Lori Loughlin’s Daughter Caught in College Bribery Scandal After Admitting ‘I Don’t Really Care About School’
Aunt Becky from Full House was one of 50 people, including award-winning actress Felicity Huffman, to be indicted in what the FBI is calling the largest college admissions cheating scandal in history. Per unsealed court documents provided by BuzzFeed News, Lori Loughlin and her clothing designer husband Mossimo Giannulli allegedly bribed University of Southern California rowing coaches with $500,000 so their daughters Isabella and Olivia could be considered crew team recruits in order to boost their chances of admission. Reportedly, neither daughter actually rowed competitively.
While it’s unclear if Olivia knew about the scandal, the freshman communications major has profited from being a social media influencer in college. Under the name Olivia Jade, she has nearly 2 million followers on YouTube and 1.3 million on Instagram. A September Instagram photo shows Olivia sitting on her bed in her newly decorated dorm room. The post served as sponsored content for Amazon Prime, which provided the furniture. “Officially a college student! It’s been a few weeks since I moved into my dorm and I absolutely love it,” she wrote in a caption. “I got everything I needed from Amazon with @primestudent and had it all shipped to me in just two-days. #ad #primestudent #allonamazon.” Olivia even went on to promote the brand in an interview with Teen Vogue.
The influencer, who also partnered with Sephora on a makeup palette last year, has been frank about how college isn’t her priority. “I don’t know how much of school I’m going to attend,” Olivia said in an August 2018 YouTube video. “But I do want the experience of game days, partying. I don’t really care about school, as you guys all know.”