August 10, 2021
Former Georgetown University tennis coach Gordon Ernst, who prosecutors say accepted $2.7 million in bribes to get undeserving students admitted to the elite school, is nearing a plea deal with the government, his attorney said during a hearing Tuesday in a Massachusetts federal court.
March 19, 2021
The former men's soccer coach at UCLA was sentenced Friday to eight months in prison after prosecutors described him as a "perpetual cheat" who took $200,000 in bribes to have undeserving students admitted as athletes to the school.
March 12, 2021
The former head men's soccer coach at UCLA told a judge Friday he should serve no more than three months in prison for his role in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case, in part because he's scored a new job with a company working to combat viruses like COVID-19.
March 01, 2021
A former Texas tennis academy director who admitted to being a middleman in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scheme lost a bid to cut his prison term short amid the pandemic, with a federal judge noting he failed to take advantage of an earlier opportunity to delay reporting until after the COVID-19 outbreak waned.
February 22, 2021
A former Texas tennis academy director missed out on his chance to delay his "Varsity Blues" prison term due to his poor health and the COVID-19 pandemic, prosecutors said Monday as they pushed back on the latest early release bid in the college admissions case.
February 18, 2021
Citing poor health and a "Catch-22"-like quarantine measure imposed in his Texas prison, a former tennis academy director asked Thursday to be released early from his three-month term in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal.
January 25, 2021
A group of parents scheduled to head to trial in April over their alleged role in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal asked a Massachusetts federal judge Monday to delay their trial once again, citing increasing COVID-19 cases and the spread of more contagious coronavirus variants.
January 14, 2021
The former head coach of the UCLA men's soccer team pled guilty Thursday for a second time in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case, facing a judge again after her November ruling and a U.S. Supreme Court decision upended his first guilty plea.
January 06, 2021
The University of Southern California's former water polo coach asked a federal judge on Tuesday to clear a slate of new charges against him in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case, citing flaws in prosecutors' latest indictment alleging a quid pro quo for slots at the elite school.
January 03, 2021
After a year in which the coronavirus pandemic swiped numerous important trials off the table, 2021 is widely hoped to bring broad vaccine availability and a return to the courtroom for many who have been awaiting their days in court.