Lori Loughlin fired from Hallmark Channel amid bribery scandal

Lori Loughlin.
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Lori Loughlin, one of the Hallmark Channel's biggest stars, has been fired by the network, after being accused of paying $500,000 in bribes so her daughters could get into the University of Southern California.

"We are saddened by the recent news surrounding college admissions allegations," Crown Media, the Hallmark Channel's parent company, said Thursday. "We are no longer working with Lori Loughlin and have stopped development of all productions that air on the Crown Media Family Network channels involving Lori Loughlin including Garage Sale Mysteries, an independent third-party production."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.