Prosecutor Says Lori Loughlin Will Likely Receive A 'Higher Sentence' Than Felicity Huffman In College Admissions Scandal Trial!

Lori Loughlin should be expecting a bit more than a 14-day prison sentence for her alleged role in the college admissions scandal.

Nearly a month after Felicity Huffman was sentenced to a mere two weeks behind bars for her participation in the scheme, the US Attorney behind the prosecution confirmed the Fuller House star will likely face a harsher sentence than the Desperate Housewives alum.

Andrew Lelling, the US Attorney for Massachusetts, recently spoke to WCVB Channel 5 Boston and opened up about the two actresses’ respective cases and trials.

While he admitted it’s still “tough to tell” what’s legally in store for Loughlin, he confirmed she likely wouldn’t be getting off easier than Huffman, noting:

“We will probably ask for a higher sentence for [Loughlin] than we did for Felicity Huffman. I can’t tell you what that would be… it’s tough to tell at this point.”

The US Attorney went on to explain how the differences in both cases would result in much different sentences. Huffman, for example, was apparently the “least culpable” of the bunch, according to Lelling, and handled her situation in “a very classy way.”

He gushed:

“It just happened to be that Ms. Huffman was probably the least culpable of the defendants who we’ve charged in that case. She took responsibility almost immediately, she was contrite, did not try to minimize her conduct. I think she handled it in a very classy way.”

Referencing prosecutors’ initial sentence recommendation for the Netflix star, he added:

“At the end of the day, we thought the one month was proportional. I think the two weeks was also reasonable. We were happy with that. I think it was a thoughtful sentence… I think it sent a clear message to the other parents involved that there really is a good chance if you’re convicted of the offense, you’re going to go to prison for some period of time.”

That “some period of time” promises to be much longer for Loughlin, whose case has been very different than Huffman’s from the start.

As we reported, the 55-year-old allegedly paid admissions consultant William “Rick” Singer $500,000 to have her daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose, designated as crew team recruits for USC, even though neither had ever played the sport.

Huffman, on the less culpable hand, only paid $15,000 to Singer to get someone to correct her daughter’s answers to the SAT test. William H. Macy’s wife was bound to face less jail time because the alleged payments were different; but her sentence was also more lenient because she memorably took a plea deal back in May, while Loughlin and hubby Mossimo Giannulli refused to plead guilty.

In addition to the 14 days in prison, Felicity was fined $30,000 and will have to do 250 hours of community service. Loughlin, meanwhile, is said to be thinking her only move is to go to court and prove she’s not guilty of what she’s charged with.

Only time will tell how much time she’ll have to serve!

Watch the US Attorney’s interview (below) to hear more on Operation Varsity Blues.