The Oscar-nominated actress admitted to paying $15,000 for a proctor to change her daughter’s SAT answers, NBC News reports.
Actress Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty to federal charges on Monday, admitting that she paid a fixer thousands of dollars to boost her daughter’s college admission hopes.
Prosecutors said Huffman, 56, shelled out $15,000 to have wrong answers corrected on daughter Sofia Grace Macy’s SAT, leading to a remarkably improved score from the teen’s PSAT performance, prosecutors said.
The “Desperate Housewives” and Oscar-nominated actress, who is married to fellow actor William H. Macy, agreed to plead guilty last month to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud, according to court records.
Prosecutors on Monday recommended the actress receive four months in prison.
Joining Huffman in pleading guilty in a federal courtroom in Boston on Monday was Los Angeles businessman Devin Sloane, who paid $250,000 for his son to be admitted as a phony water polo recruit at the University of Southern California.
