New evidence could exonerate Lori Loughlin in college scandal

from NBC News

Evidence produced by prosecutors in the college admissions cheating scheme exonerates "Full House" actor Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, the couple's attorneys said.

Notes from the alleged mastermind of the massive scheme, William "Rick" Singer, show that investigators sought to pressure him to lie, an attorney for the couple said in a court filing Wednesday.

"Singer's notes indicate that FBI agents yelled at him and instructed him to lie by saying that he told his clients who participated in the alleged 'side door' scheme that their payments were bribes, rather than legitimate donations that went to the schools," attorney Sean M. Berkowitz wrote.

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