Felicity Huffman Starts Two-Week Prison Term in College Scam
Felicity Huffman Reports to Prison in College Admission Case
(Bloomberg) -- Actor Felicity Huffman, one of dozens of parents caught up in a major U.S. college-admissions scandal, began serving her two-week sentence at a prison in northern California after admitting she paid to rig her daughter’s entrance-exam scores.
Huffman, 56, reported on Tuesday to a federal prison in Dublin, California, her representative said in a statement. That’s ahead of the original Oct. 25 surrender date ordered by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani last month. Huffman pleaded guilty in May.
The low-security federal correctional facility southeast of San Francisco has a population of about 1,227 inmates, with about 1,052 at the prison and another 175 at a camp, according to its website.
The “Desperate Housewives” star admitted paying $15,000 to Rick Singer, the admitted mastermind of the college-admission scheme, to boost her daughter’s SAT scores by 400 points compared with test results the student got a year earlier.
Huffman is one of 15 parents who’ve pleaded guilty in the college admissions case, the largest ever prosecuted by the U.S.
After she’s freed, Huffman will perform 250 hours of community service as directed by the court, according to the statement from her representative. Huffman also was ordered to pay a $30,000 fine.
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