Lori Loughlin’s daughters leave USC in wake of college admissions scandal

Published October 22, 2019 4:20pm ET



Actress Lori Loughlin’s daughters are no longer attending the University of Southern California after their parents allegedly took part in a college admissions scheme.

The USC registrar told USA Today that Olivia Jade Giannulli, 20, and Isabella Rose Giannulli, 21, are not enrolled as students. The university did not give additional information, citing student privacy laws.

The university confirmed in March that the sisters were still enrolled.

“USC is conducting a case-by-case review for current students and graduates that may be connected to the scheme alleged by the government and will make informed decisions as those reviews are completed,” the school said at the time.

The Full House star and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, allegedly paid $500,000 to a fake nonprofit to have their daughters classified as crew recruits for the university. Neither had competitively rowed before.

Loughlin, 55, and Giannulli, 56, pleaded not guilty in April to the charges that are part of the largest college admissions scandal the Justice Department has ever prosecuted.

Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman, 56, was sentenced last month in the scheme and is serving 14 days in prison. She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud for paying $15,000 to have her daughter’s SAT exam answers changed.