{"id":214881,"date":"2025-10-21T06:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T06:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/214881\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T06:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T06:52:23","slug":"john-stamos-defends-lori-loughlin-says-mossimo-masterminded-college-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/214881\/","title":{"rendered":"John Stamos Defends Lori Loughlin, Says Mossimo Masterminded College Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          John Stamos<br \/>\n                          Mossimo Plotted &#8216;Varsity Blues&#8217; Scandal &#8230;<br \/>\n                          Lori Paid Price for That A**hole!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published October 20, 2025 9:20 AM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                Updated October 20, 2025 3:19 PM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/53c164cef5e840a5823fdacc1e3f2393_md.jpg\" alt=\"102025_john_stamos_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    Good Guys Podcast Hosted by Josh Peck and Ben Soffer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/john-stamos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Stamos<\/a> is going to bat for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/lori-loughlin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lori Loughlin<\/a> &#8212; framing her as the true victim in the wild 2019 college admissions scandal, and dumping the whole mess on her estranged hubby, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/mossimo-giannulli\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mossimo Giannulli<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Full House&#8221; star lashed out on Josh Peck and Ben Soffer\u2019s &#8220;Good Guys&#8221; podcast, where talk quickly landed on Lori\u2019s recent split from Mossimo, and Stamos didn\u2019t miss a beat, saying his heart breaks for the actress now, just like it did years ago when she got dragged through the &#8220;Varsity Blues&#8221; fiasco &#8230; which John claims was all Mossimo\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251002_4a17950c952d451d8452c6a209f64355\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:da12d683-1746-455f-8c3f-ef840d87be1e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4a17950c952d451d8452c6a209f64355_md.jpg\" alt=\"Lori-Loughlin-Mossimo-Giannulli-getty-2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stamos branded Mossimo a narcissist, and claimed Lori was unfairly turned into the poster child for Hollywood elites &#8212; and rich parents, in general &#8212; who pay handsomely to get their kids into college.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/b89c627d52e944a89b5189ce2ad41faa_md.jpg\" alt=\"102025_live_lori_loughlin_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZ.com<\/p>\n<p>He even remembered Lori telling him she met a bunch of nice ladies in prison and joined a book club while she was there &#8212; saying it was a classic glass-half-full Lori, making the best out of her life behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251002_148c01255f38413cb92b7a38a8ec628f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:da12d683-1746-455f-8c3f-ef840d87be1e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/148c01255f38413cb92b7a38a8ec628f_md.jpg\" alt=\"Lori-Loughlin-Mossimo-Giannulli-getty-3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course &#8230; Lori didn\u2019t exactly walk away squeaky clean. She pled guilty alongside Mossimo in the scandal, with prosecutors saying they forked over $500k to admissions fixer Rick Singer to sneak daughter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/olivia-jade-giannulli\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Jade<\/a> into USC as a bogus crew team recruit. Lori did 2 months in the slammer &#8230; Mossimo served 5.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20220611_929e5e88e5054d8c9faedfad490e4d18\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:da12d683-1746-455f-8c3f-ef840d87be1e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/929e5e88e5054d8c9faedfad490e4d18_md.jpg\" alt=\"full house\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bottom line &#8230; Uncle Jesse\u2019s making it clear he thinks Lori got a raw deal, but the courts sure didn\u2019t see it that way.<\/p>\n<p>We reached out to Mossimo about John&#8217;s take on the scandal, and he had no comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Stamos Mossimo Plotted &#8216;Varsity Blues&#8217; Scandal &#8230; Lori Paid Price for That A**hole!!! 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