TheDesperate Housewivesalum wasarrested in Marchfor paying a $15,000 bribe toboost her eldest daughter Sophia’s SAT scores. Huffman later admitted that she considered doing the same for Georgia but ultimately decided against it. Sophia, 19, graduated from the Los Angeles High School of the Art...
"It felt like I had to give my daughter a chance at a future," Huffmantold ABC-7 Eye Witness Newsin an interview shared Nov. 30. "And so it was sort of like my daughter's future, which meant I had to break the law." Specifically, the actress paid $15,000 to have the SAT re...
Huffman, 56,pleaded guiltyto one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud just two months after she was accused of paying a $15,000 bribe to boost her daughter’s SAT score.
In April, Huffman pleaded guilty to paying consultant Rick Singer $15,000 to inflate her daughter’s SAT grades, telling the judge that she wanted her daughter to have a “fair shot” at a quality education. That statement was what inspired Chivera’s tweet. On Sept. 13, ...
"Huffman later made arrangements to pursue the scheme a second time, for her younger daughter, before deciding not to do so," the documents allege. Federal agents secretly recorded telephone calls with Huffman and a cooperating witness, according to the court papers. Related Arti...
“My daughter knew absolutely nothing about my actions, and in my misguided and profoundly wrong way, I have betrayed her,” Huffman said at the time. “This transgression toward her and the public I will carry for the rest of my life. My desire to help my daughter is no excuse to ...
LOS ANGELES-Oscar-nominated actress Felicity Huffman reported to a federal prison in Northern California Tuesday to begin serving her 14-day sentence for paying to have her daughter's answers corrected on a college-admissions test. Huffman, 56, was sentenced to the prison time in S...
Actress Felicity Huffman has starred on stage, film and television. She is perhaps best known for the role of Lynette Scavo on 'Desperate Housewives' and for her participation in the 2019 college admissions scandal.
In April, Huffman pleaded guilty to paying consultant Rick Singer $15,000 to inflate her daughter’s SAT grades, telling the judge that she wanted her daughter to have a “fair shot” at a quality education. That statement was what inspired Chivera’s tweet. On Sept. 13, she was sente...
In Huffman’s letter to the judge, she explained that Rick Singer, the college consultant who is charged with leading the scandal, was recommended to her by her daughter Sophia’s high school. It wasn’t until after a year of tutoring Sophia, 19, that Singer recommended illegal activities ...