A second likelihood. Greater than a yr after the nationwide school dishonest scandal broke, Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy’s eldest daughter, Sophia, is about to go to again to high school.
The 19-year-old aspiring actress introduced through Instagram that she’s going to attend Carnegie Mellon College in Pittsburgh within the fall. She additionally added “CMU Drama ’24” to her bio on the social media platform. In line with a number of stories, Sophia retook her SATs after her mom was indicted for her function in Rick Singer’s school scandal. The common SAT rating to be admitted to Carnegie Mellon ranges from 1450-1550.
The previous Determined Housewives star, 57, who was accused of paying $15,000 to reinforce Sophia’s check scores, pleaded fraud expenses in Might 2019. She accomplished her 14-day jail sentence on the Federal Correctional Establishment in Dublin, California, in October.
“My daughter knew completely nothing about my actions, and in my misguided and profoundly improper means, I’ve betrayed her,” Huffman mentioned in an announcement earlier than she entered her plea. “This transgression towards her and the general public I’ll carry for the remainder of my life. My need to assist my daughter isn’t any excuse to interrupt the legislation or have interaction in dishonesty.”
Huffman and Macy, 70, are additionally mother and father of 18-year-old daughter Georgia. Whereas the actress allegedly “made preparations to pursue the scheme for a second time” for her youthful daughter, she in the end opted “not to take action,” in line with courtroom docs. Georgia will attend Vassar Faculty in Poughkeepsie, New York, within the fall.
The Shameless star beforehand revealed in a letter to the decide that Sophia’s unique best choice for school “satirically” didn’t even require SAT scores.
“From the devastation of that day, Sophia is slowly regaining her equilibrium and getting on together with her life,” Macy pleaded within the letter to the decide in September 2019. “She nonetheless doesn’t prefer to sleep alone and has nightmares from the FBI brokers waking her that morning with weapons drawn.”
Macy additionally revealed that the household of 4 was in remedy collectively.
Whereas Huffman, whose sentence additionally included a $30,000 wonderful, a yr of supervised launch and 250 hours of group service, has tried to maneuver on from the scandal, fellow actress Lori Loughlin remains to be awaiting trial for her alleged function. The Full Home alum, 55, and husband Mossimo Giannulli have been accused of paying $500,000 to make sure daughters Bella and Olivia Jade’s admission into the College of Southern California as crew recruits despite the fact that they don’t play the game.
Loughlin and Giannulli have pleaded not responsible to fraud, cash laundering and bribery expenses. Their trial is about to start on October 5.
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