With both her father, Mossimo Giannulli, and mother sentenced to a respective five and two months in prison for their role in the admissions scandal, people are wondering what’s next for Olivia Jade.
The Latest On Olivia Jade’s College Scandal
On Friday, both Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli received their sentences after pleading guilty to a single count of fraud for their roles in the college admissions scandal. Mossimo was sentenced to five months in prison after the prosecutor argued that he was the more active parent in the scheme.
Loughlin, who the prosecutor acknowledged was the less active of the two, nonetheless still received a two-month prison sentence, as it was determined that she was still complicit in the scheme to get her daughters, Isabella Rose, Bella, and Olivia Jade, into the University of Southern California.
It was initially unclear just how much of a role the daughters played in the scandal, but recently released legal documents show Olivia’s apparent knowledge of what her parents were up to.
A memo from the prosecutor on the case stated, via the LA Times, that Olivia had communicated with her parents about “how to avoid the possibility that a high school counselor would disrupt their scheme.” In response, according to the memo, Mossimo called the doubting counselor a “nosey [expletive].”
Upon being notified that Olivia had been flagged as an athletic recruit, the counselor informed USC that he “highly doubted she was involved in crew.” Soon afterwards, he was confronted by Mossimo.
After showing up unannounced at the school, Mossimo insisted his daughter was in fact a rower. The counselor wrote of the encounter, telling the prosecutor Mossimo had demanded to know “why I was trying to ruin or get in the way of their opportunities.”
The counselor later reversed course on his previously expressed doubts and confirmed to Mossimo via email the next day that he’d told USC that Olivia Jade was in fact a rower. This encounter is likely part of the reason Mossimo’s sentencing was harsher than Loughlin’s.
Mossimo had also been the one to take the staged photos of his daughters on a rowing machine, which was done in an effort to make their portrayal as rowers more realistic. It’s entirely possible that Olivia was completely unaware of the exact actions of her parents and the extent to which they tried to keep up the charade.