specific cases publicly, pointedly noting, "USC, like other universities around the country, follows a federal law regarding the privacy of student records called the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, often referred to as FERPA. According to FERPA, personally identifiable information in an education record may not be released without prior written consent from the student."

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Loughlin, 54, and Giannulli, 55, were arrested last month for their allegedly bribing their daughters' ways into USC for $500,000 each. The "Fuller House" actress and the fashion designer reportedly paid William "Rick" Singer to get daughters Isabella and YouTube star Olivia Jade recruited to the USC crew team despite neither girl being a rower.

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In terms of college athletics bribes, USC writes, "An internal investigation is continuing, including a thorough review of the student-athlete admissions process; we are continuing to update our procedures related to admissions review of student-athletes."

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Giannulli and Loughlin were each released on $1 million bonds. They appeared in court last Wednesday and surrendered their passports. They have not yet entered pleas and face potential prison time.

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Emilia Clarke Shared Photos From Her Brain Surgery After Having Two Aneurysms - BuzzFeed News

Last month, Emilia Clarke revealed that she'd experienced several life-threatening brain aneurysms that started after the first season of Game of Thrones wrapped.

In an essay for the New Yorker, Emilia explained that she'd been rushed into urgent surgery in 2011 after being diagnosed with a subarachnoid haemorrhage — a stroke that one-third of patients can die from.

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She wrote: "I’d never experienced fear like that — a sense of doom closing in. I could see my life ahead, and it wasn’t worth living. I am an actor; I need to remember my lines. Now I couldn’t recall my name. In my worst moments, I wanted to pull the plug. I asked the medical staff to let me die. My job—my entire dream of what my life would be—centered on language, on communication. Without that, I was lost.”

Emilia went on to write that when she returned to work six weeks later, she thought she was about to die "every minute of every day."

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She wrote: "I told my bosses at Thrones about my condition, but I didn’t want it to be a subject of public discussion and dissection. The show must go on! Season two would be my worst. I didn’t know what Daenerys was doing. If I am truly being honest, every minute of every day I thought I was going to die."

Well, during an appearance on CBS This Morning on Sunday, Emilia opened up further about her experiences and shared never seen before photos from her hospitalisation.

The images were taken during Emilia's recovery from her first brain aneurysm in 2011.

And during the interview, Emilia spoke in more detail about the aneurysm which happened while she was at the gym.

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She said: "Basically, I was in the gym, the most excruciating pain, like an elastic band just went, like, snap in my head. I felt an enormous amount of pressure suddenly, and then very, very, very quickly I realised I couldn't stand and I couldn't walk, and in that moment I knew I was being brain damaged."

Emilia went on to reveal that she endured a second aneurysm two years later, and this one was life-threatening.

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She said: "With the second one, there was a bit of my brain that actually died. If part of your brain doesn't get blood to it for a minute, it will just no longer work. It's like you short circuit. So I had that. There was a deep paranoia. I was like, 'What if something has short-circuited in my brain and I can't act anymore?' I mean, literally it's been my reason for living for a very long time."

Emily also spoke about the toll the aneurysms took on her mental wellbeing, but added that returning to work ultimately "saved" her from thinking about her own mortality.

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Emilia said: "You go on the set, and you play a badass character, and you walk through fire and you speak to hundreds of people, and you're being asked to work as hard as you possibly can. And that became the thing that just saved me from considering my own mortality."

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2019-04-09 10:06:00Z
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Lori Loughlin Offered 2 Years Minimum Prison Sentence in Plea Negotiations - TMZ

Lori Loughlin and Hubby Face 2 Years Minimum Prison Sentence .... If They Cop a Plea

4/9/2019 1:00 AM PDT

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Lori Loughlin and her husband are in a way worse position than Felicity Huffman ... because the huge amount they allegedly paid in bribes to get their daughters into USC could land them in prison for 2 YEARS MINIMUM ... TMZ has learned.

Sources connected to the case tell us ... all of the parents in the college cheating scandal have been offered plea deals, but prosecutors will only accept pleas with prison time attached.  

As we reported, Felicity copped a plea Monday, along with 12 other parents. The remaining 37 individuals charged -- including Lori and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli -- have been offered plea deals, with varying recommendations for prison sentences, largely determined by the amount they paid in bribes and whether they accept responsibility for what they did. 

Felicity's plea would enable her to serve as little as 4 months in prison. The problem for Lori and Mossimo is that they paid $500,000 to allegedly bribe the crew coach, and the amount raises the MINIMUM PRISON SENTENCE IN A PLEA DEAL TO A RANGE OF 2 TO 2 1/2 YEARS.

