Aunt Becky’s Bribery Bust: A Poor Case for Prison Time
Mossimo Giannulli and Lori Loughlin messed up (“Bye, Becky! Lori sent to the pen,” Aug. 22).
Are they the only parents with the means, fame and influence to help their intellectually deficient children attain admission to our esteemed institutions of higher learning? I think not, but they will do time.
The judge urged them to make amends to the system they harmed. I wonder if there is a judge in New York, Portland, Chicago, etc. who will urge the rioters, looters and anarchists to do the same thing?
Jerry Chiappetta
Monticello
It is called “elitist entitlement.” Lori Loughlin and husband Giannulli, with an estimated wealth of $100 million, were convicted of illegally paying $500,000 in bribes to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California.
Loughlin will go to Victorville, a “soft prison,” for two months and Giannulli will go to a “lowsecurity prison” in Lompoc, Calif.
Judge Nathaniel Gorton lectured them on their crimes but barely slapped them on the wrist for what they did. Loughlin will pay a $150,000 fine, and Giannulli will pay $250,000. Manny Martin Manhattan
Loughlin gave money to get her daughters into a coveted school. At the same time, New York City is considering allowing kids into specialized schools who don’t have the grades necessary to get in otherwise.
There have been more than 1,000 shootings in New York City this year, and perps go free without bail to commit more crimes.
What Loughlin did is wrong, but to ostracize her and her family, considering what else is going on in this country, is beyond ridiculous.
No wonder the average American is losing all faith and hope in the nation’s leadership and its criminal “injustice“system. Joe Torrilllo
Manalapan, NJ
The judge in Loughlin’s case told her: “That’s not the way it works in this country.” He should have added: “for some people.”
Anyone living in Manhattan knows people can assault, loot and vandalize with abandon and essentially with help from Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo.
Homeless people can defecate on the street without fear of arrest. Drug addicts can inject or snort in front of schools and at parks in safety — ironic as none of the rest of us feels safe.
This college scandal seems really small in the grand scheme of things. Jack Toboroff
Manhattan