It’s been a few days since Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli plead guilty to charges against them in the college admissions scandal, and sources are now saying that they felt “insane pressure” to do so, as it’s revealed this has taken quite a toll on them both.
“Lori and Mossimo deeply regret what they did,” a source close to Loughlin told People Magazine. “This experience has taken a huge emotional and physical toll on both of them.”
On Friday, Loughlin pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, and her husband pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and to honest services wire and mail fraud. Under the terms of their plea deals, Loughlin would spend two months in prison while Giannulli would go to prison for five months.
“Mossimo took the more active role of the two, and the money technically came from him,” a legal source said of Giannulli’s harsher sentence. “He dealt with Rick Singer more frequently and was the one who originally connected with him. Lori was a bit more passive, but she was aware of everything that Mossimo was doing.”
Loughlin and Giannulli were accused of paying Singer, the mastermind behind the scandal, $500,000 in bribe money to have their two daughters admitted to the University of Southern California as members of the crew team, even though neither girl had ever rowed before.
On top of their prison sentences, Loughlin will need to pay a $150,000 fine along with two years of supervised release and 100 hours of community service. Meanwhile, Giannulli will be paying a $250,000 fine with two years of supervised release and 250 hours of community service.
Despite the fact that this experience has been difficult for Loughlin and Giannulli, the legal source said that they are ready to move on with their lives.
“There’s light at the end of the tunnel,” said the legal insider. “They want to serve their sentences, pay their dues and put this behind them.”
A judge still needs to approve of Loughlin and Giannulli’s sentences for them to be made official, and this sentencing hearing is scheduled to take place on August 21.
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