John Wilson, 62, was convicted on a range of fraud and bribery charges after a jury trial last year. He was given the longest sentence in the case so far after prosecutors said he paid $1.2 million in bribes to cheat the college admission system.
The payments were made through admissions consultant William “Rick” Singer, the scheme's alleged mastermind, who Wilson first hired to help his son in 2013. Singer has pleaded guilty and is cooperating with the investigation. “Wilson was forced to convince the jury not only of his own good faith, but also that he was an outlier. That imposed an additional, if not insurmountable, burden,” his lawyers wrote.
His son practiced and trained with the USC team throughout his entire freshman year, according to the appeal, and left only because he suffered a serious concussion. Teammates said he was just “like the rest of us,” the brief said. In one call, Wilson asked Singer which sports “would be best” for his twin daughters. Singer responded that it “doesn't matter” and that he would “make them a sailor or something” because Wilson had a home on Cape Cod.
SADDENED! QUALTY EDUCATION NOW REDUCED TO SUCH A LOW LEVEL.
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