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Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

Somertime — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 19:38:21 GMT

Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty, today. This is her statement:

I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what I have done, I accept full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences that stem from those actions," she said in a statement.

"I am ashamed of the pain I have caused my daughter, my family, my friends, my colleagues and the educational community. I want to apologize to them and, especially, I want to apologize to the students who work hard every day to get into college, and to their parents who make tremendous sacrifices to support their children and do so honestly.

"My daughter knew absolutely nothing about my actions, and in my misguided and profoundly wrong way, I have betrayed her. This transgression toward her and the public I will carry for the rest of my life. My desire to help my daughter is no excuse to break the law or engage in dishonesty," she said in the statement.

Simple, straight forward!

Re: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

blackhole99 — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 19:41:38 GMT

She really didn't have a choice, she got caught. Let's face it, if she wouldn't have gotten caught it no doubt never would have bothered her that she commited a crime.

Re: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

Equuleus — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 19:46:06 GMT

As far as I'm concerned it's hogwash. She's not sorry for doing it -- she's sorry she got caught.

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beckyb1012 — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 19:47:08 GMT

I just finished a minute ago reading the article on that and I so cringed on her behalf when she talked about betraying her daughter. I had not thought of that way at all during this whole mess. I cannot imagine living with that shame forever.

Re: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

happycat — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 19:49:59 GMT

@blackhole99 wrote:
She really didn't have a choice, she got caught. Let's face it, if she wouldn't have gotten caught it no doubt never would have bothered her that she commited a crime.

ITA.

Re: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

Susan Louise — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 19:53:21 GMT

@Equuleus wrote:
As far as I'm concerned it's hogwash. She's not sorry for doing it -- she's sorry she got caught.

Yep...it's like...sorry, not sorry. It's only to get a lighter fine/punishment.

Re: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

ValuSkr — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 19:57:02 GMT

I think Lori pleaded Not Guilty but her attorneys are probably trying to work a deal with prosecutors.

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GenXmuse — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 19:59:24 GMT

She’s handling it better than Lori. Still trying to get out of it. I think the public will remember.

Re: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

NicksmomESQ — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 19:59:35 GMT

They have her dead to rights.She really had no choice but to try to mitigate the damage.By speaking up she’s no doubt hoping that the prosecution & ultimately the judge will go easy on her.She’s also trying to shield her daughter from any possible backlash by saying that she knew nothing about the scam.

It’s a well orchestrated apology.

Re: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

ValuSkr — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:02:20 GMT

@NicksmomESQ wrote:
She’s also trying to shield her daughter from any possible backlash by saying that she knew nothing about the scam.

I thought the same thing. By "apologizing" to her daughter, she's telling the rest of us that her daughter wasn't complicit. Whether that's true, who knows.

Re: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

chrystaltree — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:05:54 GMT

She didn't have a choice, there's no question of her guilt. Her daughter is humiliated and furious with her. She's concerned about her career. She just wants this thing to go away so can move on with her life. Step one is pleading guilty and apologizing, which she has done. Step 2 is sentancing. It won't be jail time, it's not going to be jail time for any of them but it will be something.

Re: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

Mj12 — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:10:57 GMT

She is smart to plead early.

I think many will do jail time. They won't be doing hard labor, more like a Club Fed prison, probably a month or two, but I think they will do jail time.

Re: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

beckyb1012 — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:23:18 GMT

@chrystaltree wrote:
She didn't have a choice, there's no question of her guilt. Her daughter is humiliated and furious with her. She's concerned about her career. She just wants this thing to go away so can move on with her life. Step one is pleading guilty and apologizing, which she has done. Step 2 is sentancing. It won't be jail time, it's not going to be jail time for any of them but it will be something.

I agree @chrystaltree she wants it all behind her and it so much better to do this. I cannot imagine that any of the parents will get jail time especially if they go ahead and plead guilty. Huge fines and maybe community service. I am not so sure about the school officials since they did it with so many parents.

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Bri369 — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:24:20 GMT

I give her credit for pleading guilty.

Whether she's sorry she got caught or not is irrelevant. I'd rather see someone plead guilty and do their time than deny it and look foolish.

Re: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

lovesrecess — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:28:23 GMT

Lori and her husband have “not yet addressed the charges against them” according to the news article I read a few minutes ago...Huffman is stealing the headlines now with her guilty plea. Still wondering why her husband has not been charged as well...it seems he was in on it just like his wife...and even wrote the check!

Lori and her hubby are no doubt trying to work out a deal to shorten prison time...but every legal analyst so far has said they will no doubt spend time in federal prison. Surely they have enough money to bribe their way out of prison time too....Wow!

Re: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

chrystaltree — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:29:53 GMT

@beckyb1012 wrote:
@chrystaltree wrote:
She didn't have a choice, there's no question of her guilt. Her daughter is humiliated and furious with her. She's concerned about her career. She just wants this thing to go away so can move on with her life. Step one is pleading guilty and apologizing, which she has done. Step 2 is sentancing. It won't be jail time, it's not going to be jail time for any of them but it will be something.
I agree @chrystaltree she wants it all behind her and it so much better to do this. I cannot imagine that any of the parents will get jail time especially if they go ahead and plead guilty. Huge fines and maybe community service. I am not so sure about the school officials since they did it with so many parents.

Exactly! I think the parents did wrong but this is the way they live. They use vast fortumes to buy whatever they want and to them an education at top knotch college was just another thing that they could buy for their kids. Why should their kids compete, when they could buy their way in? But the real criminals, to me, are the coaches and the school administrators and that "consultant" and the people at the SAT who put in system that they knew could be abused. Those are the ones who deserve jail time.

Re: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

catter70 — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:47:15 GMT

Yes, these 2 and several others got caught, but I'm sure that there are plenty more that have done the same thing over the years that haven't been caught.I can't believe that something like this has just started recently.

Re: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

alarmclock — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:50:57 GMT

Her lawyer wrote that.

She only cares because she got busted.

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Big Joanie — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:51:21 GMT

My Granddaughter is working hard to get into college to become a nurse ..

That's who I'm proud of ......

Re: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty

sidsmom — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:52:44 GMT

@Bri369 wrote:
I give her credit for pleading guilty.

Whether she's sorry she got caught or not is irrelevant. I'd rather see someone plead guilty and do their time than deny it and look foolish.

ITA.

The emotional response from the Court of Public Opinion

doesn't mean a thing.

I credit her for taking a 1st step of a v.e.r.y long journey ahead of her.

I also credit her for being the ‘face’ of this plead today. No one will

remember the other 13 pleading guilty today...none except FH.