$500 Billion Civil Lawsuit Emerges After College Scandal Rocks the Nation

The U.S. college admissions scandal revealed this week has left many people furious, and rightfully so. How many students were cheated out of an admission to an elite school because wealthy people thought it was okay to bribe their way in for their kids?

Private litigation has erupted and it is accusing the rich and well-connected parents in America of buying spots for their children to get into elite and prestigious school such as Yale, Stanford, USC, and UCLA.

The college admissions scandal in the U.S. is the biggest known scandal of its kind in history said federal prosecutors this week.

It was on Wednesday that a $500 billion civil lawsuit was filed by a parent in San Francisco accusing 45 defendants of defrauding and inflicting emotional distress on everyone whose “rights to a fair chance at entrance to college” were stolen through their alleged conspiracy.

Fifty people, including 33 parents and many athletic coaches have been charged in the scandal and among them are actress Felicity Huffman, actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli.

According to Jennifer Kay Toy, a former teacher in Oakland, California, her son Joshua was not admitted to some colleges, despite his 4.2 grade point average, because wealthy parents thought it was “ok to lie, cheat, steal and bribe their children’s way into a good college.”

Toy’s complaint was filed in California Superior Court.