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  1. October 19, 2021

    'Varsity Blues' Feds Hid Evidence, Ex-USC Coach Says

    A former water polo coach preparing for trial in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case argues that federal prosecutors deliberately hid evidence that calls into question the legitimacy of recorded phone calls that have been at the center of the government's case.

  2. October 13, 2021

    'Varsity Blues' Judge Splits Trials For Ex-USC Coach, Official

    "Varsity Blues" prosecutors will have to try a former coach at the University of Southern California separately from a onetime official at the Pac-12 school, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, finding that lumping them into one trial could be unfair.

  3. October 12, 2021

    Ex-Coach Gets 1st 'Varsity Blues' Deferred Prosecution Deal

    A former Wake Forest University volleyball coach will avoid trial over his role in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case after striking a rare deferred prosecution deal Tuesday that experts said may be intended as a government olive branch to other defendants still fighting charges.

  4. September 15, 2021

    Jury Hears 'Varsity Blues' Dad Wanted '2-For-1' Fraud Special

    A hedge fund founder asked the ringleader of the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scheme whether he could get a "two-for-one special" to get his twin daughters into college through a "side door," a Boston jury heard on tape Wednesday.

  5. September 02, 2021

    'Varsity Blues' Wiretaps Flouted Law, Ex-USC Staff Says

    A former University of Southern California athletics official and coach swept up in the "Varsity Blues" college admission scandal told a Massachusetts federal judge Thursday that the government illegally asked AT&T to continue tapping the phone of scheme mastermind Rick Singer after a court order expired.

  6. September 01, 2021

    Feds Drop 'Varsity Blues' Racketeering Conspiracy Charges

    The government is dropping racketeering conspiracy charges against three college coaches and an administrator swept up in the "Varsity Blues" college admission scandal, according to a recent filing in Massachusetts federal court.

  7. August 23, 2021

    'Varsity Blues' Defendants Want 'Hodgepodge' Case Split Up

    A former coach and an athletic department administrator at the University of Southern California have asked a federal judge to split up their upcoming trial, arguing that the government has improperly lumped them together in a "hodgepodge of a prosecution."

  8. August 16, 2021

    Ex-USC Admin Calls New 'Varsity Blues' Charges 'Vindictive'

    A former administrator at the University of Southern California asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss most of the "Varsity Blues" charges against her, arguing that prosecutors have piled on counts in an attempt to punish her for fighting the case.

  9. August 10, 2021

    Ex-Georgetown Tennis Coach Nears 'Varsity Blues' Plea Deal

    Former Georgetown University tennis coach Gordon Ernst, who prosecutors say accepted $2.7 million in bribes to get undeserving students admitted to the elite school, is nearing a plea deal with the government, his attorney said during a hearing Tuesday in a Massachusetts federal court.

  10. March 19, 2021

    'Perpetual Cheat' UCLA Coach Gets 8 Months In 'Varsity Blues'

    The former men's soccer coach at UCLA was sentenced Friday to eight months in prison after prosecutors described him as a "perpetual cheat" who took $200,000 in bribes to have undeserving students admitted as athletes to the school.

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