Marilyn Louise Flynn the former dean of USC's School of Social Work pleaded guilty to bribing now Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas back in 2018.
involving services provided by USC Telehealth — a clinic with USC students providing online mental health and counseling services to county-referred clients.Prosecutors said the social work school was facing a multimillion-dollar budget deficit at the time.
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.
Sebastian Ridley-Thomas later became a professor of social work and public policy at USC — despite lacking a graduate degree. He was later terminated over questions about his original appointment and concerns by the university over the $100,000 donation. The indictment of Mark Ridley-Thomas also alleged that he conspired with Flynn to obtain a full-tuition scholarship and graduate school admission for his son.
Flynn was dean of the School of Social Work at USC for 21 years until her departure in 2018. She had originally been facing the same slate of federal charges as Ridley-Thomas.
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