A former athletics official at the USC has pleaded guilty to her role in the college admissions bribery scandal, legal filings show.
She was accused of taking bribes to designate students as recruited athletes, even though the students weren’t qualified.Scott Eisen / Getty Images fileBOSTON — A former athletics official at the University of Southern California pleaded guilty Friday to her role in theDonna Heinel, the school’s former senior associate athletic director, pleaded in U.S.
Prosecutors agreed to drop several other charges in exchange for her guilty plea, according to court documents.admitted ringleader, Rick Singer , “to designate students as recruited athletes,” even though the students weren’t qualified, the Globe reported. Heinel remains free on bond until sentencing in March. The count to which she pleaded guilty carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, but she would probably not face such a severe sentence as a first-time offender.More than 40 people have pleaded guilty in the scheme, which involved wealthy parents paying bribes to Singer to get their children into top colleges by falsely presenting them as athletic recruits.
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