Lori Loughlin granted swanky vacation; fellow college admissions scam parent pleads to skip prison

As one “Varsity Blues” parent is singing the blues pleading to stay out of prison, Lori Loughlin and her husband have booked a court-sanctioned vacation at a swanky Mexican resort destination.

Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, both done with their prison sentences, are heading out of the country for a week in mid-June to San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, according to court documents.

Boston federal Judge Denise Casper allowed the request for international travel, a court memorandum dated Thursday states. The probation officer adds Loughlin has done her time — two months in a California jail — paid her $150,000 fine and completed 250 hours of community service work.

Now she’s off to San Jose Del Cabo June 16-21 “to spend time with her family.”

The probation official adds Loughlin has been a model ex-con and has “presented respectfully and cooperatively in all interactions with her Probation Officer.” The same is said for Giannulli.

But fellow college admissions scam defendant Mark Hauser, who has already pleaded guilty and faces sentencing, said all the buzz around Loughlin’s sentencing last summer cost him to lose a $187 million business deal and more angst.

The company ready to buy his insurance company, Hauser’s lawyers state, “pulled out of the deal on account of the publicity generated by the case.”

The California insurance and private equity executive, 60, is asking the court in Boston for a “sentence of probation, coupled with a robust program of community service,” his sentencing appeal states.

The feds, however, are calling for a two-month prison term, a $40,000 fine, and one year of supervised release with 250 hours of community service.

Hauser is scheduled to be sentenced at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Boston court.

“The facts of Mr. Hauser’s offense are undisputed. Mark Hauser paid Rick Singer $40,000 to produce a desired standardized test score on behalf of Mr. Hauser’s youngest child,” Hauser’s lawyers write.

They add: “In a moment of weakness, and without thinking of the consequences, Mr. Hauser allowed Mr. Singer to put the plan in place.” He, the appeal includes, has “suffered — and will continue to suffer — significant and disproportionate collateral consequences.”

Hauser allegedly steered “Full House” star Loughlin and her fashion designer husband to “Varsity Blues” ringleader Singer. Hauser served atop the board at the high school Loughlin’s daughters attended.

The actress, through her lawyers, added Hauser recommended she use Singer’s services.

It’s all part of a case that keeps unraveling in the federal court next to the Barking Crab restaurant at the entryway to the Seaport.

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