Lori Loughlin, Now Appearing in Court

Loughlin and all those involved should get six months in jail. We need to show that rich people are not above the law.

When you live in Los Angeles and are familiar with the Westside and USC, you recognize a distinct brand of shallowness, several features of which are manifested by defendants in the bribery scandal.

Are the students who got into these colleges fraudulently going to be expelled? Even if they were not aware of the frauds? What about those who have already graduated? Do they get their degrees rescinded?

These folks were ripped off. The educational system provides 12 years of free prep work that is available to everyone. Just pay close attention in class, do your homework, study for tests and actually read an entire book once in awhile.

It's a sad state of affairs when talentless parents make some money, and use that money to foist their children on the rest of us. It's bad enough what Will Smith has been doing to us, but at least Will has talent.

They gave away all their integrity How sad that they thought so little of their children. The students who were in on the ruse should be prosecuted. The athletic directors who did not ask for rosters from the coaches should be terminated! Tell us ... how did the FBI find out about this story in the first place?

The arrest alone may do it, but definitely if convicted, I think Ms. Loughlin's Hallmark channel deals are over. She plays a main character who is a suuuuuuper moral Christian do-gooder on "When Calls the Heart." Not that actors have to be the same person as their characters, but really, you can't expect viewers to take the character seriously when she waxes about doing the right, moral, and virtuous thing when the person playing that character is a deeply corrupt fraudster. And they've already done the story where a corrupt fraudster learns their lesson so that's out. I predict an off-screen death.

Hallmark stories dropped LL on the lineup?

I think my local news agency put more time and effort into this story than the Trump Administrations sanctions and schemes with Russia.

I feel about those charged the same way I feel about Trump. The lawyer with a big firm, the CEO of a beverage company and all the others. They all felt entitled to do this. Hallmark dropped her. Her daughters wanna be a Jenner delusion is interrupted. The girl who boasted about breaking the law on test scores is another example. All the wealthy privileged and no matter what their public persona and politically correct actions, this is Trump behavior! They all got the tax cut btw. Did they use that to pay?

I'm a fan of both actresses in this case. That does not the diminish the seriousness of what they have allegedly done. However, unlike some of the comments being made here, I'm not out for their blood, don't wish them or their family members any ill will or cry out for lengthly prison time.

What political affiliations are these people? More of the 1%.

And she paid 1 million in bail money. Feels like a Trump! Oh yeah an I supposed to feel sorry for any of them? I think we will here about many on the upper west side having done this! I love the distraction from Trump, Manafort, Boeing and of course the world on its way to the end with climate change- lowest coverage.

This is a symptom of a deeply embedded American problem: On one side we don't profess to want the wealthy to run the country, at the same time we realize that someday we will be wealthy and then we want the power. The real power in human society is the ability to manipulate what and how others think. Most of the actors are popular because they play characters that "everyone" relates to, they are: "just like me" only they aren't. Most earn more in one shooting session than most people make in a month, they have privilege and they know it, they just act like they don't. The wealthy make the rules for everyone but themselves. Ordinary people take pride in working hard and playing by the rules, even if the rules say they will never achieve their dreams. Yes, Americans need educated people. But, the emphasis on a handful of Colleges says: "It isn't what you know, it's who you know." A hard working college student might learn a lot more in a small college than the student at Yale, but who gets the top level job? I've been a hiring manager who got into hot water for not hiring Ivy Grads in favor of really hard working people who did outstanding work in their colleges. Some of the Ivy got planted in other departments and my department out-performed them all. But, they did have better parties and a path to the executive suites. Yes the game is rigged, and it always has been. Time to ignore the problem and move on as far as the rich are concerned.

Why is it that only one parent is charged when both parents must have agreed to pay the money?

What chaps my hide is what these people are teaching their children - it is ok to cheat and deprive others of things because of money. Their kids are warped. SHAME!

Well, federal prosecutor Wyman readily saw through the attempted ruse at the courthouse of arrested parent Semprevivo, and his counsel, regarding his bail issue. It is telling that these privileged 1 percenters will unabashedly continue with their practiced scam-mentality even after being taken into custody. Did the defendant meet the conditions of his increased bail? Semprevivo and his ilk could accurately be referred to as Mini Manaforts. Welcome to America, circa 2019.

Half of the column spent to say what could have been said in one line: rich actress pays 1 million bail and is now free. Well, lucky her.

So far only pics of Lori Laughlin have looked like professional/publicity type. Waiting for the perp walk.

Finally, Loughlin will star in a show she and her husband have written, produced, and directed just for her: "Big House."

Why is it a challenge to get into USC? Here is a guide to California Universities. U.S.C. = University of Spoiled Children. U.C.L.A. = University of California for Lower Achievers U.C.S.C. = Uncle Charliey's Summer Camp

I'm concerned that Ms. Loughlin will become the poster child for this phenomenon, making it appear to be an issue only with attractive female parents. I haven't seen any pictures of male parents accompanying articles.