Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman and Full House actress Lori Loughlin were two of fifty people indicted in a nationwide college entrance exam scandal.
In "Operation Varsity Blues," the FBI have evidence that the two celebrities, along with thirty-one other wealthy parents, paid millions in bribes to get their kids into colleges including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown, USC, University of Texas, UCLA, USD, and Wake Forest.
William Singer, founder of college prep business Key Worldwide Foundation, accepted over $25 million from parents "to guarantee their children's admission to elite schools." According to ABC News, Singer is expected to plead guilty to charges of racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction of justice.
Court documents say Singer bribed coaches who would pretend applicants were part of their athletic teams. Loughlin paid Singer $500,000 for her two daughters, including YouTube star Olivia Jade, to be designated as college athletes on the USC crew team, though they did not ever participate, which guaranteed their admission.
Huffman conspired with Singer to fake her daughters SAT exam, organizing for her own proctors so they could go in after the fact and change test answers, which gave her daughter a 400 point boost. She disguised the bribe as a $15,00 charitable donation for ""educational programs [for] disadvantaged youth."
Huffman was arrested this morning in her Los Angeles home. Loughlin is reportedly out of the country but her husband Mossimo Giannulli was also arrested earlier today.
The scandal is the number one trending topic of conversation on Twitter, and the Desperate Housewives and Full House jokes are flowing aplenty:
\u201cWhen the FBI serves Lori Loughlin with a warrant\u201d— Brody Logan (@Brody Logan) 1552402865
\u201cAunt Becky...SMH\u201d— Yashar Ali \ud83d\udc18 (@Yashar Ali \ud83d\udc18) 1552404278
\u201cFor $500,000 my child better be getting into Hogwarts, forget USC. Damn Aunt Becky\u201d— Simone Scott (@Simone Scott) 1552406479
\u201cFelicity Huffman: \nTwitter:\u201d— Alexis \u201cBring Back Bunheads\u201d Wilson (@Alexis \u201cBring Back Bunheads\u201d Wilson) 1552408276
\u201cFelicity Huffman literally typed the words "Ruh Ro!" while planning to commit mail fraud\u201d— Kathryn VanArendonk (@Kathryn VanArendonk) 1552404593
\u201cI, for one, STUNNED that rich people would pay millions in bribes to get their children into elite colleges. You mean they didn\u2019t earn it based off merit alone, as we\u2019re constantly told? ::clutches imaginary pearls:: https://t.co/8fEeHFjQy0\u201d— Jemele Hill (@Jemele Hill) 1552403755
\u201cADMISSIONS OFFICE: ur child was not accepted to our college\nFELICITY HUFFMAN: then i will have to do a crime\nADMISSIONS OFFICE: u can just donate some money & we'll let em in\nFELICITY HUFFMAN: a crime i shall do\nADMISSIONS OFFICE: just make a donation\nFELICITY HUFFMAN: crime time\u201d— Bob Vulfov (@Bob Vulfov) 1552406094
\u201c\u201cBUT WHAT ABOUT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION,\u201d says Chad as he cries to his lawyer dad in his salmon shorts.\u201d— There are no \u201cbad\u201d foods! (@There are no \u201cbad\u201d foods!) 1552404299
\u201cFelicity Huffman walking past a gay man at some point today: "Ain't you that ruh ro bitch?"\u201d— Jarett Wieselman (@Jarett Wieselman) 1552405116
\u201cI made a song for Aunt Becky.\u201d— Akilah Hughes (@Akilah Hughes) 1552423498
None— Randy Sanderz (@Randy Sanderz) 1552412016
\u201cWhen you gotta break aunt Becky out of jail.\u201d— Travon (@Travon) 1552413209
\u201cDonald Trump Jr trying to dunk on Felicity Huffman because she\u2019s a parent who abused her wealth to give her kids massively unfair advantages is my entry for the Lack of Self Awareness Office Pool.\u201d— Brian Klaas (@Brian Klaas) 1552410512
\u201cwe WILL be getting laura dern an academy award for portraying felicity huffman\u201d— laura j. brown (@laura j. brown) 1552415051
\u201chttps://t.co/Fu4iksLaZP\u201d— out of context desperate housewives (@out of context desperate housewives) 1552417395
Then there's this hilariously damning tweet...
Tom Felix (left) and Jonathan Gregg at a costume party.Courtesy Jonathan Gregg & Tom Felix (provided)
Jonathan Gregg (left) and Tom Felix.Courtesy Jonathan Gregg & Tom Felix (provided)
