As the college admissions scandal continues to fixate the nation, more questions are being raised about the individuals involved in the scam in which wealthy parents in elite pockets of Los Angeles, Connecticut, and Silicon Valley paid bribes to have their children accepted at top universities.
In Hollywood, the focus is on the two most prominent faces in the scandal:Desperate HousewivesstarFelicity Huffman和Lori Loughlin, best known for her role as Aunt Becky on the ’80s sitcomFull House，以及该节目的Netflix重新启动，Fuller House。
The most burning question is: Will the actresses be able to work in this town again?
Loughlin’s work has already been interrupted by the scandal, in which she and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, are accused ofpaying $500,000to get their two daughters accepted to USC as crew team recruits, even though neither of them row. (Olivia Jade Giannulli, who has spent much of her time at USC cutting Instagram brand deals in her dorm, and who was on a USC official’s yacht when the scandal broke, has become one of stranger elements in the–already crazy–drama.)
Loughlin was forced to fly back to L.A. for her court hearing on Wednesday from the set of the Hallmark Channel series当叫心in Vancouver. Loughlin has played coal mine widow Abigail Stanton for six seasons on the hour-long, period drama set in the Canadian frontier.
Hallmark频道尚未对Loughlin在该系列中的未来说明任何明确的说法，但是该公司statedthat it is “aware” of her arrest and is “monitoring developments as they arise.” [Update: The Hallmark Channel announced that it hassevered tieswith Loughlin.]
Netflix has not made a statement aboutFuller House。该节目的上个赛季将于今年晚些时候播出，但尚未投入生产。
As for Huffman, an Oscar nominee who’s married toShamelessstar William H. Macy, she’s not currently filming any projects, but she does have a few that are in post-production, including the indie film塔米一直死亡; the TV miniseries当他们看到我们; and the romantic comedyOtherhood对于Netflix。安吉拉·巴塞特（Angela Bassett）和帕特里夏·阿奎特（Patricia Arquette）也在电影中。
Huffman is accused of paying $15,00o to have her daughter monitored by a proctor who helped her cheat on the SAT. As a result, her daughter’s test score jumped up 400 points from her PSAT score. Macy is not being charged, but Huffman has said that he consulted on the scheme.
Hollywood publicists had varying takes on Loughlin and Huffman’s professional futures, with some arguing that if they publicly apologize and make an effort to “be part of the solution,” asRoss Johnson这是一名危机通讯顾问，他们很可能能够将这一丑闻置于他们的身后。然而，其他人说，公众涂片实在太大了，无法从中恢复过来。
“I think it’s pretty hard to hire them,” says one publicist who did not wish to be named. Part of the problem, this person believes, is that their crimes shed a negative light on Hollywood at a time when West Coast liberals are working to undo the image espoused by President Trump and other Republicans that Hollywood elites are out of touch and entitled.
这个人说：“这些妇女只是向共和党人扔红肉。”自由主义者“涉及一百分点，加紧谈论妇女的问题，而（霍夫曼和拉夫林）只是陷入特权和不诚实。它使好莱坞的每个人都回头。人们在很高的水平上感到非常恐惧。”
但是约翰逊认为有救赎的途径。他说：“没有人真正相信因非暴力犯罪而无期徒刑。”“这是经典的白领犯罪。一旦他们谈判了辩护，他们就必须成为解决方案的一部分。他们需要出来说，‘我错了。没有借口。’有点精神错乱的借口：‘我的价值观太过了，以至于我做了一些疯狂的事情。在您以父母身份去过那里之前，您不知道压力是什么样的。特别是在洛杉矶环境中。'”
As for how the actresses could be part of the solution, Johnson says they could set up a scholarship for an underserved student and say, ‘Look, my kid took your spot. I want to give you the opportunity to go to school.'”