Actress Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty in the bribery scandal over admission to American elite universities. At her court rendezvous in Boston, she admitted in tears to have paid $ 15,000 (converted about 13,300 euros), so answers of her eldest daughter in the nationwide placement test SAT were subsequently upgraded. She wanted to give her access to a better university.

A judge should now announce the sentence on September 13, said the prosecutor in Boston. If it comes to the indictment, Huffman is to be sentenced to a prison sentence of four to ten months, as well as a suspended sentence. The prosecution also demands a fine of $ 20,000.

Huffman - once known for her role on the television series "Desperate Housewives" - was arrested in mid-March in Los Angeles and appeared in Boston in early April. Shortly thereafter, she admitted her guilt and announced she would plead guilty. She said that she was ashamed of her act. Her daughter did not know about the payments. She repeated that at the court hearing in Boston. With the official admission Huffman now bypasses a longer process.

The scandal over university bribery had spread widely in recent months. To house their children in Yale, Stanford or Georgetown dozens of celebrities and other wealthy parents bribed employees at colleges and universities in the United States. In addition to Huffman also "full house" star Lori Loughlin is accused.

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In some cases, paid agents made the college entrance exams for the offspring; in others, the results of the celebrity children were corrected upwards. Sometimes sports coaches and other employees were bribed to place the students as athletes in the universities.