BREAKING: A former dean of the USC School of Social Work has pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge in a political corruption case involving suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas.
Prosecutors are expected to recommend that she serve roughly one year of imprisonment, served on home confinement, and pay a fine of at least $100,000. The federal bribery charges potentially carries of term of up to 10 years behind bars.
According to prosecutors, Ridley-Thomas -- now a Los Angeles City Council member -- in April 2018 allegedly arranged for Flynn to funnel $100,000 from his campaign account through the School of Social Work to a nonprofit operated by his son, Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, who had recently resigned from the state Assembly amid a sexual harassment probe.
After the money transfer was completed, Ridley-Thomas allegedly set up a meeting in May 2018 between Flynn and a high-level county official to discuss moving forward with the amendment Flynn was seeking on the Telehealth contract. Ridley-Thomas subsequently voted in favor of the amended contract, prosecutors said.
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