“Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded not guilty to a fresh set of charges in the massive college admissions scandal.
The couple — accused of paying $500,000 to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as fake athletic recruits — entered their pleas via court filings earlier this month and a federal judge signed off on them Tuesday, records show.
Their Wednesday arraignment on a superseding indictment charging them with conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery was therefore canceled.
Their daughters, Olivia Jade Giannulli, 20, and Isabella Rose Giannulli, 21, no longer attend USC.
Loughlin and Giannulli were among dozens of wealthy parents charged with paying bribes to a college fixer to get their kids into some of the top schools in the country.
The couple previously pleaded not guilty to fraud and money laundering.
Prosecutors tacked on the bribery charge for 11 parents who previously pleaded not guilty in the case. Another 19 parents have pleaded guilty or agreed to do so.
Among them is “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman, who copped to the charges in May and has already served her 14-day jail sentence.
She admitted to paying $15,000 to admitted mastermind William “Rick” Singer to inflate one of her daughter’s college admission test scores.
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