*Those* infamous rowing photos of Olivia Jade and Bella Giannulli as part of the infamous college admissions scandal have finally been revealed in court and hoo boy, this is really something.
In case you missed it, YouTuber Olivia Jade and her family are in the middle of a nasty college admissions scandal after her parents Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli allegedly paid $500,000 to get their daughters into a prestigious US college.
Loughlin and Giannuli are being charged alongside 12 other people in the huge college admissions scandal known as Operation Varsity Blues.
New documents presented to the court include emails, phone transcripts and *those* photos are just part of the ever-growing pile of evidence against the couple’s involvement in the scandal, which was allegedly ran by William Singer.
All of the court documents are pretty wild, but the real kicker seems to be the photos of the Giannulli daughters Olivia Jade (20) and Bella (21) posing on rowing machines, a sport in which neither of them are involved with.
The pictures have been exclusively obtained by TMZ, you can view them here. Faces have been blurred out, but it’s definitely Olivia Jade and Bella.
In addition the photos, an email thread between the family and alleged ring leader William Singer has also been revealed to the court, in which he seems to have asked the girls to pose on an ERG machine.
“Lori and Moss, I met with USC today about [redacted]. I need a PDF of her transcript and test scores very soon while I create a coxswain portfolio for her. It would probably help to get a picture with her on an ERG in workout clothes like a real athlete too,” Singer emailed.
One month after Mossimo Giannulli responded with photos of both girls on a rowing machine, their eldest daughter Bella was accepted to USC as a member of the crew team.
Emails also show Giannulli organising to pay $50,000 to the school’s athletics program, however, the family asserts that this was merely a donation and not a bribe to get the daughters into the prestigious school.
According to CNN, Loughlin and Giannulli are currently facing three counts of conspiracy: “conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud; conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery; and conspiracy to commit money laundering.”
More to come.
