“These are parents trying to help their kids. Yes, it is parenting on steroids.”
The money that authorities say eventually made its way to college coaches involved in the scam was funneled through, whose stated mission was to help “underprivileged students.” This allowed some of the parents to write off the bribes as donations on their taxes, authorities said.
Yeretsian said the couple’s lawyers could play on the fact that Singer masterminded the scheme, that they were introduced to him as a college consultant and that, as an expert, he was persuasive. He was the villain here, they could argue. The couple’s lawyers could paint Singer as the bad guy, luring the innocent, good-hearted parents into a world of bribes, Yeretsian said.Whether that strategy would work in court is an open question, depending in part on how the jury and judge see the evidence and the actions of the parents.
“No words can express how profoundly sorry we are for what we have done. Our duty as parents was to set a good example for our children, and instead we have harmed and embarrassed them by our misguided decisions,” they said in a joint statement released by Willingham. “We have worked cooperatively with the prosecutors and will continue to do so as we take full responsibility for our bad judgment.”
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