Yesterday, we reported that former “Fuller House” actress Lori Loughlin had gotten bad news from a federal judge when he refused to dismiss charges against her in the college admissions case. Now, a source close to Loughlin said that she is feeling “nervous” after the judge made this decision.

On Friday, U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton shot down the attempts of Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli to get the charges against them dismissed, a decision that came as a devastating blow to them.

“Lori is convinced she did nothing wrong and wasn’t expecting the judge to side against her,” a source told Entertainment Tonight. “Despite her set back, she has no plans to back down from her non guilty plea. She strongly believes that [bribery scam ring-leader Rick] Singer misrepresented himself and, because she thought he’d acted on behalf of the school, she feels she is innocent.”

The source went on to say that Loughlin “never in her life thought that she would ever be in this position, and it’s almost like a bad dream she can’t wake up from. Lori is determined to prove her innocence and she won’t back down. The ruling made Lori nervous.”

Loughlin and Giannulli have been accused of paying $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. Their lawyers had tried to get charges against them dismissed by arguing that prosecutors had acted inappropriately with witness Rick Singer, the alleged mastermind behind the scheme, and had withheld crucial evidence.

If convicted on all charges, Loughlin and Giannulli are each facing 45 years in prison. Despite this, the source said that Loughlin is “not the least bit embarrassed, but works very hard to hide her fear from her daughters.”

“The girls are following their parents lead. Lori’s friends are very concerned that in trying to protect her daughters that they might just be misleading them to believe it’s an easy win,” the source added. “They worry the girls will be unprepared for the verdict because they trust their parents and it’s in no way cut and dry.”

The insider concluded by saying that in the mean time, Loughlin and her daughters “are still social distancing together and, for the most part, have tried to separate themselves from anything related to the scandal. Olivia and Bella are happy and have been staying with [Olivia’s boyfriend] Jackson [Guthy]. Olivia and Jackson are happier than ever and they even started a family by adopting a puppy.”

Loughlin and Giannulli‘s trial is still set to take place later this year in October.