Felicity Huffman reports to prison to serve 14-day term for college admissions scandal

Record ID: 1436853

  • Title: Felicity Huffman reports to prison to serve 14-day term for college admissions scandal
  • Date: 15th October 2019
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - APRIL 16, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ARTEFACTS RECOVERED FROM NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL, INCLUDING CANDELABRA AND CHAIRS, INSIDE PARIS CITY HALL PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - SEPTEMBER 12, 2019) (REUTERS) CARPET FROM THE CHOIR OF NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL, WHICH WAS SAVED DURING THE FIRE AND IS AWAITING RESTORATION AT "MOBILIER NATIONAL", THE FRENCH NATIONAL FURNITURE
  • Embargoed: 29th October 2019 18:42
  • Keywords: Felicity Huffman college admissions scandal prison sentence
  • Location: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES; DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES;
  • City: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES; DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES;
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime,Arts / Culture / Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA004B17M9FR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Actress Felicity Huffman on Tuesday (October 15) reported to prison in Dublin, California to serve the 14-day prison term she was given as the first parent sentenced in a wide-ranging U.S. college admissions cheating scandal.
    In September, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani ordered Huffman, the former star of the popular television series "Desperate Housewives" and one-time Academy Award nominee, to pay a $30,000 fine, undergo a year of supervised release and complete 250 hours of community service. Huffman, 56, pleaded guilty in May.
    Huffman was among 51 people charged in a vast scheme in which wealthy parents were accused of conspiring to use bribery and other forms of fraud to secure for their children admission to prominent U.S. universities. These schools included Yale, Stanford, Georgetown, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas and Wake Forest.
    (Production: Rollo Ross)
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