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She’s trying to make amends.
Lori Loughlin is covering the full tuition costs of two students nearly a year after serving prison time for her role in the infamous college admissions bribery scheme, Page Six can confirm.
The TV star, 57, is paying more than $500,000 for the unnamed college students’ four-year programs and any additional expenses. This was not part of her plea deal, according to Us Weekly, which was first to report the news.
No additional information about the students or why they were chosen has been released.
In May 2020, Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded guilty to paying $500,000 to get their two daughters, Isabella, now 23, and Olivia Jade, now 22, accepted into the University of Southern California as crew recruits — despite not being rowers.
The “Full House” alum — known best for her role as Aunt Becky in the hit ’80s and early ’90s sitcom — served two months in federal prison in Dublin, Calif., and was released in December. Giannulli, 58, completed his five-month prison sentence in Lompoc, Calif., in April.
The couple were also ordered to pay substantial fines as part of their sentences — $150,000 for Loughlin and $250,000 for Giannulli — and to complete 100 and 250 hours of community service, respectively.
Since getting out of prison, the actress has been able to make her way back onto the small screen. She is set to reprise her “When Calls the Heart” role in Season 2 of “When Hope Calls” beginning in December.
Loughlin’s younger daughter, Olivia Jade, has also reached a new level of fame by being cast on the current season of “Dancing With the Stars.”
Two weeks after Giannulli was picked up from prison by their daughters, the family stepped right back into the lap of luxury at The Madison Club, a luxury golf club and resort in La Quinta, Calif.
Soon after their first getaway, the couple petitioned a judge for permission to travel out of the country to Mexico together, which they were granted.
Loughlin and Giannulli jetted down to Cabo San Lucas in their vacation best, as Page Six exclusively reported at the time.
A source told Us Weekly on Wednesday that Loughlin is looking to “put the past behind her” but feels there is “this stigma attached to her by people who don’t want her to have any success.”
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