Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin sued for $500bn in college admissions scam
Jennifer Kay cited the ‘despicable actions’ of the alleged conspirators as the reason her son was not accepted to some of the universities he had applied to
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Your support makes all the difference.A mother in the US has filed a $500bn (£375bn) lawsuit against the individuals charged in the university admissions scandals, claiming that her son was unfairly denied placement.
Fifty individuals were arrested in the US in connection to a large-scale university admissions scheme to get students accepted into elite universities by helping them cheat on college entrance exams, including high-profile celebrities Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin.
In addition to Loughlin and Huffman, two SAT/ACT administrators, one exam proctor, nine coaches at top universities, one college administrator and 33 parents have been charged.
A separate class action lawsuit has been filed by current students against the universities named by US officials. These included Georgetown University, Stanford University, University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of San Diego, University of Southern California (USC), University of Texas, Wake Forest University and Yale.
The students allege that a “warped and rigged” admission system cost them money.
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