Sher Loughlin Research Paper

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Known for her role in award winning sitcom Full House, Lori Loughlin has been loved for being one of America’s favorite “aunts”. Loughlin is a 59 year old American actress who has been acting since the young age of 15. She began her career at age 11 through modeling for an agency in Manhattan. Only a couple years later she started her first role in the ABC soap opera The Edge of Night. Loughlin has acted in many hit shows such as Full House, Summerland and When Calls the Heart. After many years of pursuing her successful career, Loughlin had everything any actress could ever want: money and the hearts of many. This developed major hubris which would soon lead to a mistake millions would never forgive her for, only proving that Lori Loughlin …show more content…

In order to do this, they not only bribed USC’s admissions workers, but created lies to make their daughters appear more skilled and smart than they really were. Similarly to any other parent, they wanted their daughters to go to this high-profile school to enhance a good reputation under the family name and create a good future for their daughters. “Loughlin and her husband Giannulli were indicted by the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office for fraud and bribery offenses on March 12, 2019, in a nationwide college bribery scandal” (“Lori Loughlin” Wikipedia). Loughlin bribed several college professors with a total of $500,000 to gain her daughters’ admission. Knowing that they should have earned their way in themselves, Loughlin simply did not care. During this process, Loughlin made very dishonest decisions; it went as far as creating fake athletic profiles for her two daughters and forcing them to pretend that they could do certain things such as boat rowing to include in their college application. “In reality, neither of Loughlin's daughters were athletes or had any intention of participating in USC's athletics programs at all.” (“Lori Loughlin” Gale …show more content…

Simply participating in this scheme shows Loughlin’s hubris and belief that with her status and wealth she was automatically allowed to break the rules and manipulate a high profile university admissions process. Even after later being caught, Loughlin immediately denied and attempted to lie her way out of the situation. “The actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, a fashion designer, have pleaded not guilty to new bribery charges prosecutors have brought against them in the college admissions scandal.” (Taylor). At the beginning of the controversy, Loughlin did not show any acknowledgment of her involvement in the illegal scheme and attempted to show her innocence through all of the accusations. However, under all of her hubris, Loughlin did begin to fear what was going to happen in her near future. Luckily, with the help of her lawyers defending her, she continued to defend herself and not open up to anyone saying she helped her kids cheat their way into college. With all of the controversy and overwhelming amount of accusations and evidence, Loughlin continued to announce herself

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