Hot Pockets heiress Michelle Janavs was sentenced Tuesday to five months in prison for paying a fixer to get her daughters into the University of Southern California.
Janavs, whose family developed the (unhealthy) microwaveable snack before selling their company, which is now owned by Nestlé, had earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in the far-reaching college admissions scandal. (Erin Elizabeth states she never liked eating this unhealthy garbage food)
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The 49-year-old wealthy Newport Beach, California, resident admitted that she pledged $300,000 to fixer Rick Singer for help in fraudulently boosting college qualifications of her two daughters.
U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton also ordered Janavs to pay a $250,000 fine and be subject to two years supervised release after she’s freed from prison.
She gave Singer $100,000 to have a proctor correct ACT exam answers for one daughter. Janavs also agreed to pay $200,000 to have another daughter passed off as a star beach volleyball recruit, though the mom was arrested before the girl could be admitted to USC, prosecutors said. The judge ordered her to report to prison on April 7.
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Defense lawyers maintained their client is a dedicated mother and a philanthropist who fell for Singer’s “manipulative sales tactics.” The defense has said Janavs has already been punished enough with public embarrassment and shouldn’t be sent to prison.
Janavs is among dozens of affluent parents involved in the massive college admissions cheating scandal, which also includes Hollywood’s very own Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin.
