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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 2 deceMber 2019

Loughlin's daughter returns to her popular YouTube channel

By ANDREW DALTON legally prohibited from talk-
AP Entertainment Writer ing about the scandal, and
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Social it seemed pointless to ap-
media star Olivia Jade Gi- pear and ignore it.
annulli on Sunday posted "If I can't talk about it, is
her first YouTube video there a point in coming
since the arrest of her par- back and not being able
ents, actress Lori Lough- to saying anything?" Jade
lin and fashion designer says. It's not clear what
Mossimo Giannulli, made legal restrictions would
her one of the most visible keep her from speaking or
figures in the college ad- whether attorneys have
missions scandal that en- simply advised her not to
snared dozens of wealthy do so. Jade said the pull
parents and their children. of social media was too
"Welcome back to my You- strong to stay away.
Tube channel, obviously "I actually really, really miss
I've been gone for a really it," she says. "I feel like a
long time," Jade says in the huge part of me is not the
two-minute video, titled "hi same because this is some-
again," posted to her ac- thing that I'm really passion-
count that has nearly 2 mil- In this Feb. 28, 2019 file photo, actress Lori Loughlin poses with her daughter Olivia Jade Giannulli, ate about and something
lion subscribers. left, at the 2019 "An Unforgettable Evening" in Beverly Hills, Calif. I really like to do. ... I'm re-
She says she debated for Associated Press ally excited to start filming
months whether to return again and start uploading
to her channel, which fo- the right direction." though neither participat- to reach plea agreements again."
cused on fashion, beauty Loughlin and Giannulli ed in the sport. with prosecutors as many Jade went silent on so-
and video-diary entries are accused of paying Charged in federal court other parents, including cial media after her par-
about her life. $500,000 to have their two in Massachusetts with con- actress Felicity Huffman, al- ents' March arrest and lost
"I'm terrified to make this daughters labeled as re- spiracy to commit fraud, ready have done. advertising deals that in-
video and come back," cruits to the USC crew team bribery and money laun- In her new video, Jade says cluded cosmetics retailer
Jade says, "but I want to so they could gain admis- dering, they have pleaded she stayed away from so- Sephora and hair products
start taking smaller steps in sion to the school, even not guilty and have refused cial media because she is company TRESemme.q