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| | Lori Loughlin had a 'rough day' watching Felicity Huffman get sentenced | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Felicity Huffman took the plea deal and only received 14 days in prison. Lori Loughlin rejected the plea deal and more charges were added to her federal indictment. It doesn?t appear that federal prosecutors are interested in offering Lori and her husband Mossimo any other deals, or maybe they did offer a deal and Lori rejected those too because they came with prison time. All I know for sure is that Lori Loughlin has screwed herself over with all of the ?faith-based? leaks to People Magazine and the pity-poor-me bullst. Just after Felicity?s sentencing, ?sources close to Lori? were feeling especially chatty with People Mag yet again.
As news spread that Felicity Huffman had been sentenced to 14 days behind bars for her role in the college admissions scandal, one of the other defendants was paying close attention to the proceedings. Lori Loughlin, who has also been implicated in the scandal, was watching very closely on Friday to see whether Huffman got any time in jail, according to a source close to the Full House star.
?Lori is aware of Felicity?s sentence, and is processing what that means for her,? the source tells PEOPLE. ?Her only move now is to take this to court and to prove that she is not guilty of what she?s charged with.?
?If [Lori] is found guilty, she will go to jail; that is clear,? the source says. ?And if another deal is offered to her, which I don?t think it will be, she will go to jail. Her only chance of avoiding jail is to beat these charges. Lori is a smart woman; she understands that. She?s scared and upset, but she?s resolved to be strong and to fight this. She will do what she has to do to protect herself and her family.?
According to the source close to Loughlin, she ?regrets? not taking a deal. ?She didn?t understand the entire nature of the charges against her, and she wasn?t even sure if or how she had broken the law,? the source says. ?It was very early, and she didn?t have all the information that she has now. Based on what she understood at the time, she made the best choice for herself. Now there is no deal on the table, and she has to have faith that the courts and the prosecution will move fairly and not make an example out of her.?
?This has been a rough day,? the source says. ?Lori is going to move forward as best as she can, but now she has a little more clarity about what will happen next.?
[From People]
Ignorance of the law is NOT A DEFENSE. Years of watching Law & Order taught me that. Just because you don?t understand the depth of the crimes you?ve committed or why you?re being charged a certain way, that does not mean anything. ?I didn?t know? is not a legal defense or a legal strategy. It?s especially rich for Lori because? she has a lawyer. She?s probably paying tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees, it?s not like she?s got a public defender (no disrespect to public defenders, you guys are doing the lord?s work). If she was confused by the charges or if she didn?t understand why she was charged the way she was, she needed to get her lawyer to explain the sh-t to her.
But maybe this is all part of the act: Lori is super-innocent, she innocently tried to bribe someone with $500K to fake her daughters? sports activities, it was all just an innocent mistake and it?s all so innocent, she can?t even conceive of how anyone would find the activity to be CRIMINAL, and even when she was facing down federal felony charges, she was too innocent to even understand the charges. That?s her defense. That and the church sh-t.
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| | Felicity Huffman will likely serve her 14-day sentence in a cushy minimum-security prison | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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All of the cable news stations did breaking news coverage on Friday for Felicity Huffman?s sentencing. Can I just say? I was surprised by how surprised people were about Felicity?s sentence. We knew a week beforehand that the federal prosecutor had only asked the judge to sentence Felicity to one month in prison. Felicity?s lawyer, on the other hand, was asking for a suspended sentence or just no jail time. The judge split the difference: Felicity was sentenced to 14 days in prison, a $30,000 fine and 250 hours of community service. She?ll also have one year of probation. The sentence was so light because A) Felicity immediately took a plea deal as soon as it was offered, B) she made a full confession to her crimes, C) she can afford great lawyers, D) her felony was relatively minor compared to many other parents? crimes and E) she?s white and rich and what did you think was going to happen?
So even though gossip-readers knew what was about to happen, people still acted shocked and appalled that Felicity benefits from white privilege. Personally, I think Felicity?s public statements (as part of her guilty plea) made her look worse and even more out-of-touch, but what do I know. Felicity made a statement on Friday just after her sentencing:
I accept the court?s decision today without reservation. I have always been prepared to accept whatever punishment Judge Talwani imposed. I broke the law. I have admitted that and I pleaded guilty to this crime. There are no excuses or justifications for my actions. Period.
I would like to apologize again to my daughter, my husband, my family and the educational community for my actions. And I especially want to apologize to the students who work hard every day to get into college, and to their parents who make tremendous sacrifices supporting their children.
I have learned a lot over the last six months about my flaws as a person. My goal now is to serve the sentence that the court has given me. I look forward to doing my community service hours and making a positive impact on my community. I also plan to continue making contributions wherever I can well after those service hours are completed. I can promise you that in the months and years to come that I will try and live a more honest life, serve as a better role model for my daughters and family and continue to contribute my time and energies wherever I am needed. My hope now is that my family, my friends and my community will forgive me for my actions.
[From Variety]
*Shrug* I think she?s really sorry. I think she?s starting to understand how badly she?s screwed up her daughters? lives. I think she understands how badly her decision-making has been for years. As for her big two-week sentence, reportedly Felicity wants to serve the two weeks in a cushy minimum-security prison in northern California:
Felicity Huffman is hoping to avoid serving hard time. Lawyers for Huffman, who reports to prison on Oct. 25, requested Friday that the actress spend her two weeks behind bars at a minimum-security women?s lockup in northern California dubbed one of the cushiest prisons in the country. The Federal Correctional Institution Dublin houses 1,235 inmates and sits about 350 miles away from her Los Angeles home. While it?s ultimately the decision of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, attorney Martin Murphy asked Judge Indira Talwani make the recommendation so the desperate inmate could see her family.
?It?s the closest to Ms. Huffman?s residence,? Murphy said inside the packed courtroom. As a Dublin inmate, the ?Desperate Housewives? star would have to trade her designer duds for the prison?s issued uniform: dowdy khaki clothing marked with her name and inmate number. Huffman, 56, will have to make her bed each morning in time for a daily 6:30 a.m. inspection and it will be lights out at 10 p.m. daily, according to the inmate handbook. Husband William H. Macy and her two daughters will be able to visit on Saturday and Sundays between the hours of 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. but will not be able to bring any gifts.
?Visitors may bring a maximum of $35.00 per adult. Money can only be used for the vending machines in the Visiting Room and may not be given to the inmate,? the handbook states. In 2009, Forbes named the big-house as one of America?s ?10 cushiest prisons? ? citing the facilities gorgeous bay area weather. Despite being a sitcom star, Huffman will also be restricted to the $320 monthly commissary limit. Highlights on the commissary list include the $3.65 pizza kit and the $2.10 two-pack of Oreos. To kill time, Huffman and her inmate pals can watch movies shown on weekdays at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. It?s unclear if the Emmy Award-winner will be put on a work assignment given her short stint behind bars.
[From Page Six]
I know people always joke about this kind of sh-t, but wow, prison doesn?t sound *that* bad. Getting up at 6:30 am would actually be sleeping IN for me. And I go to bed at 10 pm anyway. And they have Oreos and a bay view. I meanI?m sure there are fancy spas in that area with more restrictions and fewer Oreos. At the end of the two weeks, I would be like ?so, I actually would like to stay a little bit longer??
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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