Actress Lori Loughlin—best known as "Aunt Becky" from Full House—and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, became central figures in the "Operation Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal. They paid to have their two daughters fraudulently admitted to the University of Southern California as rowing recruits, despite neither participating in the sport. Initially pleading not guilty, the couple later accepted plea deals in 2020