Actress Felicity Huffman, famous for her role in "Desperate Housewives", will be sentenced to 14 days in prison on charges of fraud and corruption. The actress bribed SAT test organizers to get her daughter, Sophia Grace Macy, college admission ( read here) .
Huffman is the first parent to be convicted of such a scandal that rocked America's entire higher education system.
The judge who handled the case ruled today (Friday) that she will be held for 12 months and will serve 250 hours of community service and pay a $ 30,000 fine.
Before the final decision was made, prosecutors dismissed the actress' statements about parenting anxiety and their concern by saying, "Welcome to parenthood!" prison, having acted "out of the sense of law!"
"In the context of this case, neither the evidence nor the house closure (a luxury Hollywood Hills villa with pool and everything else) would constitute a just and meaningful sentence for Huffman. Nor would it prevent others from committing the same crime in the future. "- prosecutors continued.
Shortly before the final decision was made, in the letter to the Court the actress pleaded guilty, saying:
"I'm not writing this letter in any way to justify my actions, my guilt or to avoid the consequences. In my desperation to be a good mother, I thought that doing everything would do the girl good my. I broke the law, cheated on the education community, betrayed my daughter and failed in the family. I honestly don't care about my daughter going to a prestigious college, I just wanted to give her a hand in pursuing an acting program, it's also her talent. "
