US actress Felicity Huffman was sentenced to two weeks in prison on Friday for paying $ 15,000 to falsify college entrance exams for her eldest daughter as part of a massive corruption scandal that spattered the jetset.
The 56-year-old actress, who became famous worldwide for her role in the television series "Desperate Housewives", pleaded guilty in May: she admitted to paying $ 15,000 to the head of a company specializing in SAT test preparation. entry into American universities, so that the results of his eldest daughter are improved. Coming to court in a navy blue dress, accompanied by her husband William Macy, she is expected to begin serving her sentence in six weeks on October 25.
The actress' lawyers had pleaded against the prison, proposing a $ 20,000 fine
Of the 30 or so parents charged in this case, she is the first to know his sentence. The federal court hearing in Boston on Friday was seen as a test of the severity justice would show to white and wealthy defendants.
The federal prosecutor asked Judge Indira Talwani for a one-month prison sentence, arguing that wealthy parents could not corrupt the admissions system with impunity. The actress' lawyers had argued against the prison, offering a year of parole, community service and a $ 20,000 fine.