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BOSTON (AP) Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli was sentenced Friday to five months behind bars for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get his two daughters into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits. I deeply regret the harm that my actions have caused my daughters, my wife and others, Giannulli said in a short statement during the hearing, showing little emotion. I take full responsibility for my conduct. I am ready to accept the consequences and move forward with the lessons Ive learned from this experience. His wife, Full House star Lori Loughlin, is expected to be sentenced later Friday after pleading guilty under a deal with prosecutors that calls for her to serve two months in prison. In accepting Giannullis plea deal, U. S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton said the five-month prison sentence stipulated is sufficient but not greater than necessary punishment under the circumstances. You were not stealing bread to feed your family. You have no excuse for your crime and that makes it all the more blameworthy, the judge told Giannulli before officially sentencing him. Giannulli was ordered to surrender Nov. 19. Under the plea deal, Giannulli will also pay a $250,000 fine and perform 250 hours of community service. Loughlins calls for her to pay a $150,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service. Unlike most plea agreements, in which the judge remains free to decide the defendants sentence, Loughlins and Giannullis proposed prison terms were binding if accepted. The famous couples sentencing comes three months after they reversed course and admitted to participating in the college admissions cheating scheme that has laid bare the lengths to which some wealthy parents will go to get their kids into elite universities. They are among nearly 30 prominent parents to plead guilty in the case, which federal prosecutors dubbed Operation Varsity Blues. It
