Lori LoughlinandFelicity Huffmanwill appear in a Boston courtroom Wednesday to face a judge for their alleged involvement in the nationwidecollege admissions cheating scandal.
In their preliminary hearings, the court will read the charges to the two actresses. It is unclear whether they will enter pleas.Both women face felony chargesof conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud after being arrested in March.
Bothcould face prison time, but a legal expertpreviously told PEOPLEthis is unlikely.
The Case Against Felicity Huffman
Huffman, 56, allegedly discussed the scheme in a recorded phone call with Singer, who has pleaded guilty to multiple charges and has admitted to devising the scam.
According to the complaint, Singer told Huffman that he “controlled” a testing center, and could arrange for a third party to proctor the SAT testing of Huffman’s daughter and then change the teen’s incorrect answers.
Prosecutors allege they have recordings of Huffman talking about the scheme for her younger daughter, but she ultimately didn’t follow through with that plan.
Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy.Trae Patton/NBC
The Case Against Lori Loughlin
According to federal prosecutors, formerFull HousestarLoughlin allegedly wanted her daughtersto get into the University of Southern California so badly that she and her fashion designer husband paid half a million dollars in bribes to falsely designate their daughters as recruits on the crew team.
Loughlin’s husband,J. Mossimo Giannulli, were also charged withconspiracy to commit mail fraudand honest services mail fraud.
The complaint alleges the couple had their daughters pose as coxswains for a local crew team as well as on rowing machines, adding that federal agents obtained emails from Loughlin and her husband allegedly implicating them in the scam.
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According to theLos Angeles Times, prosecutors are pressuring some defendants to cooperate with the threat of possible additional charges. The deadline for a grand jury to hand down more charges is April 11.
A source told PEOPLE that Loughlin and Giannulli are preoccupied with the case. “They can’t wait for the court hearing to be done with,”the source said. “It’s very hard for them to think about other things right now.”
“They are both feeling very stressed out,” the source added.
Loughlin, Giannulli and Huffman have not entered pleas. Huffman’s rep and Loughlin’s attorney have not returned PEOPLE’s requests for comment.
source: people.com
