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https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/01/17/lori- loughlin-husband-mossimo-giannulli-tried-group-judge/4488428002/

BOSTON – Fifteen parents fighting charges in the national college
admissions scandal, including actress Lori Loughlin, will probably be
divided into smaller groups for separate trials this year.

Federal Magistrate Judge Page Kelley announced a proposal for "staggered"
group trials at a hearing Friday in federal court. She said it's the
preference of U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton, who will preside over
the parents' trials in the blockbuster "Varsity Blues" case.

“I think three groupings, depending on how many parents the government
thinks will make it that far, could be a good resolution," Kelley said.
The "sorting of defendants" would still be subject to change before trials begin, she said.

She compared the grouping arrangement to a federal MS-13 gang case in
2018, also tried in Boston, that featured multiple defendants facing racketeering charges.

Trial dates are not set for the parents, but Gorton made clear he wants
the case tried this year. It's unclear which defendants would be grouped together. Whether additional parents choose to plead guilty, rather than
face trial, could affect the number of groups.

Trial dates are not set for the parents, but Gorton made clear he wants
the case tried this year. It's unclear which defendants would be grouped together. Whether additional parents choose to plead guilty, rather than
face trial, could affect the number of groups.

They are two of 36 parents accused of paying Singer to have their children tagged as fake athletic recruits to get them into elite universities or to
have someone fix their college entrance exam scores. Nineteen parents
pleaded guilty in deals with prosecutors. That includes four parents in
October who caved to prosecutors rather than facing an additional bribery charge.

An additional parent, Xiaoning Sui, a Chinese national from Surrey,
British Columbia, Canada, is in custody in Spain and has not been
arraigned in the USA.

At Friday's hearing, Kelley approved dates for pretrial motion filings,
which will stretch through the spring, and set the next status conference hearing for May 5.

More:College admissions scandal: Fight for FBI notes a new battlefront for accused parents

For weeks, attorneys for accused parents and federal prosecutors have
fought over discovery evidence in pretrial filings.

Prosecutors said defense attorneys have not turned over evidence known as discovery. . Parents' attorneys said they're waiting for the government to
hand over all exculpatory evidence, pointing specifically to FBI
interviews that the government has not disclosed. Kelley did not take up
the matter, which won't be addressed until next month.

Attorneys for Loughlin and Giannulli did not speak at the hearing. None of
the defendants was present.

Defense attorney Martin Weinberg, who represents parents David Sidoo and
Robert Zangrillo, asked the judge to require that prosecutors provide an exhibit list of the discovery evidence turned over in the case.

Weinberg said the high volume of email, phone logs and other documents
turned over the case is "almost unquantifiable," making it "impossible" to thoroughly comb through.

“We simply need to know what the government is choosing (from this
discovery) so we can target our defense better," Weinberg said.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Rosen said the government would be willing to oblige the request but not within 90 to 120 days of the trial as proposed
by Weinberg. "We're open to a resolution," Rosen said.

More:Lori Loughlin, other parents withholding information in college
admissions scandal, feds say

Fifty-three people people overall — parents, college coaches and Singer associates — are charged in the admissions case. Thirty have either
pleaded guilty or agreed to plead guilty later while the remaining 23
prepare for trial.

A separate hearing took place Friday for former coaches and other Singer associates who have pleaded not guilty to charges.

Similar to the parents' lawyers, attorney Nina Marino, who is representing Donna Heinel, former senior associate athletic director at the University
of Southern California, said more time is needed to review the mountain of discovery evidence.

Marino said her staff had only reviewed 77,277 documents of the more than
1.5 million pages of emails, 500,000 other documents, 4,000 intercepted
calls and text messages and 2,000 legal documents.

“This case, your honor, is very, very much still in a discovery phase,"
she said.

Thirteen parents, including actress Felicity Huffman, as well as one coach
have been sentenced for their crimes. Only one parent avoided prison.
Huffman served 11 days of a two-week prison sentence in October after she completed her time early.

More:Lori Loughlin's husband joked about USC admissions process, emails released by feds shows



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