July 06, 2020
"Varsity Blues" prosecutors won't have to answer why a FaceTime call between a parent charged in the case and the scheme's mastermind was not recorded or memorialized, a federal judge said Monday in an order that also denied the parent's request to reconsider his motion to dismiss.
July 02, 2020
A federal judge won't reconsider the former CEO of Pacific Investment Management Co.'s nine-month prison term in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case, ruling Thursday that he failed to show the government withheld evidence suggesting he's innocent.
June 24, 2020
Parents fighting charges in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case lost a bid to throw out evidence recovered from calls and emails between them and the scheme's mastermind after a federal judge ruled Wednesday that the government showed the interceptions were necessary and properly authorized.
June 23, 2020
Admission slots to elite universities qualify as property under the mail and wire fraud statutes invoked in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions prosecution, a Massachusetts federal judge said Tuesday, refusing to dismiss the charges despite the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in the Bridgegate case.
June 11, 2020
Wielding a pen to rule on a pair of "Varsity Blues" motions, a Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday denied requests by two mothers who pled guilty in the college admissions case to swap their prison sentences for home confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, citing the abating of the public health crisis.
June 09, 2020
Federal prosecutors on Monday argued the COVID-19 pandemic is not cause for two mothers, including the daughter of the man who invented Hot Pockets, to avoid their prison terms after pleading guilty in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case.
May 29, 2020
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty surrounding when and how jury trials will resume in Massachusetts, a federal judge said Friday the first "Varsity Blues" college admissions fraud trial is still slated to begin in late September.
May 22, 2020
Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, formally pled guilty in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case Friday morning after maintaining their innocence for more than a year.
May 21, 2020
The decision by actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion-designer husband to plead guilty in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case after losing a motion to dismiss could lead other wealthy parents to throw in the towel in hopes of also securing what one expert called a "sweetheart deal."
May 21, 2020
Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case, according to court documents filed Thursday morning.