Page 29 - ARUBA TODAY

A29
PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 28 February 2020
Loughlin, Giannulli set for October trial in college scam

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER late Wednesday that pros-
Associated Press ecutors provided them with
BOSTON (AP) — TV actress notes from Singer's iPhone.
Lori Loughlin and her fash- Singer says in the notes
ion designer husband, Mos- that FBI agents yelled at
simo Giannulli, will go on him and told him to lie to
trial in October on charg- get parents to say things
es that they bribed their in recorded phone calls
daughters' way into the that could be used against
University of Southern Cali- them. The lawyers also say
fornia, a federal judge said Singer's notes indicate that
Thursday. FBI agents told him to lie
The judge set the trial date by saying he told parents
a day after defense at- who participated in the so-
torneys claimed that new called "side door" scheme
evidence would exoner- that the payments were
ate the couple of charges bribes, not legitimate do-
in the college admissions nations.
bribery scheme that has "Loud and abrasive call
embroiled prestigious uni- with agents. They continue
versities across the country. to ask me to tell a fib and
The famous couple will be not restate what I told my
tried starting Oct.5 in Bos- clients as to where the
ton federal court along- money was going — to
side six other prominent the program and not the
parents accused of rig- coach and that it was a
ging the college admis- In this April 3, 2019, file photo, actress Lori Loughlin, front, and her husband, clothing designer donation and they want it
sions process. Seven others Mossimo Giannulli, left, depart federal court in Boston. Associated Press to be a payment," Singer
still fighting the charges will wrote, according to the fil-
go to trial in January 2021, helped create fake athlet- and Giannulli's lawyers had were legitimate donations, ing. Singer's notes weren't
U.S. District Judge Nathan- ic profiles for the teens by urged the judge to delay not bribes. But the judge given to the defense un-
iel Gorton said. Loughlin, sending the consultant at the setting of the trial dates said the cases need to be til this week because the
who played Aunt Becky the center of the scheme, in light of new evidence resolved expeditiously and government believed they
on the sitcom "Full House," Rick Singer, photos of their they received from pros- instructed defense attor- were privileged and didn't
and Giannulli are accused teens posing on rowing ecutors this week. They say neys to file any motions to review them further after
of paying $500,000 to get machines. The money was this evidence bolsters the dismiss the case by March discovering them in Oc-
their daughters into USC as funneled through a sham couple's claim that they 13. Loughlin and Giannul- tober 2018, prosecutors
recruits to the rowing team, charity operated by Singer, believed their payments li's attorneys said in a filing say.q
though neither of them who has pleaded guilty to
was a rower. Authorities orchestrating the scheme, Kobe Bryant handprints, other
say Loughlin and Giannulli authorities say. Loughlin

Author Edwidge Danticat memorabilia up for auction

wins $20,000 Story Prize NEW YORK (AP) — Some
key Kobe Bryant memo-
rabilia, including two of
his Los Angeles Lakers uni-
NEW YORK (AP) — Edwidge is already canonical, write forms and cement hand-
Danticat had an eventful a story collection with the prints from his induction
Wednesday, praised for fierce desperation and into the Grauman’s Chi-
work both past and cur- love usually seen in first nese Theater hall of fame
rent. books," Story Prize judges gallery, are going up for
Hours after the American wrote in their citation. sale in April.
Academy of Arts and Let- "But Danticat is not one of Julien’s Auctions said
ters announced that she our regular writers, she is a Thursday that the items
was among this year's new harking angel. She comes would be up for sale on
members of the venerable to tell us that the world is April 30 as part of its an- In this Feb. 23, 2007, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe
honor society, Danticat new, again and again, and nual sports auction that in- Bryant, top, goes up for a shot between Boston Celtics' Paul
became the first two-time that stories will not lose their cludes a silver medal from Pierce, left, and Al Jefferson during the first half of an NBA
winner of the Story Prize, a urgency, their necessity." the 1984 Summer Olym- basketball game in Los Angeles.
$20,000 award for short fic- The other finalists Wednes- pics in Los Angeles and a Associated Press
tion. day night were Kali Fajar- 2002 FIFA World Cup gold clude this collection of the 2000 NBA Finals, with
She was presented the do-Anstine for "Sabrina & winner’s medal. his items and pay trib- his original number 8. The
Story Prize on Wednesday Corina" and Zadie Smith for Bryant’s items were al- ute to this giant who was uniform included a black
night for her collection "Grand Union." ready being planned an inspiration not only to armband which marked
"Everything Inside," set in Danticat is also known for for auction when he, his basketball fans but to the the memory of Wilt Cham-
part in Miami and her na- the memoir "Brother, I'm daughter Gianna and entire world,” said Darren berlain, who died that
tive Haiti. In 2005, she won Dying" and for the novel seven others were killed in Julien, Julien’s Auctions’ season.
the inaugural Story Prize for "Breath, Eyes, Memory," a helicopter crash on Jan. president and CEO. The other uniform was from
"The Dew Breaker." which Oprah Winfrey se- 26. The Lakers uniforms up for his 2007 season, when his
"It is something to see a lected for her book club in “We are honored to in- sale are one worn during number was 24.q
writer whose previous work 1998.q