reporter: the former yale women s soccer coach turned federal informant emerging as a key figure who led investigators to the accused mastermind of that massive college admission scandal. court documents allege rick singer paid meredith $400,000 in bribe money to recruit a student who he falsely described as the co-captain of a prominent club soccer team in southern california, despite knowing that the applicant did not play competitive soccer. just this week, yale announced it s rescinding that student s admission. prosecutors say the scheme unraveled a year ago, when meredith solicited a $450,000 bribe from a father to get his daughter into yale. that meeting captured on video by the fbi acting on a tip. tomorrow we re expecting 13 parents from all over the country to come here to boston to face charges. and next week, another group of parents, including felicity huffman and lori loughlin. as for meredith, he is facing the possibility of years in prison. cecilia?
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because they fear being sued if a teacher ends up hurting a student. they say there s a system put in place where they can t break up fights. but that should be high school. you have little kids. reporter: an autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow, and the medical examiner will issue a report in the coming days that might explain how the girl died. the other student has been suspended from school. cecilia? okay, thank you. next, a guilty plea in that nationwide college admissions scandal. the former women s soccer coach at yale, rudy meredith, seen leaving a boston court today after admitting to taking bribes. meredith was targeted in that fbi sting, and he then led prosecutors to the alleged mastermind. abc s whit johnson has more from boston. do you have a message for your former players? reporter: chaos outside the boston federal courthouse. hall of fame coach rudy meredith silent amid a crush of media after pleading guilty to two counts of wire fraud. can you believe it?
scores or hired proctors to sit with students while they took the tests. here is a prosecutor. watch. there can be no separate college admission system for the wealthy and i will add that there will not be a separate criminal justice system either. trace: along with prominent law and business professionals actresses lori loughlin and if h felicity. they paid $500,000 to have two daughters recruit to the university of southern california s crew team even though the girls had never rowed and actress felicity huffman allegedly paid 15,000 to do so boost her daughter s sat score and, indeed, it went up 400 points. a judge has now released hoffman on $250,000 bond. her husband, the actor william h. maisie has not been charged many of the suspects are now cooperating including the former yale women s soccer coach who was paid $400,000 for recruiting
but court records show the girl s high school counselor knew they were not on the crew team and started asking questions about falsifying applications. still, 19-year-old olivia got in the usc and talked about cleenge college on her popular youtube channel. watch. i don t know how much of school i m going to attend i will go in and talk to my deans and everyone and hope i can try to balance it all. but i do want the experience of like game days, partying, i don t really care about school as you guys all know. [laughter] trace: yeah, she later apologized about that. actress felicity huffman paid $15,000 to boost her daughter s sat score and sure enough it went up an astounding 400 points. the her husband the actor has not been charged. many suspects have agreed to cooperate including the former yale women s soccer coach who was paid $400,000 for recruit ago girl who never played competitive