BREAKING: Actress receives sentence in college admissions scandal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

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Actress Felicity Huffman, one of the biggest name caught up in a college-admissions scandal that rocked elite universities around the country, was sentenced to 14 days behind bars on Friday for her role in the sweeping scam.

The article goes on to state the following:

“I am deeply sorry to the students, schools, and universities, that are impacted by my actions,” Huffman said while chocking up as she read a prepared statement.

The one-time Oscar nominee, who came to court holding hands with her actor husband, William H. Macy, will also have to pay a fine of $30,000 and perform 250 hours of community service under the sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani.

Huffman, 56, pleaded guilty to mail fraud and honest services fraud in May for paying $15,000 to college fixer Rick Singer to cheat on daughter Sophia Grace Macy’s SAT in 2017.

“I am so sorry Sophia,” she said. “I was frightened. I was stupid and I was so wrong. I am deeply ashamed of what I have done.”

Huffman paid for someone to proctor and correct Sophia’s test and correct it, which resulted in her score jumping 400 points above her PSAT performance to 1420 out of a possible 1600.

She was the first parent to be sentenced in the scheme.

Prosecutors had wanted Huffman to spend a month in prison, to go along with supervised release and a $20,000 fine.

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