Dean Norris has some strong words for the parents involved inthe college admissions bribery scam.
TheBreaking Badactor shared a series of pointed tweets on Tuesday, asFederal court records unsealed in Boston named 50 people indicted as part of the alleged nationwide scheme— includingDesperate Housewivesstar Felicity Huffman,Fuller HouseactressLori Loughlin, and authorJane Buckingham.
For Norris, the idea alone that parents would pay money to assure their children got into top universities was “shameful.”
“I got into Harvard against long odds via hard work and perseverance. Neither of my parents went to college, we didn’t have money to even pay for SAT prep course let alone bribes,” he wrote. “Shameful. It’s hard enough for working class kids to succeed without the rich privileged taking opportunity away.”
“When I think of all the kids who studied hard, stayed up late, had part-time jobs to pay for their college application fees, and then were denied rightly deserved places in elite colleges because some rich f—wads cheated for their already privileged kids? I’m disgusted,” Norris, 55, continued.
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The college admissions scandal broke on Tuesday and continues to make headlines.
Some named in the court documents allegedly paid bribes of up to $6 million to get their children into elite colleges, including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown, the University of Southern California, UCLA, the University of San Diego, University of Texas and Wake Forest, according to federal prosecutors.
In addition to parents and exam administrators, athletic coaches are also implicated in the scheme.
It’s unclear if the children were aware of any of these alleged crimes.
Admissions to the schools mentioned in the complaint are extremely competitive: For first-time, full-time undergraduates, only 5 percent of applicants get into Stanford, 7 percent get into Yale, 17 percent get into Georgetown, 18 percent get into the University of Southern California and 29 percent get into Wake Forest, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin.Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage; Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage
Huffman, 56,allegedly gave $15,000to admissions consultant William Singer and his nonprofit organization, Key Worldwide Foundation “to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of her oldest daughter,” the indictment states.
Loughlin, 54, and her husband allegedly gave $500,000 to have her children designated as crew team recruits, when they had never rowed, the indictment states.
TheFull Housealum wasarrested Wednesdayand her bond was set at $1 million, according to theAssociated Press. She faces a felony charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. The actress is permitted to travel to British Columbia, where she has filming projects in Vancouver, but must surrender her passport in December,according to theO.C. Register.
Reps for both stars have not commented to PEOPLE.
source: people.com
