Which roster is that?
College Entrance Scam includes former Yale Women's Soccer Coach
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Which roster is that?
Sheriff Joe
DA
Dr. Dre Celebrates Daughter's Acceptance to USC 'All on Her Own,' Despite His $70M Donation
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BEN KEW 24 Mar 2019
Rap mogul Dr. Dre celebrated his daughter’s acceptance into the University of Southern California (USC) — appeared to mock those celebrities currently embroiled in a college admissions scandal — even though he previously donated $70 million to the university.
The 54-year-old Grammy-winner took to Instagram to share the news, declaring that his 18-year-old daughter Truly Young had got into the university “all on her own.”
“My daughter got accepted into USC all on her own,” Dre wrote on Instagram on Saturday that ha been deleted. “No jail time!!!”
There is no evidence that Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Romelle Young, has ever engaged in fraudulent practices to help his daughter’s application. However, he has previously donated $70 million to the university for the construction of a new arts, technology, and business academy, a move which is unlikely to have harmed her own chances of acceptance.
Earlier this month, authorities charged several celebrities, including Full House stars Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, of using fraudulent tactics to ensure their children were accepted into top universities such as Havard, Yale, and USC. Officials have described the scheme as the “largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice.”
Zerodenero
GOLD
Hint: The one who’s constituents are better known for leading countries, businesses and governments than producing soccer players.
SpeedK1llz
GOLD
If you’d read the article properly, you’d know that the Loring Family wasn’t part of the initial endowment.
From what I've read most of the parents were paying a couple hundred thousand at most (seems like most got help with SATs and paid less then $50k), with a large portion of that going out to pay bribes or in Singer's pocket. So what are folks saying with these endowment allegations; that instead of a dozen kids Singer had been getting closer to a 100 kids into elite colleges and somehow kept it quiet for years?
IDK... starting to sound like conspiracy theory to me.
SpeedK1llz
GOLD
Nobody knows at this point but it does seem odd that two of the schools and soccer coaches embroiled in this scandal received anonymous endowments given to support their respective positions. If it was from Singer’s charity, maybe it was his way of attempting to secure the coaches positions for as long as possible to keep the “side door” open? Man, I would love to see several years financial statements for that Charity...
Go to guidestar.org and create a free account (takes 5 minutes). You can access KWF IRS 990 reports for 2014, 2015, and 2016.
dk_b
GOLD
Isn't Singer himself on wiretap saying he's helped 761 parents (an oddly precise #) over "decades"? The guy was working his business for a long time so it is not a huge stretch that he may have helped 100 or even more and it was kept quiet until someone jammed up on something else could expose the scheme in exchange for leniency. (of note, some of this business appears to be legitimate)
The "brilliance" of his scheme is that, to the parents, it likely appeared "victimless" and w/o someone knowing his/she is a victim, there was no incentive to blow it open. Parents don't want to be exposed for paying for cheating on tests or clearly gaming the admissions system and he had no incentive to close the $$$ pipeline. That's a challenge with any type of financial wrongdoing but even fraudulent stock schemes are easier to spot as electronic monitoring can expose odd trading patters and/or illogical price swings (even if seemingly immaterial to lay people (of which I am one)).
There is a "conspiracy theory" angle to this - especially as we venture into thinking about these endowed coaching positions. But two things about conspiracy theories - some conspiracies do actually exist and when you act fraudulently (like Singer and the coaches), you expose yourself to much greater scrutiny. The donations absolutely should be investigated. I don't wish ill on anyone so I hope these are unrelated but there is enough of a stain from dealing with Singer that some dive needs to be undertaken.
End of the Line
SILVER ELITE
Are you serious? You want to know where the $5 million donation came from for Wallis Annenberg Stadium? You ok buddy?
