Lori Loughlin may end up spending less time in prison than expected – given her defense agreement was made amid a coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.
The lawyer pointed to an odd time arrangement, where Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli had agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in exchange for prison time, community service and paying a $ 400,000 fine.
“I do not believe that the agreement itself is a reflection of COVID-19. However, I think that COVID-19 could eventually cause them to spend a shorter time than the agreed sentence, ” Lawyer Lisa Houle told Yahoo! Entertainment on Thursday. “That doesn’t surprise me at all. We have seen other defendants released earlier amid a pandemic. “
Loughlin and Giannulli will be found guilty Friday morning via video conference for paying $ 500,000 in bribes to get their two daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose, to the University of Southern California as recruits for fake oars.
Loughlin has agreed to serve two months in prison, and her husband is five months in prison – although the terms of the agreement must still be signed by a judge.
Los Angeles-based lawyer Silva Megerditchian said prosecutors might want to finalize a deal with “Full House” stars and fashion designers “to avoid trial during this uncertain period.”
“They might have made an easier defense agreement today by knowing the trial process, and making the jury appear in court, might not be in vain in the long run,” he told Yahoo! “Prosecutors get what they want – federal prison time, probation and a fine fine. And honestly, the defense gets what they want – only a few months in federal prison. “
High profile defendants included Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen recently appeared earlier than prison due to fear of the corona virus. Manafort was sentenced to seven years for tax evasion and other charges, while Cohen was in three years for financial crime.
The two men will now serve the remainder of their sentence in confinement.
