Felicity Huffman

The college admissions scandal led to the arrests of dozens of wealthy and influential people. Jackie Bruno takes a closer look at two of the celebrities involved in the case.

Felicity Huffman’s daughter, Sophia has been accepted at Carnegie Mellon University and will be attending the school’s theater program in the fall. The 19-year-old confirmed the news on her Instagram page by updating her bio with “CMU Drama ‘24.” Sophia had her college acceptance for 2019 rescinded after her mother’s involvement in the college admissions scandal.

Sophia Macy is entering “The Twilight Zone.” The elder daughter of Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy will appear in an episode of Jordan Peele’s anthology series.

A former college exam proctor has pleaded guilty for his role in the sweeping college admissions scheme. Igor Dvorskiy, accused of accepting bribes to rig test scores, changed his plea during an appearance Wednesday in federal court in Boston. He was allegedly paid $200,000 to allow cheating on college entrance exams over a span of about two years. He agreed...

Felicity Huffman is paying her dues following her 11-day prison sentence. Nine days after being released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, Calif. for her involvement in the college admissions scandal, the “Desperate Housewives” alum has begun carving away at her community service hours.

Actress Felicity Huffman has been released from prison, according to a prison official. She had reported to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, on Oct.15 to serve a 14-day sentence for her part in the nationwide college admissions cheating scheme.

Four more parents appeared in federal court to change their pleas to guilty in the college admissions scandal.

Actress Felicity Huffman was seen walking the grounds of the low-security federal prison in Dublin, where she is serving a 13-day sentence for her role in the college admissions scandal.

Actress Felicity Huffman reported to prison in California on Tuesday to serve her 14-day sentence for her part in the nationwide college admissions cheating scheme, according to a representative for the “Desperate Housewives” star. Huffman was sentenced last month to 14 days in prison, a $30,000 fine, 250 hours of community service and a supervised year of release.

Felicity Huffman was sentenced Friday to 14 days in prison, 250 hours of community service and a $30,000 fine for unlawfully paying $15,000 to improve her daughter’s SAT scores. The “Desperate Housewives” actress pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy and fraud connected to a wider college admissions scheme that set the nation ablaze when it was uncovered earlier this year.

The actress received her sentence Friday for her role in a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme.

Actress Felicity Huffman will find out if she will spend any time in prison for her involvement in the college admission scandal during her sentencing.

Actress Felicity Huffman will learn her fate after pleading guilty in the college admissions scandal.

Probation officials said there was “no victim” or any “actual or intended loss” in Felicity Huffman’s role in the college admissions scandal, court documents revealed Wednesday. While the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services System’s report does not explicitly recommend a sentence for Huffman, the report clearly came down on the side of the Oscar-nominated actress and her bid to avoid...

Felicity Huffman and her lawyers pleaded Friday for probation, community service and a fine instead of jail time for her role in the college admissions scandal, buoyed by letters of support from her famous husband, William H. Macy, and her “Desperate Housewives” co-star Eva Longoria. Huffman, in a three-page letter filed Friday with the federal court in Boston that is...

A judge says actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, can continue using a law firm that recently represented the University of Southern California — an alleged victim in the case. The couple appeared in Boston federal court Tuesday to settle a dispute over their choice of lawyers in a sweeping college admissions bribery case.

Actress Lori Loughlin was in federal court in Boston Tuesday in connection to the college admissions scandal.

There may be peace at last in Lori Loughlin’s home.
After months of complete radio silence on social media, the actress’ daughters Isabella Rose Giannulli, 20, and Olivia Jade Giannulli, 19, returned to Instagram for a special occasion: Their mom’s 55th birthday.

Felicity Huffman’s co-stars in a new Netflix movie say they found her remorseful about her role in a college admissions scandal.

A former head sailing coach at Stanford avoided prison time when a judge sentenced him Wednesday for his role in a sweeping college admissions scam at elite U.S. universities. John Vandemoer is the first person to be sentenced in the case that exposed the lengths that some wealthy parents will go to get their children into the nation’s top schools....