BOSTON - Actress Felicity Huffman tearfully pleaded guilty on Monday to paying to rig a college entrance exam for her daughter, part of a wide-ranging scandal in which wealthy parents used fraud to secure their children spots at prominent US universities.
Huffman is among 50 people accused of taking part in a scheme that involved cheating or bribery. Wealthy parents paid a total of $25 million to bribe coaches to help their children gain spots at universities like Yale, Georgetown and the University of Southern California . Prosecutors have charged 33 parents with participating in the scheme with Singer, including Huffman, who was nominated for an Oscar for best actress for her role in 2005’s Transamerica, and Lori Loughlin, who starred in the TV series Full House.
Crying, Huffman, who is married to the actor William H Macy, stressed that her daughter did not know about the crime.She exited the courthouse holding her brother’s hand while taking no questions from reporters.
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