Dozens facing charges in what prosecutors now call the largest college cheating scam ever prosecuted by the DOJ
Television stars including actresses Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin charged in admissions scandal; District Media Group president Beverly Hallberg reacts on ‘Fox & Friends First.’
Felicity Huffman has at least one staunch defender in her alleged role in a massive college admissions scam: David Mamet.
Federal agents arrested Huffman, 56, on Tuesday in a nationwide college admissions bribery bust.
Authorities claimed that Huffman and husband William H. Macy "made a purported charitable contribution of $15,000" to scam mastermind William Rick Singer "to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of her eldest daughter. Huffman later made arrangements to pursue the scheme a second time, for her younger daughter, before deciding not to do so."
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David Mamet with Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy attend the ceremony honoring both Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy with a Star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 7, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Michael Tran/FilmMagic)
She was released on a $250,000 bond.
Huffman and Macy's daughter reportedly had twice the normal amount of time to take the SAT, and her proctor was paid to correct her answers after she completed the test.
Mamet, a longtime friend of both Macy, 69, and Huffman, wrote an open letter in The Hollywood Reporter slamming the United States' elite colleges for their exclusivity, calling the schools a "corrupt joke."
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Felicity Huffman is seen inside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles, on March 12, 2019. - Two Hollywood actresses including Oscar-nominated "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman are among 50 people indicted in a nationwide university admissions scam, court records unsealed in Boston on March 12, 2019 showed. Huffman, 56, and Lori Loughlin, 54, who starred in "Full House," are charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. (Getty)
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“Harvard was once sued for restricting the admission of qualified Jews; a contest currently being waged by Asians,” he wrote.
“The unqualified may be accepted for many reasons, among them, as Legacies, and on account of large donations made by their parents," the 71-year-old acclaimed writer continued. "I do not see the difference between getting a kid into school by bribing the Building Committee, and by bribing someone else. But, apparently, the second is against the Law. So be it."
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Mamet, who is the father of "Girls" actress Zosia Mamet, also detailed his history with Huffman and Macy.
Zosia Mamet and father David Mamet attend "Really, Really" Opening Night Party at 39 Grove Street on February 19, 2013 in New York, United States. (Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic)
“We started two theatre companies together, one of which, THE ATLANTIC is still in operation in New York, after 35 years,” Mamet wrote of his friendship with the "Shameless" actor.
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“I’ve known Felicity Huffman for those 35 years, she was my student, my colleague, worked in many of my films, and created roles on stage in three of my plays. I’m crazy about them both ... That a parent’s zeal for her children’s future may have overcome her better judgment for a moment is not only unfortunate, it is, I know we parents would agree, a universal phenomenon."
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He concluded, “If ever there were a use for the Texas Verdict, this is it. For the uninitiated, the Texas Verdict is: ‘Not Guilty, but Don’t do it Again.’”
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