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Well, they weren’t going to Cal Tech, so that leaves UCLA and USC as the top schools if they want to stay in Southern California, which they did for a number of reasons. The whole USC thing for them was more of an influencer business opportunity than it was an actual educational opportunity.I'm still blown away that Lori bribed to get her daughters into USC?
If I'm bribing any college, it's going to be Stanford, MIT, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or a school like that.
Take this half a loaf because the next offer will be just the heel and a couple of crumbs.
99% conviction rate right, which obviously includes the pleas. Imagine taking that chance.
Is it her, or is it her lawyer that's dumb. Given what christo posted, I'm assuming at best the latter, but likely both.
I would think 30% lawyer, 60% her. I'm sure he advised her against not taking the plea. I mean, I'm guessing she thought her celebrity was going to get her out of this.
I heard a reading of a transcript excerpt of one of Lori’s calls with Singer. She can’t claim that she didn’t have any knowledge of the scam.
I'm super confused. We love celebrities when they preach to us about global issues or politics, but we hate them when they do something bad, which they all pretty much do? It's kind of like colleges. We love professors and want them to make more money but we hate schools for charging so much money. It's so tough to keep up with. It used to just be we hated expensive gas prices but wanted an alternative to oil that was 5 times more expensive.
I am rooting for Lori to win her case.
Most celebrities are delusional enough to think they can beat the rap. Uncle Sam rarely gets beat.
Yeah, but I don't think leniency is going to be the same for them as it was for Huffman who cooperated quickly and lacked the bluster of these two.
Oh definitely not but way better than the hammer time they have coming to them.
If she manages to win at trial, I don’t think her reputation will be saved anymore than OJ’s reputation was saved when he was found not guilty. The general public knows she is guilty and will not be happy if she is able to escape justice. I think people are largely good with Huffman now that she has served her punishment. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her get an acting role in the not to distant future.
Well Martha Stewart is now smoking weed with Snoop Dogg after doing time in the clink... Her rep actually improved, but then again it was a different crime and Martha didn't fight it the same way.
Hubris at its finest. And with kids about to try and get into college we can't afford, this flippant arrogance by 1%ers with kids who not only don't want college (stated) but are undeserving of spots they got at the expense of other kids/families pisses me the #### off. I hope she and her husband are nailed to the wall on this and their nose-thumbing puts them in a grey-bar motel not anything like the one Huffman had to endure.
I hope she does. She wasn't a snob and apologised about it. She's regained my respect.
I don’t know that they have planetarium money.
And now I'm confused. I hate when celebrities preach about global issues and politics. Why would a pretty face, that has no concept of a normal life, know any more about politics or global issues? Not sure why anyone would listen to a celebrity about anything since their lives are very different than the masses.
In a heartbeat. But I seriously doubt that anything close to that deal is being proposed by prosecutors at this point. The most recent sentence was three weeks for a parent that pled guilty to paying $50,000 to have her kids ACT exam corrected. The prosecutors were pushing for six months for that parent.
Can I be put in solitary confinement and my wife is only allowed to visit for conjugal sex? If so, yes.
This curious post from a respected poster passed without comment. Expand on this thought for us, please, Sinn.
I am rooting for Lori to win her case.
I am a sucker for the underdog.
No. Felicity paid $15,000 to have someone correct her kids ACT exam. Ultimately, the score was never used as her daughter didn’t apply to college (at least that’s my understanding).
Even if you don’t care about the fraud or the bribery, do you root for people who make fake donations to charity and then take illegal tax deductions?
Cant be bothered with tax fraud. It’s just not on the list of things I worry about. Not saying it’s good or that I approve. It’s just one of those things that I know goes on by people with those kind of resources.
So it’s more that you’re rooting that she’s innocent, than you are rooting for her to get away with the crimes for which she is charged. I can understand that.Cant be bothered with tax fraud. It’s just not on the list of things I worry about. Not saying it’s good or that I approve. It’s just one of those things that I know goes on by people with those kind of resources.
And, I am not rooting for people who break the law, more just rooting against the mob who think they have them dead to rights.
I am not going to lose a moments sleep no matter what happens with Laughlin or her husband. But since so many are sure she is going to prison for a while - I kind of like rooting for her to prove the mob wrong.
