Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband agree to plead guilty in college admissions scandal

The actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, a fashion designer, have agreed to plead guilty to charges that they conspired to get their daughters admitted to the University of Southern California as crew recruits.

The New York Times reports that the agreement calls for Loughlin, 55, to serve two months in prison, pay a $150,000 fine and serve two years of supervised release with 100 hours of community service.

Giannulli, 56, is expected to serve five months in prison, pay a $250,000 fine and serve two years of supervised release with 250 hours of community service.

The plea agreement must be approved by a judge.

Prosecutors had alleged that Loughlin and Giannulli paid $500,000 to get their two daughters designated as recruits to Southern Cal's crew team as a way to ensure their admission to the school.

Loughlin is among more than 50 people charged in a scheme involving bribing coaches and cheating on college entrance exams,.

Best known for playing Aunt Becky on the sitcom “Full House,” Loughlin also has lost acting work because of the scandal. The Hallmark Channel, where she had roles on a show and a television movie series, said immediately after her arrest last year that it would no longer work with her. 

Loughlin and Giannulli were charged initially with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud; prosecutors later added counts of money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery.

The couple were accused of arranging with a college consultant, William Singer, to pay $500,000 to facilitate their daughters’ admission to Southern Cal as recruits to the crew team, despite the fact that they did not participate in crew.

Singer has pleaded guilty to racketeering and other charges and is cooperating with prosecutors.

Loughlin’s daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella Giannulli, were both enrolled at Southern Cal. when the charges were announced, but the university has since said that the two women were no longer enrolled.