Chrissy Teigenis poking fun at thecollege admissions cheating scamallegedly involving high-profile actressesLori LoughlinandFelicity Huffman.
On Wednesday, Teigen, 33,tweeted a photo, which showed her face and husbandJohn Legend‘s face photoshopped on professional soccer players.
“Does this look real? We are trying to get into Harvard,” Teigen wrote. The model also included a photoshopped photo of celebrity hairstylistJen Atkinand her husband Mike Rosenthal’s face on two other soccer players.
Teigen’s joke comes amid news that parents involved in the scam allegedlydoctored photosto make it seem like their children were athletes and wrote large checks in order to get their offspring into elite colleges and universities including Yale, Georgetown, the University of Southern California and Stanford.
According to the complaint, two of the accused, Devin Sloane and Elisabeth Kimmel, went as far as allegedly having sports pictures of their children photoshopped, creating phony athletic profiles, and paying more than $200,000 so their children could attend USC.
Sloane, who owns several businesses — including a Los Angeles-based drinking water and wastewater systems provider — allegedly worked with USC’s senior associate athletic director Donna Heinel to present his son as a recruit to the school’s men’s water polo team, thus facilitating his admission to USC, according to the affidavit.
However, Sloane’s son did not play water polo competitively. So, according to the documents, Sloane purchased water polo gear through Amazon and an email revealed that Sloane worked with a graphic designer to create photos of his son playing the sport.
“Any chance to put him in a setting that looks like an outdoor [polo] pool?” Sloane asked, according to the complaint. In another email, the designer sent a doctored photo of Sloane’s son with his right arm and torso above the water line. The designer asked if the photo was suitable.
When the photos were finished, the designer sent well wishes with a simple, “Hope this works.”
Sloane did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Lori Loughlin.Steve Granitz/WireImage
Federal court records unsealed Tuesday in Boston name 50 people, including Huffman and Loughlin, who have been indicted as part of the alleged nationwide scheme, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.
On Wednesday, Loughlin, 54, appeared before a judge — just hours after she was taken into custody.
TheFull Housestar made her first appearance in federal court in Los Angeles where a judge set her bond at $1 million, according to theAssociated Press. The actress faces a felony charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.
Loughlin is permitted to travel to British Columbia, where she has filming projects in Vancouver, but must surrender her passport in December, according to theOrange County Register.
Mossimo Giannulli and Lori Loughlin.Donato Sardella/Getty Images for LACMA
An attorney for Loughlin did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. A representative for Loughlin had no comment.
The mother of two and husband, Mossimo founder Mossimo Giannulliaallegedly gave $500,000to say her daughterOlivia Jadewas part of the rowing team when that was not true, the indictment states.
The couple’s 19-year-old daughter, who is a freshman, is not currently listed on the USCwomen’s rowing roster.
Giannulli appeared in federal court on Tuesday and was released after posting a $1 million bond.
She was also ordered to hand over her passport.
Macy was not charged in the scandal, theShamelessstar is instead identified only as “her spouse” in the document.
The actresses’ next preliminary hearings are scheduled for March 29 at a Boston court.
source: people.com
