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  • Sen. Feinstein’s husband named in UC admissions scandal

    09/24/2020 5:48:51 PM PDT · by bitt · 42 replies
    /ktla.com/ ^ | 9/24/2020 | ap
    Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s husband, University of California Regent Richard Blum, has been named by the state auditor’s office as one of the regents involved in an admissions scandal where UC wrongly admitted dozens of students as favors to well-connected people. California auditor: UC schools wrongly admitted 64 wealthy students as ‘favors’ over past 6 years In one case, a regent unidentified in the report sent an inappropriate letter on behalf of a student with only a 26% chance of getting in. The applicant was admitted. Auditor’s spokeswoman Margarita Fernandez confirmed to The Associated Press that Blum was the regent. Blum...
  • Lori Loughlin’s Husband Mossimo Giannulli Sentenced in College Scandal

    08/21/2020 11:51:48 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 25 replies
    New York Post ^ | August 21, 2020 | Lia Eustachewich
    Mossimo Giannulli, the designer hubby of former “Full House” TV star Lori Loughlin, was sentenced to five months behind bars Friday for his role in bribing their daughters’ way into college — as the disgusted judge blasted him for committing “a breathtaking crime on the nation’s higher-education system.” Boston federal Judge Nathan Gorton OK’d the terms of Giannulli’s plea deal during a morning Zoom conference, saying the defendant’s prison sentence was “sufficient — but not greater than necessary punishment under the circumstances.” SNIP The fashion designer will also pay a $250,000 fine and perform 250 hours of community service.