Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli are "not ready" to enter a plea in the college admissions scandal as they continue weighing their options while facing up to 40 years in prison each, according to a new report.
The couple is apparently upset that the media keeps hounding them, citing an incident where a TMZ cameraman took photos of Loughlin as she arrived at yoga class.
"They wish the media would just leave them alone. They feel like there is no story and don't understand why the press keep hounding them and following Lori to yoga," the source said.
William "Rick" Singer, head of The Key Worldwide nonprofit, pleaded guilty on March 12 to racketeering and conspiracy charges for accepting money from parents and funneling the money to testing administrators and university employees to boost test scores for students and get children into elite colleges.
Loughlin and Giannulli allegedly paid Singer $500,000 to get their daughters, YouTube star Olivia Jade, 19, and actress Isabella, 20, into the University of Southern California.
In exchange for the money, Singer funneled some of the payment to an associate who worked at the school and got the girls designated as recruits for the crew team, despite their lack of experience in the sport, smoothing their entrance into the college.
The second charge increases the possible prison time to 40 years if the defendants are convicted and adds more possible fines, up to $750,000 or even more.
For the initial charge of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud, defendants face up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is greater.
The second charge provides for a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $500,000 or twice the value of the property involved in the money laundering.