USA v. Colburn, et al

  1. October 30, 2020

    Lori Loughlin Starts 2-Month 'Varsity Blues' Prison Sentence

    Actress Lori Loughlin reported to a California correctional facility Friday to begin serving her two-month sentence for her role in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

  2. October 30, 2020

    'Varsity Blues' Mom Can't Cut Sentence Over 'Exit Quarantine'

    A three-week "exit quarantine" required of a California woman before she can leave prison doesn't warrant shortening her seven-month sentence in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case, a Massachusetts federal judge said Thursday.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.