CNN: Prosecutors want prison time for Felicity Huffman

Lock her up!

R1, what about poor black mothers who get prison time for lying about their addresses to get their kids in better public schools?

She better give Jussie a call!

What about poor people who go to jail for bouncing a check to the piggly wiggly?

I'd say bribing people with $15,000 deserves jail time. Doubt she'll get it though. The articles are NOT saying what they got in return for their guilty pleas.

Jail time would be ridiculous.

She'll suffer via a slow decrease in roles offered. It seems she used to shill stuff on her Twitter accoubt, that's out as once she reopens her page it will be filled with troll posts. She's not popular or good enough to completely overcome this

If Martha Stewart got prison time, Felicity Huffman is going to get prison time. As for Lori? Throw away the fucking key. It isn't the amount of money, it's the charges. This is what she is likely facing:

"She will plead guilty to a single charge of conspiracy and fraud, according to court documents. Those charges are punishable by up to 20 years in prison, but the plea agreement indicates prosecutors will seek a sentence of four to 10 months."

A guy in my neck of the woods plead guilty today too. Much more money involved, but again, it isn't the amount of money, it's the charges that drives a prison sentence.

If she doesn't go to prison she'll never know how to properly organize her enema kits.

She'll probably get house arrest or something.

Summer stock with local featured players, 3 seasons.

The Dean should paddle Felicity's bony ass.

Fuck Lori. She is the shadow pretending to be the light. Evil. Betch.

She will get off entirely, Smollett-style, because it's not just Academia that is corrupt, but the legal system is too. If you have money and the right political friends, you walk.

There is a slight chance of this general rule not working here, however, because the College cheating has negatively affected other people's kids and their futures. When people fuck with other people's kids, all parents tend to become enraged.

We'll see which is stronger in Hollywood: Political connections or the base parental instincts of Felicity and co's opponents.

Do we need yet another thread for this? On part 7 over here:

Felicity gets 6 years. Lori gets life. Without parole.

Make it a reality TV show. Use the Big Brother house as a jail and have all the college scammers living together for a season.

Best thing for her, really. Her career was going nowhere.

R17 Heather Locklear?

Nice inmate number, R8!

Justice: Nicolette Sheridan’s housekeeper/maid for one year.

This will follow Felicity to the grave. It will be right at the top of her NYTimes obit. And WIlliam H? he was a stooge to let it happen...or he was a stooge to have not understood what was going down...

R19, glad for the catch! LOL.

Wasn't Martha's for securities fraud? Insider trading or something like that? It's not the same. She'll probably get probation and community service. And they should also prosecute the Ivy League schools who took her money.

They’ll want to make an example of her. Prison time.

Love that Neely O'Hara coming out of the divorce court look.

As one of the posters stated above, most likely 4 to 10 months. She doesn’t have any prior offenses and she’s not violent.

She will get supervision and a six figure fine. No jail.

Instead of putting her in prison, have her do a shitload of community service, pay a huge fine and then release all nonviolent drug offenders in prison in California.

Why should anyone serve 20 years for a non-violent offense? A year? Fine. Two? Okay. But don't punish Felicity's kids any further by taking their mother out of their lives until they're almost in the forties. That's wrong.

*their forties

Maybe her children would find her extended absence a blessing not a punishment.

they need to and they will show her the prison walls.

Yet the trumpsters walk free among us.

The whole thing is sad. I think Laurie Laughlin has already had her punishment by having to be in hallmark movies. And then getting kicked out is the ultimate embarrassing endings.

This is Patty white collar crime. I would prefer they lost all their assets and serve no time. Learning to be humble would be a real gift to them

Felicity can kiss another Oscar nomination goodbye.

She does need some prison time, but at least she confessed her guilt, unlike Smollett, whose crimes were much worse.

Felicity and Lori need to get fingered by a big bulldyke in the slammer. That’ll teach them to cheat!

Fry her

She should get EXTRA time for playing a trans woman when SHE IS NOT TRANS!!!!!

Imagine how humiliated her kid must feel. Her mom basically says “you’re not smart enough to get into a good school so imma hire someone to take your SAT for you.” Then the poor fool kid shows up and takes the SAT with no clue what’s going on.

