loughlin and her husband, the couple vowing to continue to share defense attorneys despite a warning from the judge about possible conflicts of interest here s nbc s miguel almaguer reporter: actress lori loughlin and fashion designer husband mossimo giannulli back in a boston courthouse holding hands and presenting a united legal front. tonight the pair waiving potential conflicts of interest, sharing a legal team as they face charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering the problem arises when one defendant decides to point the finger at the other defendant. and say that he or she is primarily responsible. reporter: pleading not guilty in april, the celebrity couple who faces years behind bars is accused of paying half a million dollar in bribes to get their children into usc through a side door daughter olivia jade recently posting this photo with a pointed message for outlets covering the scandal with 51 defendants named, the only to be sentenc
the former stanford university sailing coach involved in the college admissions scandal will serve no prison time. john vandemoer was sentenced to a two year supervised release and a $10,000 fine. he is the first to be sentenced. i want to bring in joey jackson and paul callen. we ve been talking about this as the biggest college scam in history, you know, how many people were affected about i this and yet the first person sentenced gets no jail time. what does that tell you? i think a lot of people will be angry about it because in a white collar crime situation like this people want to see white collar crime be treated the same way as other crime is. i happen to think the judge got this case right. this is the sailing coach at stanford. he didn t personally benefit from the money. zero. zero.
reporter: tonight, no prison time for the former stanford university head sailing coach. instead, a judge sentencing john vandemoer to just one day, time served, and two years supervised release, as part of that college admissions scandal. this mistake impacted the people i love and admire most. reporter: vandemoer pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering. in one case, prosecutors say he created a fake sailing profile for chinese student yusi zhao after receiving a $500,000 bribe from the scheme s accused mastermind, rick singer. mid. september, i m going to stanford. reporter: her family allegedly paying $6.5 million to singer, but never charged, arguing they were tricked into believing the money was going to charity. zhao no longer attends stanford. what makes mr. vandemoer s case unique compared to other defendants? he didn t pocket any of the money. it went all to the university. reporter: stanford says it plans to donate that money. today s sentence a pote
college admissions scandal has just come down and it is a big break for this defendant. former stanford university sailing coach john vandemoer faced 13 months in prison for his role in taking bribes for bogus sailing recruits. brynn gingras is our cnn national correspondent with the judge s decision. what did he get? the judge s decision is no time behind bars. no time. no time. now, let s backtrack, right? he took a plea deal. he admitted to his part, one federal conspiracy charge, for trying to get two people into stanford through the sailing team. he s the head coach or was the head coach of the sailing team. it s important to note because this is what the judge was really considering right before she handed down the sentence that he never profited from this, he never took any money, spent it on himself. he put it back into the school, right? exactly. and also, the two students that he tried to pave the way for never actually went to stanford. so the judge considered that