BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday denied that law enforcement engaged in misconduct, fabricated evidence or tried to entrap "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin or other wealthy parents who are now awaiting trial in the U. S. college admissions scandal. FILE PHOTO: Actress Lori Loughlin, and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli leave the federal courthouse after a hearing on charges in a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme in Boston, Massachusetts, U. S., August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Josh Reynolds/File Photo Prosecutors in a filing sought to counter what a federal judge in Boston last week said were "serious and disturbing" allegations that investigators pushed their cooperating witness to lie and trick parents into making incriminating statements. That cooperator was William "Rick" Singer, a college admissions consultant who has admitted to orchestrating a vast scheme to use bribery and other forms of fraud to help wealthy parents secure the admission of their children to top schools.
Prosecutors said Janavs also agreed to pay $200, 000 to facilitate the admission of one of her daughters at the University of Southern California by bribing an athletics official at the school to designate her as a beach volleyball recruit. USC has since rescinded her daughter's admissions offer. Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by David Gregorio and Alistair Bell for-phone-only for-tablet-portrait-up for-tablet-landscape-up for-desktop-up for-wide-desktop-up