Elsbeth’s Matthew Broderick refers to Felicity Huffman College Scandal
CBS ‘ Elsbeth used Matthew Broderick‘s character as a setup for a joke about it Felicity HuffmanInvolvement in the school recording scandal.
During the episode of Thursday 20 February, Broderick, 62, played an educational consultant called Lawrence, who promises an Ivy League-Tougomacht to well-paid customers with the help of an assistant played by the real son of the actor James Wilkie Broderick.
“Schools are going on. They try to be more meritocratic. Beyond the days are a simple donation of 10 million you guaranteed a place first year, “Lawrence told the parents about the future of their child in the opening scene. “In the current climate, Outpratch Educational Consulting is a real bargain. You don’t want to start too late and then in a panic senior year and ultimately share a prison with a desperate housewife. “
The shady line referred to the role of Huffman as Lynette up Desperate housewives, that was broadcast on ABC from 2004 to 2012. Huffman, 62, made the headlines when she was arrested in 2019 by FBI agents for her involvement in the infamous college Admissions -scandal, which was called Operation Varsity Blues.
Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman and various college coaches and civil servants were charged in the Rural Hogeschool Admission Scandal on 12 March 2019 – and the Fallout and prison sentences still reach the headlines. According to judicial documents, the entire alum and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, are said to agree ”to pay bribes in total $ 500,000 […]
The actress paid $ 15,000 to falsify the results of the Sat scores of her daughter Sophia and was one of the 50 people who were charged for the crimes. After her arrest, Huffman argued guilty of accusations of conspiracy to commit postfraud and honest services post fraud. She served 11 days in prison in October 2019, paid a fine of $ 30,000 and completed 250 hours of community service for her crimes.
Huffman’s husband, William H. MacyWith whom she shares daughters Sophia, now 24, and Georgia, now 22, was never accused of the case. She broke her silence in December 2023 when she thought about the ‘immortal shame’ she felt after her involvement in the scandal.
“It felt like I had to give my daughter a chance on a future,” Huffman told ABC-7 Eyewitness News about the drama. “And so it was a bit like the future of my daughter, which meant that I had to break the law.”
Huffman thought she was a ‘bad mother’ if she didn’t help her daughter, and added: ‘She went:’ Can we get ice afterwards? I’m afraid of the test. What can we do that is fun? “And I kept thinking,” Turn around, just turn around. ” And to my immortal shame, I didn’t do that. “
She continued: ‘I thought it was a hoax [when I was getting arrested]. I literally turned to one of the FBI people, in an anti -aircraft jacket and an gun, and I went, “Is this a joke?” “
Huffman recently thought about how her life has changed in the years since the drama. “It was difficult. A bit like your old life died and you died with it, “she explained The guardian In February 2024. “I am lucky to have a family and love and resources, so I had a place to land.”
Huffman gratefully expressed her family that she was standing with her.
“I walk into the room with it. I did it. It’s black and white, “she said. ‘[But] As long as my children are good and my husband is good, I feel that things are going well. “
Elsbeth Airs on CBS Thursday at 10 p.m. et. New episodes stream the next day on Paramount+.
