He will serve a 14-day sentence for participating in a network of millionaire bribes to facilitate his daughter's entry into college
Felicitty Huffman sentenced to 14 days in prison for the university admissions scandal
Felicity Huffman (56) has entered a prison on Tuesday near San Francisco, where she will spend 14 days , for participating in a network of millionaire bribes to facilitate her daughter's entry into college. The Desperate Women actress turned herself in to the authorities in a federal prison in the town of Dublin, located in northern California, local media reported.
"Huffman is now ready to serve his sentence in prison ordered by Judge Indira Talwani, as part of the penalties imposed for his actions," his representative said in a statement, collected by Efe.
In addition to his 14-day stay behind bars, Huffman will have to pay a fine of $ 30,000 (€ 27,196) and perform 250 hours of community services, which will add a year of supervised release .
The actress was sentenced a month ago in a Boston court: "I absolutely take responsibility for my actions. I will deserve any punishment you impose on me," the actress told the judge.
The interpreter, nominated for an Oscar in 2006, could not stand the tears while apologizing for paying $ 15,000 to a fake charity, in order to alter the results of her daughter Sophia's university admission test .
"I am deeply sorry for the students, parents and universities that have been affected by my actions. I apologize to my daughters Sophia and Georgia, and to my husband Will ( actor William H. Macy ). I have betrayed them," she said. .
Huffman was the first condemned for her role in the millionaire network of university bribes by wealthy families uncovered last March by the United States Department of Justice and affecting 51 people.
The conviction imposed by Talwani is an indication that the judge agrees with the Prosecutor's position that the participants in the bribery network deserve prison sentences, which may have implications for the rest of the accused. "Trying to be a good mother does not justify" Huffman's actions, which "were not impulsive," the magistrate said when she announced the sentence.
Another of the accused is the actress Lori Loughlin, known for her role in the series Forced Parents and who, unlike Huffman, has pleaded not guilty .
Loughlin and her husband allegedly agreed to pay bribes of $ 500,000 (€ 453,297) in exchange for their two daughters being accepted to the rowing team at the University of Southern California, although they did not practice that sport, in order to facilitate their admission.
The bribe network attracted a total of 25 million dollars (22.6 million euros), and prosecutors consider it the biggest scam for university admission discovered in the history of the United States.
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