Felicity Huffman says she ‘had to break law’ in college admissions scandal to ‘give my daughter a future’
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Oscar-nominated actress Felicity Huffman broke her silence about her involvement in the "Operation Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal.
In May 2019, Huffman pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. She confessed to paying an admissions consultant $15,000 to have a proctor correct her older daughter's answers on the SAT. Stephanie Giang-Paunon is an Entertainment Writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to stephanie.giang@fox.com and on Twitter: @SGiangPaunon.
The "Desperate Housewives" star recalled feeling anxious about her actions as she drove her daughter to take the SAT in December 2017."She was going, 'Can we get ice cream afterwards?'" Huffman remembered. "I'm scared about the test. What can we do that's fun? And I kept thinking, turn around, just turn around. And to my undying shame, I didn't."