Three months after admitting to participating in the college admissions cheating scandal, “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin has been sentenced to two months in federal prison, a $150,000 fine, and 100 hours of community service. Her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, has been sentenced to five months, a $250,000 fine, and 250 hours of community service. The couple has pleaded to serve at different times for the wellbeing of their daughters.

“I made an awful decision,” Ms. Loughlin said in an interview with the Associated Press (AP) News. “I went along with a plan to give my daughters an unfair advantage in the college admissions process and in doing so I ignored my intuition and allowed myself to be swayed from my moral compass.” 

Loughlin and Giannulli were accused of paying $500,000 to college counselor Rick Singer to get their two daughters Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose into the University of Southern California (USC). The couple initially funneled money through a fake charity to get their children into the USC rowing program, though neither of the daughters were rowers. Investigators found recorded phone calls and emails showing fake athletic profiles depicting them as star rowers. 

“I take full responsibility for my conduct,” Mr. Giannulli said in a short statement. “I am ready to accept the consequences and move forward, with the lessons I’ve learned from this experience.”

Lori Loughlin is an actress best known for her role as Aunt Becky in the popular sit-com “Fuller House” and Abigail Stanton on “When Calls the Heart.” Due to the scandal, both Netflix and Hallmark dropped her roles. 

“We wish it wasn’t that way, ” Andrea Barber, former co-star on “Fuller House” said during an appearance on US Weekly’s “Watch With Us” podcast. “And we wish she could be here because it definitely feels like there’s a hole in our hearts and a hole on our set.”

The University of Southern California has created a new policy stating that all head coaches must give a written letter proving that athletic students were admitted based on their athletic ability. The college department must then verify that the athlete joins the team after enrolling.

USC stated in October that the sisters were no longer enrolled, and also stated that they had completed individual reviews to 33 students who allegedly had a connection to the scandal. Of these students, 21 students were found to have violated the university policy, and received repercussions, ranging from suspension to expulsion.