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By Doha Madani and Tom Winter
Actress Felicity Huffman is among 14 defendants in the college admissions scandal who are expected to plead guilty, according to the Department of Justice.
Huffman, who starred in the ABC hit "Desperate Housewives," admitted to paying $15,000 to get her older daughter unlimited time for her SAT test and to have a proctor administer the test and correct the answers.
Huffman's husband, William H. Macy, was not charged in the FBI investigation.
Huffman said in a statement Monday that she accepted full responsibility for her actions and would accept the consequences.
"I am ashamed of the pain I have caused my daughter, my family, my friends, my colleagues and the educational community," Huffman said. "I want to apologize to them and, especially, I want to apologize to the students who work hard every day to get into college, and to their parents who make tremendous sacrifices to support their children and do so honestly."
The actress also said that her daughter "knew absolutely nothing" about her deal with Singer and that she "betrayed" her child.
"This transgression toward her and the public I will carry for the rest of my life," Huffman said.
The FBI probe exposed a network of wealthy parents who allegedly paid the scheme's organizer, William Rick Singer, millions of dollars to boost their children’s chances of getting into selective colleges and universities such as Yale, Georgetown and Stanford.
Singer pleaded guilty last month to charges of racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction of justice.
Huffman agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud, according to federal prosecutors.
The maximum sentence for those charges is 20 years in prison and three years of supervised release and fines.
However, it is doubtful that since there were no other charges committed with the fraud and no violent crime involved that Huffman will spend anywhere near the 20 years in prison.
A plea hearing date has not yet been set.
Huffman appeared in court in Boston on Wednesday, along with fellow actress Lori Loughlin who is also charged in the scandal. Neither of the women entered pleas at that time and the separate appearances before the judge lasted only minutes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/college-admissions-scandal-felicity-huffman-13-others-expected-plead-guilty-n992211
2019-04-08 19:01:00Z
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