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The actress must now fulfill her punishment for her role in the college admissions scandal.

In October of 2019, it was revealed that former Full House actress Lori Loughlin, her husband Mossimo Giannulli, and several other notable personalities had gotten involved in a scheme to have their children unfairly admitted to prestigious colleges. Loughlin paid $500,000 to the scheme’s mastermind, Rick Singer, who organized to have her two daughters admitted to the University of Southern California under false pretenses. Loughlin pleaded guilty to conspiracy for this crime this past May, and was sentenced to two months in prison at the end of October.


Today, Loughlin was released from her incarceration in the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California. However, it will still be a while before she has completed paid her due; Loughlin will be under supervised release for the next two years, during which she’ll have to complete 100 hours of community service and pay a fine of $150,000. Giannulli, who received a more severe punishment, remains imprisoned for a five-month sentence that began in November. When he is released, he’ll face two years of supervised release, during which he’ll need to complete 250 hours of community service and pay $250,000.

Meanwhile, the head of the conspiracy, Rick Singer, has plead guilty to multiple charges, and is currently cooperating with prosecutors in determining his sentence. Over 50 parents have been charged with working with Singer, at least half of whom have already plead guilty and been sentenced to prison terms based on the degree to which they bought in. Actress Felicity Huffman, another prolific face in the scheme, paid Singer $15,000 to raise her daughter’s SAT scores. She pled guilty to this, and was sentenced to 11 days in prison last year.