And all that crap about how ashamed poor Felicity feels now is total b.s. She had no shame until her ass got caught.

Why her and not all the others?

CNN has prosecutors now??

What she paid was a drop in the bucket compared to Aunt Becky. I hope they go easy on Felicity who paid $15,000 for SAT answers and throw the book at Lori and her half million dollar rowing scam.

What a loser. You wouldn't catch me doing time for one of my kids.

This is a clear death penalty case.

I've always liked Felicity. I'm standing by her during these challenging times.

R34, she bears the Mark of Hall.

Kathryn Joosten is laughing her fucking ass off somewhere up in heaven.

I hope Loughlin and Giannulli go to prison. Huffman doesn't look nearly as bad by comparison.

How is Bill coming out of this smelling like a rose. Everyone hates Felicity? And Shameless is untouchable?

Huffman showed up for Joosten's memorial service.

I don't know if the others did or not or what conflicts they may have had, but Felicity was there.

They should get some jail time because they will find a way to make money out of this. Whatever fines they have to pay we be made up 100-fold by the publicity this is giving them.

Felicity is binge-watching Orange is the New Black right now.

Some lady in Ohio went to jail for lying about her address to get her kids into a better public school, so these cunts should see jail time too.

Polanski won an Oscar after sodomozing and drugging a child.

She will bounce back from this.

Do you guys know what happened to their children? Did the schools kick them all out? So far I only heard that one girl was expelled from Yale. Maybe they all plea guilty and take full responsibility so the kids can stay in school.

It's smart they leave the kids out of it claiming the kids didn't know. But c'mon, we know they knew.

Yes please.

[quote]She doesn’t have any prior offenses and she’s not violent.

You have no idea.

Teri Hatcher should play her in the Lifetime movie

Yet Jeffrey Epstein walks among us...

Well, they can always give her jail time, then suspend the sentence based on other conditions that she complies with like loads of community service, paying a big fine. etc.)

[quote]I think Laurie Laughlin has already had her punishment

Who?

Felicity is due to be sentenced this Friday, September 13th.

Prosecutors are now only asking for one month in prison, after previously wanting four months.

Huffman’s attorneys want probation only and community service.

She will get no jail time in my opinion.

Jail time will make a better book for her eventual apology tour and TV movie. Talking about this will be the only job she’ll get for a good 5 years.

[quote] Teri Hatcher should play her in the Lifetime movie

The Lifetime movie is already out. Penelope Ann Miller plays Felicity.

I don’t think she should get jail time. She was just trying to help her daughter. I’m sure they all feel terribly.

The Stanford coach who accepted many of the bribes already got no jail time. There’s no way any of the parents are going to see jail time.

Great actress. Lock her up. That’s all

She seems like a nice lady. I don’t understand why people want to “lock her up.” Sounds so vulgar.

She's not a violent criminal.

I wonder why people here say that it is ridiculous for Flicka to serve any time. What is ridiculous about it?

There a many people incarcerated for a long time for much less.

And when she gets out in a year, she will write a memoir and make the interview circuit. It is profiting off of her brief sentence that will be truly repulsive.

Has Trump said to lock her up, offer to pardon her, or grabbed her pussy? (He's so unpredictable that scamp!)

Send the cunt to jail.

And sentence her spawn to community service. They knew they were being misrepresented -- that's called FRAUD.

As we all know, white people get a pass...

[quote] She's not popular or good enough to completely overcome this.

Based on her work on "Desperate Housewives" I would say you are correct. But then I saw her in "American Crime", the season with Connor Jessup, and she was beyond wonderful. As an actor, there's something there, there.

Other people got utterly hosed w. prison sentences so she should, too.

I walk among geniuses.

There's gotta be some community service that better-serves everyone's best interests.

And the shithead pigs show up at her house w. guns drawn at some stupid hour of the morning?! Goddamn Epstein didn't get that treatment.

Fry her!!!

If she is clever, she will establish a non profit to assist poor students with free SAT tutoring to rehabilitate herself after she is released from prison.

R10 Summer Stock ended 40 years ago.

I am so baffled why she got Eva Longoria and her husband William H. Macy (!!!) to write statements for her to the judge.

