Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli are ready to move on with their lives.
As we previously reported, Loughlin confessed to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, while her husband pleaded guilty to one count of honest services wire and mail fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud following months of maintaining their innocence.
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Ultimately, it seems they came to a realization that pleading guilty was the best course of action, despite desperately wanting the case dropped in late February. A source spilled to People:
“Lori and Mossimo deeply regret what they did. This experience has taken a huge emotional and physical toll on both of them.”
The plea deal includes Loughlin serving two months in prison, followed by 100 hours of community service and two years of supervised release, plus a $150,000 fine, and Giannulli spending five months in prison, 250 hours of community service, two years supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
A legal source spoke of his slightly “harsher” (if you can even call it that) sentence:
“Mossimo took the more active role of the two, and the money technically came from him. He dealt with Rick Singer more frequently and was the one who originally connected with him. Lori was a bit more passive, but she was aware of everything that Mossimo was doing.”
No matter the outcome of their August 21 sentencing, they’re ready to put this in the past and keep it there, said the second insider:
“There’s light at the end of the tunnel. They want to serve their sentences, pay their dues and put this behind them.”
As for those sentences, the couple is reportedly hoping to serve them consecutively instead of concurrently, so one parent is always available to Olivia Jade and Bella Rose. One Us Weekly confidant added:
“Lori and Moss don’t want to serve their prison sentences at the same time. Among the reasons, even though their daughters are adults, Lori wants one parent to be free to provide emotional support to the girls. Lori’s concern all along has been Isabella and Olivia Jade.”
Understandable they want it to play out that way, but maybe they shouldn’t press their luck with the judge?? While their plea agreement has been presented already, the pair has yet to be formally sentenced. Loughlin is also “preparing to be interviewed by the Bureau of Prisons for the pre-sentencing report which will be given to the judge to be used as guidance for formal sentencing,” shared the source.
A second insider hammered in the point that the entire Giannulli family is just ready to move on:
“They’re all longing for the day when they can move on. And put this nightmare officially behind them.”
It’s not as if things will go back to “normal” once their sentences are served, but we’re definitely intrigued to see how things will play out moving forward.
[Image via Dimitri Halkidis/WENN.]
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