UCLA is handling this perfectly. Unless you are personally affected, employment and student enrollment issues are none of anyone's f**king business, and it doesn't care one bit that its initial statement during a pending investigation did not answer questions to the satisfaction of a handful of crazy soccer conspiracy theorists. You should prepare yourself mentally for the possibility that UCLA never tells you anything about what Cromwell did or didn't know or do, since you're a nobody with no legitimate reason to know anything. UCLA probably also realizes that you and the other nuts will get distracted and lose interest once your next Us Magazine arrives in the mail anyway.
ouch and ouch EOTL - Are you ok buddy? I am usually one of your only supporters on this forum, my feelings are hurt and I think I am going to my safe space for a bit .... I agree, UCLA is handling it perfectly and yes, I also expect that this will all die down and people will lose interest and it is business as usual. I don't expect to have any other information coming out in regards to most of the schools. In terms of who's business this is, however, I don't agree. This is a public institution where the salaries and expenses are supported by taxpayers. It is the business of everyone that pays taxes in the state of California and public employees have an obligation to the public.
Sheriff Joe
DA
It is a UC school.
MAP is this you?
End of the Line
SILVER ELITE
I was previously outed as the homeless guy in WA who hangs out at the public library.
UCLA is a public institution. All taxpayers and citizens of California have a stake in their game.
Surfref
PREMIER
If this was USC I would agree with you, but UCLA is a public university that receives a good bit of money from the California tax payers. So, we do have a right to full and transparent disclosures.
Lambchop
GOLD
Each university involved should hire an outside counsel to review every single athlete and verify grades, transcripts and tests. Clear the air and be transparent, this would dispel any rumors of conspiracy or additional wrong doing. If everything is on the up and up the universities should welcome this.
dk_b
GOLD
I'd guess that they are doing EXACTLY what you have written except doing it in a transparent way - and certainly not until the outside investigation shows there are NO PROBLEMS. So I'd expect we will hear from some schools but not all.
In my experience it’s difficult to keep a secret that three people know. I just doubt if hundreds were in the know... it could possibly stay secret very long.
Moreover that this guy Singer set up a non-profit in his own name so parents could write off donations and having parents transfer Facebook shares directly to him (as #41’s parents are said to have done) makes me think Jonny Law already knows who and how much was paid to play... and have given the schools a list of names they want records on. If the Universities are bracing for hundreds of more names to go public, so far they don’t seem to be behaving like it.
Really the most interesting part to this whole story is UCLA because that girl was put on the roster and the coach of the team still has her job.
dk_b
GOLD
I hear you and don't disagree in most cases but this was SILENT until the guy being charged with SEC crimes flipped and blew the lid off the muther. And it led to dozens of indictments we know of, a number of unindicted co-conspirators (including a UCLA women's coach) and who knows how many who are not yet indicted. I am quite certain that there are people shaking, talking to lawyers and HOPING that nobody looks too closely (if I were they or advising them, I'd be talking to a lawyer; if I gave him a dollar, I'd be talking to a lawyer just so I know how to respond if/when the Feds coming calling - full disclosure, I am a lawyer and I'd STILL talk with a lawyer).
And I agree that the most interesting part is the UCLA - no surprise given this bulletin board.
gefelchnik
SILVER
This was in the latimes today...wonder where this leads:
Of the many outrageous allegations revealed by federal prosecutors in the college cheating scandal, one stands out.
Someone paid $6.5 million to get his or her children into elite schools. But the identity of that parent — and details about which schools were involved — remains a mystery nearly two weeks after authorities in Boston filed the charges against dozens of wealthy individuals.
The lack of information about the money is more notable given that the charges go into intense detail about the alleged actions of other parents, who are accused of bribing and cheating to get their kids into schools such as Yale, USC and UCLA.
Prosecutors have mentioned the $6.5 million in payments at a news conference and in court. But they are not included in the hundreds of pages detailing the charges.
“The name was not divulged,” Christina Sterling, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston, told The Times in an email. “We did not tie the amount to anyone by name. That is not public.”
She declined to say whether the person who paid the massive sum is among those already charged. But that is unlikely because the court records show none of the other parents allegedly paid anywhere close to that amount of money.
The payment is more sign that there is still much more to come in the case that has rocked American universities and placed a harsh spotlight on the college admissions process.