Hollywood stars told not to talk to their children about college admissions case

Prosecutors had wanted Magistrate Judge M Page Kelley in Boston to go further and prohibit the 12 wealthy parents who appeared before her from talking about the case with their children without a lawyer present. While Judge Kelley warned the parents that discussing the case with their children could expose them to potential obstruction of justice charges, she said she did not think the prosecution’s proposed conditions on parental communications could work. “I just don’t think that’s realistic,” Kelley said. ‘Desperate Housewives’ star Huffman and ‘Full House’ actor Loughlin said little during the hearing other than to say that they understood the charges prosecutors brought against them. They are among 50 people, including several college athletics coaches, charged with participating in fraud and bribery schemes. Prosecutors said those schemes involved cheating on college entrance exams and paying $25m (€22.25m) in bribes to help their children gain admission at well-known universities including Yale and Southern California. Some of the 33 parents charged in the scheme have begun plea bargaining with prosecutors. Packaged food entrepreneur Peter Sartorio, became the first to reveal he plans to plead guilty. Two others said they were also in plea talks. Prosecutors say the scheme was overseen… Read full this story

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