Name: Hollywood Stars Caught Bribing College Admissions | The Daily Show
Uploaded: 2019-03-16T01:10:02.000Z
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Dozens of rich parents, including Hollywood actors,

accused of straight up bribing their kids' way into college.

I mean, some of these parents allegedly paid

Now, the alleged mastermind of this entire scheme

parents paying  a college prep organization

to help their children cheat  on SAT or ACT exams

and others paying to  allegedly bribe college coaches

REPORTER 2: Singer went as far  as to Photoshop kids' pictures

REPORTER 3: In one instance,  a parent sending this photo

showing their daughter playing  water polo in high school.

But, in fact,  the photo was another student.

to just literally Photoshop their kids' faces

And I also can't believe nobody noticed this.

"He is, like-- Here he is during the state championship game.

when he won the gold medal at the track meet."

And then once the kids got into the school,

You know what I think? I think the perfect punishment

for these coaches would be forcing them to compete

with a team full of all the fake athletes that they recruited.

and then, on top of that, on top of that,

we say that they have to win the championship

It would be, like, a really uninspiring Disney movie.

"From the makers of The Mighty Ducks comes

I think it has potential, guys. I really think it does.

who might sympathize with these parents, you know?

They might be saying, like, every parent wants the best

Every parent does want the best for their kids.

I mean, except for prairie dogs, you know? Yeah.

No, because prairie dogs eat their young.

Yeah. This is real life. It's not like The Lion King--

in Pumbaa's intestines, all right? That's how it would be.

That warthog would have a lot of matatas, my friend.

before you feel sympathy for these parents

for just wanting the best for their kids,

remember that these kids already had so many advantages, right?

They could easily afford tutors and extracurriculars,

you shouldn't feel bad for these parents--

because it turns out, a lot of them are a bunch of dicks.

WOMAN: Marcie Palatella told  Confidential Witness One,

about how grateful they were  for CW One's services.

WOMAN 2: A wiretapped transcript  details

a father and Singer  creating a plan to trick USC

into thinking his son was  a football kicker.

admitting his son's high school  "doesn't have a football team."

MAN: The FBI says some parents  disguised their payments

to Singer as contributions  to a charity he ran

so they could deduct the  payments on their income taxes.

So not only were they laughing about scamming these schools.

It turns out they were also scamming the IRS.

'Cause I mean, they're already committing bribery.

And then on top of that, they claim it was to charity

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