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Felicity Huffman Speaks Out on College Admissions Scandal

The actress served a prison sentence and completed community service, while her daughter retook the SAT and was accepted into a university program. Huffman is now involved with a nonprofit and set to return to TV.

  • Felicity Huffman has publicly addressed her involvement in the 2019 college admissions scandal, stating she felt it was her 'only option to give my daughter a future'.
  • Huffman served 11 days of a 14-day prison sentence in October 2019, was fined $30,000, and completed 250 hours of community service.
  • The actress worked with college counselor Rick Singer, who was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison and ordered to forfeit $10 million for orchestrating the scheme.
  • Huffman's daughter, Sophia, later retook the SAT and was accepted into Carnegie Mellon University's theatre program.
  • Huffman is now involved with the nonprofit A New Way of Life, which aids formerly incarcerated women, and is set to return to TV in ABC's The Good Lawyer in March 2024.
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