Ex-Georgetown tennis coach pleads guilty in college admissions case.
Gordon Ernst, former head coach of the men's and women's tennis teams at Georgetown University, leaves following his arraignment at Boston Federal Court, in Boston, on March 25, 2019.A former Georgetown University tennis coach on Monday pleaded guilty to taking bribes as part of a massive college admissions cheating scheme, federal prosecutors said.
The scheme, masterminded by William"Rick" Singer and taken down in an investigation known as"Operation Varsity Blues,"wealthy parents paying for their children to be admitted to top colleges with faked test scores or falsely as athletic recruits. Gordon Ernst, 54, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery; federal programs bribery; and filing a false tax return, prosecutors said.
A plea agreement calls for at least one year in prison, although any sentence will ultimately be up to a judge. Ernst took bribes to help get students admitted to Georgetown as student-athletes, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts
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