Olivia Jade Giannuli complained that she was “publicly ashamed” of her parents’ role in the college admissions scandal and said people were “in a hurry to judge her.”
The 21-year-old took to TikTok on Friday, commenting while sharing a message from a “very inspirational woman” amid the consequences of her family’s involvement in the scandal.
Her parents, Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, were sentenced to two and five months in prison, respectively, for paying Rick Singer $ 500,000 to make Olivia Jade and her sister Isabella at USC as crew recruits. .
None of the teenagers took part in sports, but their applications showed photos of them posing on rowing cars.
In her video, Olivia Jade said, “I was talking about public shame and I was like, ‘Well, my situation doesn’t even compare, I won’t even start comparing it to yours.’
“And he looked at me and said, ‘Olivia, it doesn’t matter if I drown in 60 feet of water and you drown in 30, we’re both still drowning.’
The 21-year-old went to TikTok on Friday to share a message she received from a “very inspirational woman” in the middle of the university scandal.
She added: “I think about that quote every day, because I think it’s so true and it’s such a big message for our world right now. I think we’re all very quick to judge. I think we’re all very quick to let people down.
“I just want people to remember, if your feelings are painful, if they are valid for you, they are valid. It doesn’t matter if someone gets worse, ‘she said. You are allowed to have problems in this world. But that doesn’t take you away from anyone else, and that shouldn’t take you away from yourself. We are all human beings.
Just in December last year, Olivia Jade made her first public remarks about the “Red Table Talk” scandal, saying she did not want and did not deserve mercy.
She admitted that she did not think there was anything wrong with the bribe in college, but now she realizes that it is wrong and that her family has “confused”.
– We’re confused. I just want a second chance to be like, “I admit I’m confused.” And we haven’t been able to talk about it for so long because of the legalities behind it, ‘she said.
Olivia Jade said: “I think we are all very quick to judge. I think we’re all very quick to bring people down. “
Her parents Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli were sentenced to two and five months in prison, respectively, for paying Rick Singer $ 500,000 for their daughters Olivia Jade and Isabella to enter USC as crew recruits.
Loughlin and Giannuli were involved in the college admissions scandal after Rick Singer began cooperating with investigators in September 2018. He secretly recorded phone calls with former Full House star and her husband as a fashion designer to build the case. against them.
Finally, he pleaded guilty in 2019 to cars, money laundering and fraud. He faces up to 65 years in prison, but will not be officially convicted until all the other defendants have joined the scheme.
Prosecutors said the parents paid Singer more than $ 25 million to cheat on their children in the country’s most popular colleges between 2011 and 2018.
More than 50 people have been charged in the scandal in which parents paid bribes of up to $ 6 million to take their children to top universities such as Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and USC in what authorities described as “the most great college fraud ever pursued by the Department of Justice. ‘
Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman were among the best-known defendants in this case.
None of the teenagers took part in sports, but their applications showed photos of them posing on rowing cars.
Just in December last year, Olivia Jade made her first public remarks about the “Red Table Talk” scandal, saying she didn’t want to and didn’t feel sorry for him.
Huffman and her husband – shameless star William H. Macy, who was not charged – made a $ 15,000 charitable donation to participate in the cheating scheme at the college entrance exam on behalf of their eldest daughter.
Huffman had originally planned to do the same for her youngest daughter before retiring later, investigators said.
Loughlin and Giannulli initially pleaded not guilty, claiming that they believed they were making a legitimate contribution to USC by paying $ 500,000 to Singer.
Facing up to 40 years behind bars, they later reversed course and entered into a grievance agreement with prosecutors.
Loughlin and Giannulli initially pleaded not guilty, claiming that they believed they were making a legitimate contribution to USC with their $ 500,000 payment to Singer.
Loughlin was released from federal prison at CI Dublin, California, on Dec. 28, where she served the full two-month prison sentence, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The Full House star allegedly had a “tearful” reunion with her daughters Olivia Jade, 21, and Bella Rose, 22, when she finally returned to their mansion in Malibu.
However, Giannulli is serving a five-month sentence in a prison in Lompoc, near Santa Barbara, California, for his role in the college bribery scheme.
He is scheduled to be released on April 17. Prosecutors said Giannulli deserved a harsher sentence because he was “the most active participant in the scheme.”