Our sources say prosecutors have given all defendants an ultimatum ... reach a plea deal QUICKLY or else they will go to a Federal Grand Jury and add charges, including money laundering, which significantly raises the low end of prison time.

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Curtain’s up on Fosse/Verdon - The A.V. Club

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Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Tuesday, April 9. All times are Eastern.

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Top pick

Fosse/Verdon (FX, 10 p.m., series premiere): If you’re sitting there, wondering what the heck a Fosse-slash-Verdon is, here’s your answer. It’s these two:

FX’s new limited series from Steven Levenson (Dear Evan Hansen) and Thomas Kail (the director of Hamilton), among others, follows the complex relationship between Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon. The former was a director and choreographer who picked up an Oscar for Cabaret and had an incalculable impact on the world of dance; the latter, a triple-threat (an actor-singer-dancer) who picked up four Tonys in her time treading the boards. They fell in love. That’s the story, but it’s all a lot more complicated than that, particularly when it comes to the role Verdon played in the creation of Fosse’s work and legacy. All that, and they dance.

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If you’re a person who loves musical theater, this isn’t a series we need to sell you on. You’ve probably already set your DVR and cleared your schedule. But if you’re not, don’t let the jazz hands dissuade you—this thing stars Michelle Williams and Sam Rockwell, to say nothing of Aya Cash, Paul Reiser, Norbert Leo Butz, Evan Handler, The Americans’ Susan Misner, Nate Corddry, the list goes on. It’s well worth a look. Keep an eye out for a pre-air review from Erik Adams, and for Gwen Ihnat’s weekly recaps.

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The Bold Type (Freeform, 8 p.m.): Third-season premiere

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Bong Appétit: Cook-Off (Vice, 9 p.m.): If you’re able to resist the double whammy of a show called Bong Appétit running an episode called “Legalize Marinara,” you’re stronger than we are.

This week’s cook-off, Joe Gannascoli (The Sopranos), Chef Brad Spence, and Grandma Josephine Polito.

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Kodak Black Artwork Taken Down in T.I.'s Trap Museum - XXL - XXLMAG.COM

Following Kodak Black’s controversial remarks about Lauren London this past weekend, the rapper’s artwork inside T.I.'s Trap Museum in Atlanta has been removed.

A fan video of the removal was posted on Instagram on Monday (April 8). In the clip, you see workers taking down the Kodak Black art installation while attendees looked on. The video abruptly ends after a security guard told the person to stop recording.

The expulsion of the artwork comes after T.I. called out the South Florida rapper for his ill-timed comments on Instagram Live about hollering at Lauren London, who is the girlfriend of late rapper Nipsey Hussle. "Hey, Kodak Black: You outta pocket, nigga. Fix that shit—quickly, expeditiously," said Tip.

Kodak would later apologize to London, but he was short-tempered when it came to T.I. and him barking orders at him. "I said what I said and then y'all trying to misconstrue what I said," he vented on IG Live last Saturday (April 6). "Man fuck that. I don't give a fuck what y'all talking about. I'm in Georgia, right now. What y'all talking about?"

Kodak's remarks about London have also prompted Los Angeles radio station Power 106 to ban the rapper's music from their playlists. Some fans are even calling for a boycott of Kodak's music altogether.

T.I. hasn't addressed the removal of Kodak Black's artwork at the Trap Museum. He's currently vacationing in Maui. Check out the removal process below.

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'American Idol': Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon's Cyndi Lauper cover is 'glorious,' 'masterful' - USA TODAY

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Published 10:00 PM EDT Apr 8, 2019

Monday's "American Idol" ended on a high note. 

Church janitor-turned-singer Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon, 26, closed out the Top 20 round with a stirring, sophisticated duet of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" with Broadway star Cynthia Erivo. Although the two had only met shortly beforehand in rehearsal, their undeniable onstage chemistry and Harmon's lofty vocal range both earned thumbs up from the judges. 

"It was like your guys' souls were singing to each other," Katy Perry said. "You're just very timeless and your voice is so mature. … You've got crazy range, so never forget to show that off. But it was like a spiritual moment for me." 

"It was incredible," Luke Bryan added. "I was sitting on the edge of my seat like, 'Please go for the big note,' and you did it and you knocked it out of the park."

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Lionel Richie was similarly effusive in his praise of Harmon, calling it a "glorious" and "masterful performance." 

The Maryland native made the final cut for the reality singing competition's Top 14 round, which commences with a live show and fan voting on April 14 (ABC, 8 EDT/PDT). Three more contestants were eliminated Monday: Ryan Hammond, Raquel Trinidad and Logan Johnson. 

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