Lori Loughlin begins prison sentence after surrendering to authorities

Lori Loughlin begins prison sentence after surrendering to authorities

Lori Loughlin has surrendered to authorities and officially begun her prison sentence.

The Full House star will serve two months behind bars for her role in the college admissions scandal.

The actress, 56, reported to FCI Dublin in California today, nearly three weeks before her deadline on November 19.

She and her husband, Mossimo Giannuli, agreed in May to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud.

Fashion designer Mossimo, 57, also agreed to plead guilty to honest services wire and mail fraud.

The couple had been accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters into the University of Southern California (USC).

They were also accused of faking a photograph which made it look like the sisters were college-caliber rowers.

Lori has been ordered to pay a $150,000 fine and she’ll be on supervised release for two years when she leaves prison.

She also has to carry out 250 hours of community service.

Mossimo will be serving five months in prison and has to pay a $250,000 fine and serve 250 hours of community service.

The couple share daughters Isabella Rose Giannulli, 21, and 20-year-old Olivia Jade Giannulli.

Mossimo is serving a longer prison sentence and has a bigger fine because, according to prosecutors, he was a more active participant in the plan.

Both he and Lori strongly denied being part of the scheme for months, but opted to change their plea when they were offered deals.

Speaking in a virtual courtroom, Lori said: “Thank you for allowing me to express how sorry I am. I made an awful decision. I went along with a plan to give my daughters an unfair advantage… and in doing so I ignored intuition and allowed myself to be swayed from my moral compass.

“It only undermined and diminished my daughters’ abilities and accomplishments.

“I now understand my decision helped exacerbate existing inequalities generally that realisation weighs heavily on me.”

She added: “While I wish I could go back and do things differently, I can only take responsibility and move forward. I have great faith in God and believe in redemption and will do everything in my power to redeem myself.