LOS ANGELES — Full House actress Lori Loughlin has reported to a California prison to serve a two-month term in the college admission case.
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Boston said Loughlin was being processed at the federal lockup in Dublin, California.
“The parties recently agreed that the defendant can report to prison on October 30, 2020, instead of on November 19, 2020. The defendant has further agreed that, during her two month sentence, she will not seek an early release from prison on COVID-related grounds,” prosecutor said in a statement.
Loughlin was sentenced on August 21 to two months behind bars — hours after her husband was handed a five-month term — for paying $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters admitted to USC as crew team recruits, even though neither played the sport.
Loughlin's husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, will serve his sentence at the low-security federal prison for men at Lompoc in Santa Barbara County. Prosecutors said Giannulli didn't report to prison with Loughlin on Friday.
Under the Bureau of Prisons’ coronavirus protocols, Loughlin will be screened and tested for COVID-19 and will be placed in quarantine for 14 days.
Loughlin was also ordered to pay a $150,000 fine and serve two years of supervised release with 100 hours of community service.
Along with Giannulli's prison term, he was ordered to pay a $250,000 fine and serve two years of supervised release with 250 hours of community service.
The famous couple’s sentencing came three months after they reversed course and admitted to participating in the college admissions cheating scheme that has laid bare the lengths to which some wealthy parents will go to get their kids into elite universities.
They are among nearly 30 prominent parents to plead guilty in the case, which federal prosecutors dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues.” It uncovered hefty bribes to get undeserving kids into college with rigged test scores or fake athletic credentials.
Loughlin and Giannulli had insisted for more than a year that they believed their payments were “legitimate donations” and accused prosecutors of hiding crucial evidence that could prove the couple’s innocence because it would undermine their case.
The case shattered the clean image of Loughlin, who gained fame for her role as the wholesome Aunt Becky in the sitcom “Full House” that ran from the late 1980s to mid-1990s, and later became queen of the Hallmark channel with her holiday movies and the series “When Calls the Heart.”