EntertainmentLori Loughlin Wants a New Plea Deal, Willing to Pay Substantial Fine

© Steven Senne/AP/Shutterstock Lori Loughlin arrives at federal court in Boston on April 3, 2019.

Lori Loughlin is doing what she can to avoid jail time.

When the Fuller House star, 55, was first charged for her alleged involvement in the nationwide college admissions scandal, sources told Us she maintained her innocence and refused a plea.

Now, the actress “has asked her lawyer to negotiate a plea deal that would involve no jail time, but home confinement with monitoring via ankle monitor,” an insider exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly. “She’s willing to pay a substantial fine, over $2 million.”

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Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, leaving federal court in August.Credit Katherine Taylor for The New York Times.

Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in the college admission cheating case yesterday with a new The couple is figuring out what they will do now, the source said. “They decided to roll the dice, and it may have been a bad gamble. Now they’re in worse

The the Hallmark Channel alum and husband Mossimo Giannulli were among the 51 people who were indicted in March for their alleged involvement in the bribery scam. The parents of Bella, 20, and Olivia Jade, 19, were accused of paying $500,000 to get their daughters accepted into the University of Southern California.

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Unfortunately for Loughlin, it’s too little, too late. At this point, says the insider, “any deal would involve significant jail time.”

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Lori Loughlin and husband will get minimum 2-year prison sentence if they cop a plea deal in college bribery case. Our sources say prosecutors have given all defendants an ultimatum reach a plea deal QUICKLY or else they will go to a Federal Grand Jury and add charges, including money

Lori Loughlin and her Mossimo Giannulli have agreed to a plea deal in connection with their involvement in the college admission scandal. They will enter their guilty pleas on conspiracy charges on Friday via video conference, according to the office.

Meanwhile, the fashion designer, 56, still wants to go to trial. “Moss doesn’t want any plea deal and is expecting to be fully exonerated,” adds the insider.

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