Mossimo Giannulli begs a judge to let him jump out of jail. According to the newly bound court documents, his eight weeks in solitary confinement is an “extreme” punishment for his role in the admission fraud at the university.
The husband of actress Lori Loughlin, ‘Full House’, on Thursday filed an emergency measure to get permission to serve the remainder of his five-month sentence at home.
According to Giannulli, 57, he has been locked up in solitary confinement since arriving at the federal detention center in Lompoc, California, on November 19 due to COVID restrictions.
“Mr Giannulli was immediately placed in solitary confinement in a small cell at the adjoining security prison 24 hours a day, with only three short 20-minute breaks a week, where he stayed for 56 days before finally going to the camp was transferred., ”his lawyers wrote in the federal court request.
They note that the fashion designer has tested negative for COVID-19 at least ten times, calling the conditions “much more extreme than the court recommended.”
“After each negative test, without further explanation, Mr Giannulli was returned to his cell, allegedly for another period of two weeks of stand-alone quarantine,” the documentation read.
Lawyers said Giannulli has a release plan that includes him having to serve the rest of his time under house arrest.
“He has a stable home environment – to which he will travel directly and immediately after release – with resources that will enable him to remain safely in quarantine and remain at home for the remainder of his sentence,” they wrote.
Nearly 60 inmates at Lompoc tested positive for coronavirus – which killed five inmates, the Santa Maria Times reported Wednesday.
Giannulli and Loughlin were one of dozens of wealthy parents entangled in the widespread university admissions scandal.
The California couple initially fought the charges and then admitted that they paid $ 50,000 in bribes to get their two daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose, to the University of Southern California. The girls were recruited as recruits – even though they were not athletes.
Loughlin was sentenced to two months behind bars and was released in late December.
Giannulli received a harsher sentence after the judge ruled he was playing a bigger role than his wife in the college scheme.
He was also ordered to pay a $ 250,000 fine and perform 250 hours of community service.