Prosecutors said Laughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, paid $500,000 in bribes to secure spots for their daughters at the University of Southern California as fake athletic recruits for the school's crew team, even though neither rode competitively.

Laughlin and generally, who at first were fighting the charges pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud generally was sentenced to five months.

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The celebrity parents were among 56 people charged in a scheme masterminded by consultant William Rick Singer, who has admitted to facilitating cheating on college entrance exams and using bribery to secure admission to elite schools.