First of all, her whole trial has been about a wealthy celebrity trying to skirt the rules so her family gets better treatment--so why would she use her celebrity again to try to get better treatment?

Second, OF COURSE her husband would say nice things about her. Who would expect otherwise?

[quote]And when she gets out in a year, she will write a memoir and make the interview circuit

She’s only getting one MONTH, max... if she gets any time at all. One month is all that prosecutors are now asking for.

[quote]what about poor black mothers who get prison time for lying about their addresses to get their kids in better public schools?

Well, that’s different. There’s more to it in those cases.

Send 'em over! I know how to handle criminal types those bitches.

She should do a month and quit BELLYACHING!

She broke the law in an especially cunning and deceptive manner, DEPRIVING a deserving young person of an opportunity to better themself through their education!

I think she is despicable. A month is far less than privileged white lady deserves!

Get a load of Angela Davis at r74.

*I meant r84. (Sorry, r74)

For r85

Moral Relativity- The failed modern notion that "right" and "wrong" cannot be affixed on any point on a map. This is because such relativists are generally terrified to "look judgmental" and lack all courage of any conviction at all.

I disagree.

How very Catholic of you, r87.

Catholic = Universal

Being able to tell right from wrong is universal. I bet you shriek the loudest when you are the wronged party though!

Why are you insisting on being such a ridiculous contrarian? Are you a twenty-five year-old who just doesn't get out much? I imagine you've never voted for President because "it's just the lesser of two evils", right?

[quote] She’s only getting one MONTH, max... if she gets any time at all. One month is all that prosecutors are now asking for.

The judge can sentence her to more time than what the prosecutors ask for. It's the judge's decision.

I've never been able to watch any television show about jail. Orange is the New Black gave me hives. I felt I was suffocating when trying to watch Oz. Unless you've shown yourself to be a physical danger to others, I think prison for most humans is just too severe. Force them into day labor or make them contribute to society in some way. I guess I am a weak person.

Draft non violent criminals into a tour of duty instead of prison.

I still cannot fathom why these parents would go to the lengths they did for something like this. Paying $15k is bad enough, Loughlin spent like $50k+, right? And just so your half-wit child has a chance of getting into USC? Really? These people are rich (esp. Felicity, who comes from wealth) and have more opportunities in life than the majority of the people in this country, and they choose to blow it on their kid getting into a college? I know it's a status thing, but it's still baffling to me. God forbid any of them get an education at a public school. What a silly life these people live.

^^ because the parents are worried the spawn are as STUPID as they are

The reason why they did this scam, was to write off the tuition cost from their taxes as a charity donation. Yes, they created a fake charity. Felicity and the other parents knew. If they just payed full tuition and scheduled a 1000 donation every few years to the endowment, this would not be happening to them.

Remember, they have the money to pay full tuition. They have the money to pay full taxes. Not doing either undermines all the students at the University and public health, education and critical programs for the American people.

They are going to prison, hopefully, for the fake charity/IRS side of the issue. Though, there are victims. Their actions did harm to others.

[quote]what about poor black mothers who get prison time for lying about their addresses to get their kids in better public schools?

Can you name one? Have you seen their pictures on the front page for weeks humiliating them daily?

So is R96 suggesting that crimes that get lots of media coverage should get a lower sentence?

As ever, almost a hundred responses with almost as opinions. The only one that matters is that of the judge. The Federal prosecutors can ask for a day, week, month, year, or decade. Her lawyers have asked for no jail time. And the Feds are not happy the judge may have her own ideas:

"U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, who presides over the cases of Huffman and other parents," will "hold a hearing Tuesday on a legal dispute that could determine the severity of sentences.

[bold]The judge will consider whether to listen to probation officers, who identified no financial losses to any victim in the case, which could mean lighter sentences for many parents.[/bold] Prosecutors object to the potential lighter sentencing guidelines and do not want Talwani to confer with the probation department in the admissions case."

If Felicity goes to prison, then send the corrupt university officials to prison too.

[quote]So is [R96] suggesting that crimes that get lots of media coverage should get a lower sentence?

Honey, we're not talking Murder One, She has suffered more than the other 60 people involved. No one knows who the hell they are. This will follow her the rest of her life, and she plead.

