The Desperate Housewives star admitted to paying $15,000 (\u00a311,500) to have her daughter’s exam answers secretly corrected in 2017.<\/p>\n
She must also do 250 hours of community service and pay a $30,000 fine.<\/p>\n
Parents and athletic coaches were among the 50 people charged in the scheme, but none of the children were indicted.<\/p>\n
“There are no excuses or justifications for my actions. Period,” Huffman said in a statement after her sentencing. “I would like to apologise again to my daughter, my husband, my family and the educational community for my actions.<\/p>\n
“And I especially want to apologise to the students who work hard every day to get into college, and to their parents who make tremendous sacrifices supporting their children.”<\/p>\n
Judge Indira Talwani said she believes Huffman has accepted full responsibility for her actions, but “trying to be a good mother does not excuse” what she did.<\/p>\n
She must report to prison in six weeks. Prosecutors had asked for a month in prison and a $20,000 fine.<\/p>\n
The parents charged in the college scam investigation allegedly paid bribes, had exams altered, and even had their children edited into stock photos to fake sporting talents on applications.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say they managed to fraudulently secure spots for the teenagers at elite US universities including Yale, Georgetown and Stanford.<\/p>\n
Huffman pleaded guilty to mail and honest services fraud in May. She is the first parent sentenced in the scandal.<\/p>\n