USA v. Colburn, et al

  1. October 27, 2020

    'Varsity Blues' Release Bid Capitalizes On Virus, Feds Say

    Prosecutors told a federal judge Monday that a woman who pled guilty in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case is trying to "take advantage of the pandemic" by citing prison quarantine mandates in her bid for early release.

  2. October 21, 2020

    'Varsity Blues' Mom Says 'Exit Quarantine' Merits Release

    A California woman who pled guilty in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case asked again Tuesday to be released early from prison, citing a harsh "exit quarantine" during which she will have to endure three weeks crammed into a tiny cell for nearly 24 hours per day.

  3. October 20, 2020

    January 'Varsity Blues' Trial Kicked To April Due To COVID-19

    A Massachusetts federal judge agreed on Monday to postpone a January trial of a group of parents ensnared in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal to April, citing the COVID-19 pandemic while warning the defendants that the trial will not continue to be delayed indefinitely.

  4. September 24, 2020

    Ex-Pimco CEO Gets OK To Appeal 'Varsity Blues' Sentence

    The former CEO of Pacific Investment Management Co. can ask the First Circuit to shave time off his nine-month prison term for a guilty plea in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Thursday, saying his claim that prosecutors withheld evidence is at least plausible.

  5. September 22, 2020

    'Harsh' Jail Conditions Can't Spring 'Varsity Blues' Parents

    The former CEO of Pacific Investment Management Co. and another parent who pled guilty in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case will not be released from prison early due to what they called "harsh" COVID-19 quarantine measures, a judge ruled Monday, though he said he may reconsider home confinement down the road.

  6. September 03, 2020

    'Varsity Blues' Mom Decries Virus Lockdown In Tiny Jail Cell

    A California woman in prison for bribing her daughters' way into college in the "Varsity Blues" case asked for an early release Thursday, citing harsh pandemic-induced measures including a 25-day lockdown mostly spent crammed in an 80-square-foot cell with another inmate.

  7. August 25, 2020

    'Varsity Blues' Parents Get An Earful, But No Long Jail Terms

    While U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton hasn't doled out any long prison terms to parents in the "Varsity Blues" case, he has dealt a number of tongue-lashings that seemed to channel the widespread public anger and condemnation that erupted after the scandal broke in March 2019.

  8. August 21, 2020

    Loughlin Gets 2 Mos., Husband 5 Mos. In 'Varsity Blues' Case

    Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion-designer husband Mossimo Giannulli were sentenced Friday to two months and five months in prison, respectively, for their roles in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal after admitting to paying bribes to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as fake rowing recruits.

  9. August 17, 2020

    Feds Seek Prison For Loughlin, Giannulli Over 'Varsity Blues'

    Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, should get two and five months behind bars, respectively, because their crimes as part of the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal are comparable to those of other defendants who've received similar sentences, prosecutors argued Monday.

  10. August 06, 2020

    Start Date For First 'Varsity Blues' Trial Delayed Until February

    A Massachusetts federal judge in the "Varsity Blues" case on Thursday delayed the September start of the first group of parents facing trial until February after federal prosecutors and the parents both agreed they wanted the trial date pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic.