{"id":4481,"date":"2021-03-18T21:54:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T21:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=4481"},"modified":"2021-03-18T21:54:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T21:54:09","slug":"varsity-blues-update-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/varsity-blues-update-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Varsity Blues update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t yet watched the new Netflix show on the Varsity Blues college admission scandal, you should. It&#8217;s excellent. Here&#8217;s a short update on the status of the defendants. Forty-two of them have pled guilty. Here&#8217;s the list. All are parents trying to boost their kids&#8217; chances unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n<p>Diane Blake<br \/>\nTodd Blake<br \/>\nElizabeth Henriquez<br \/>\nManuel Henriquez<br \/>\nDouglas Hodge<br \/>\nMichelle Janavs<br \/>\nLori Loughlin<br \/>\nMossimo Giannulli<br \/>\nFelicity Huffman<br \/>\nAugustin Huneeus, Jr.<br \/>\nDavina Isackson<br \/>\nBruce Isackson<br \/>\nPeter Sartorio<br \/>\nStephen Semprevivo<br \/>\nDevin Sloane<br \/>\nGordon Caplan<br \/>\nGregory Abbott<br \/>\nMarcia Abbott<br \/>\nJane Buckingham<br \/>\nRobert Flaxman<br \/>\nMarjorie Klapper<br \/>\nToby MacFarlane<br \/>\nJeffrey Bizzack<br \/>\nDavid Sidoo<br \/>\nXiaoning Sui<br \/>\nKaren Littlefair<br \/>\nPeter Dameris<br \/>\nRobert Repella<br \/>\nMark Hauser<br \/>\nRick Singer (ringleader)<br \/>\nJohn Vandemoer (Stan. Coach)<br \/>\nMichael Center (Texas Coach)<br \/>\nIgor Dvorskiy (test admin)<br \/>\nRudy Meredith (soccer coach)<br \/>\nMark Riddell (test tutor)<br \/>\nMartin Fox (middleman)<br \/>\nLaura Janke (soccer vcoach)<br \/>\nAli Khosroshahin (soccer coach)<br \/>\nSteven Masera (Accountant)<br \/>\nJorge Salcedo (soccer coach)<br \/>\nMikaela Sanford (Singer aide)<br \/>\nNiki Williams (exam admin)<\/p>\n<p>Most of the above have been sentenced, but for some, like Singer, the sentencing will wait until their cooperation is secured in any pending trials.<\/p>\n<p>15 others have been charged but not yet tried. They are:<\/p>\n<p>Joey Chen<br \/>\nAmy Colburn<br \/>\nGreg Colburn<br \/>\nWm. McGlashan<br \/>\nMarci Palatella<br \/>\nHoumayoun Zadeh<br \/>\nRobert Zangrillo<br \/>\nJohn Wilson<br \/>\nGamal Abdelaziz<br \/>\nElisabeth Kimmel<br \/>\nAmin Khoury<br \/>\nGordon Ernst (tennis coach)<br \/>\nWilliam Ferguson (volleyball coach)<br \/>\nDonna Heinel (athl. 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