Exactly, R99. It's the fault of the admissions officials, Chancellor or Provost. If they were doing the jobs they were hired to do, cheating your way in could never have happened.

Meanwhile the pillaging of the Trump crime family, and members of Congress and of the Supreme Court, and various CEO's continues unabated. Huffman could have done her bribing legally, the way Kushner's daddy bought his way in Harvard, and because of that, I think she was ripped off. She probably will be sentenced to her serve her modest sentence in a private for-profit prison--your tax dollars at work.

This is turning into a Desperate Housewives plot.

[quote] Paying $15k is bad enough, Loughlin spent like $50k+, right? And just so your half-wit child has a chance of getting into USC?

The allegations for the USC bribes were more like $500,000, not $50,000. (Loughlin & Giannulli.)

R104 Jesus fucking christ--these people have more money than they have sense. $500k just so your brainless Instagram model daughter can go to USC? There are far better schools if you're going to be dropping that kind of cash. The little brat was quoted saying she didn't really want to go to college anyway. Loughlin is an idiot, and made probably the worst decision of her life by not taking that plead deal. She will probably be going to prison,

*plea

Criminal Justice reform...FOR ALL!

[quote]Jesus fucking christ--these people have more money than they have sense. $500k just so your brainless Instagram model daughter can go to USC?

No $500k was for her TWO brainless Instagram model daughters could go to USC. A Bargain!

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So, R100 confirms the view that if a crime gets a lot of media, then the penalty should be smaller--as long as the crime is not murder.

Such nuanced distinctions!

Once again she suffered more than the other people indicted. Their photos and names were,'t on the front page for weeks. No one knows who they are. So in reality, she gets more punishment than the others. People get suspended sentences every day.

No r111. SHE didn't suffer, her EGO suffered!

If you think she didn't lose work you're crazy.

It's seriously stupid to put people like her in jail or prison. Fine her and use the money to do something constructive. She's hardly a danger to the general public. And yes, I've been in jail.

Absolutely right, R114. Jail/prison should be reserved for those who are a danger to human life. White collar crime is about money, and should be punished by losing money. These bloodthirsty assholes won't be satisfied until someone ends up committing suicide.

The ignorance is breathtaking.

It would be unfair for use media exposure as part of a sentence. I do not know how much Huffman has suffered and neither do you. If suffering is considered, than should not convicts with children, or convicts with limited financial resources be given lighter sentences because they suffer more than others? Can we not also claim that Huffman suffered less than many because she knows her family will not lose their home or starve without her income? Does suffering less mean she should get a longer sentence?

If we only put those who are a danger to human life in prison, that would set Madoff free along with most most people convicted of fraud and theft.

The classism is also appalling. Huffman may be embarrassed, she may be extremely affected by this experience emotionally. But to elevate that to some kind of suffering above that of others because she is in the public eye is ridiculous. Huffman chose a profession that makes her actions public, but if we cut sentencing on every actor and politician because their crimes get media coverage that would be unfair.

EVERY convict has trouble with employment--and most do not have Huffman's savings and investments. Her loss of employment is less of a hardship for her than for most convicts. So by the logic of some in this thread, should that not mean she should get more prison time than people who suffer more?

Or is it just some kinds of suffering that "counts?"

The judge surely wants to hear something from the husband, R80. It was his daughter, too, and I'm sure their lawyers wanted to make sure the judge knew the Feds busted into their home with guns drawn.

I know you would disagree, but that had to have done more harm to their daughter than this stupid bribery scheme did. The government very much overreacted over what, in the context of everything else going on in the world, is the epitome of a "first world problem."

[quopte]But to elevate that to some kind of suffering above that of others because she is in the public eye is ridiculous. Huffman chose a profession that makes her actions public, but if we cut sentencing on every actor and politician because their crimes get media coverage that would be unfair.

Shaddddup.

It was really disgusting how she tried to subtly throw Teri Hatcher under the bus. Why does Teri have to be shit on because of your screw ups?

She strikes me as a Leona Helmsley type. Thinks being rich gives her massive entitlement above everyone else.

Good actress. Fuck her; lock her up for a while. She knew exactly what she was doing, sans ethics...

That’s all.