Lori Loughlin is facing a new charge in connection with the college admissions scandal.
star, her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and nine other parents charged in the case received additional charges by a grand jury on Tuesday.
The new charges in the third superseding indictment allege the parents conspired to commit federal program bribery by bribing employees of the University of Southern California to facilitate their children's admission. In exchange for the bribes, employees of the university allegedly designated the defendants’ children as athletic recruits – with little or no regard for their athletic abilities – or as members of other favored admissions categories.
Loughlin and Giannulli are accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters, 19-year-old Olivia and 20-year-old Bella, admitted to USC as recruits for the crew team, even though neither had ever participated in the sport.
The new charge against Loughlin and Giannulli comes just one day after ET confirmed their daughters are
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