Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli split after 27 years of marriage.
According to Loughlin's CEO Elizabeth, Full House actor, 61, and fashion designer, 62, are “apart and taking a break from marriage.”
“There are no legal procedures at this time,” many confirmed.
Loughlin and Giannulli were married in 1997 and share their daughter Bella Rose Giannulli, 27, and 26-year-old Olivia Jade Giannulli.
The separation comes more than five years after the couple pleaded guilty and served prison time to pay $500,000 to pay $500,000 during the 2020 Varsity Blues College Admissions scandal.
In May 2020, Loughlin and Giannulli agreed to serve prison time as part of a plea deal in a university admissions bribery case. Giannulli agreed to serve five months under the deal, and Loughlin agreed to a two-month sentence.
Loughlin and Giannulli were scheduled to go to trial in October 2020 for alleging that they paid USD 500,000 bribes to bring their daughters to the University of Southern California (USC).
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They claimed they were innocent and said they believed their payment was a legitimate donation.
The judge refused a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over allegations of fraud by an FBI agent investigating the fraud.
Loughlin and Giannulli pleaded guilty to conspiracy to mail the fraud in a judicial agreement filed in federal court in Boston.
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Prosecutors agreed to dismiss the money laundering and federal program bribery charges added after the suit was filed.
“I made a terrible decision and went with a plan to give my daughter an unfair advantage to the university entrance process,” Laughlin said in the August 2020 ruling, clearing tears of reading the statement.
“I thought I was acting out of love for my children, but in reality I only undermined and reduced my daughter's abilities and achievements.”
“I take full responsibility for my actions,” Jeannuli said at the time. “I have learned lessons from this experience and are ready to embrace the outcome and move forward.”
Loughlin and Giannulli are among dozens of wealthy parents accused of university admissions consultant William “Rick” Singer of organising as a bribe coach or university insider, or taking part in a scheme where he deceives his entrance exams. The case was charged in federal court in Boston.
Others who pleaded guilty to the case include hopeless housewife actor Felicity Huffman. She served almost two weeks in prison in October 2019 after allowing her to pay $15,000 to revise her daughter's entrance exam response.
– Use files from Associated Press
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