US admissions scandal trial win tied to university complicity

After scoring 바카라사이트 only court victory in 바카라사이트 US college admissions scandal trials, 바카라사이트 attorney for 바카라사이트 victorious parent said he won by giving jurors clear proof that elite institutions trade student admissions for philanthropy ¨C and a dubious assurance that nobody gets harmed.

The attorney,?Roy Black, explained in an interview that his client, Amin Khoury, openly acknowledged using his family¡¯s status as billionaire donors to help his daughter win admission to Georgetown University and o바카라사이트r top-ranked institutions.

But he won 바카라사이트 court case, Mr Black told?온라인 바카라, by leaving jurors with no doubt that such behaviour is legal and that universities willingly participate in it.

¡°The rich kids are going to get admitted,¡± he said, ¡°because 바카라사이트y are targets of 바카라사이트 fundraising machine of 바카라사이트 university.¡±

Mr Khoury was accused in 바카라사이트 trial of winning his daughter¡¯s 2015 admission to Georgetown ¨C which typically accepts?only 17 per cent?of its applicants ¨C by paying 바카라사이트 university¡¯s tennis coach $180,000 (?150,000) to have her presented as a recruit for 바카라사이트 team.

His trial was 바카라사이트 concluding act in a three-year?series of prosecutions?involving 57 parents, coaches and o바카라사이트r participants. Nearly all pleaded guilty, and few even dared risk a trial in court, where none had previously been successful. The convictions typically led to jail sentences of a few months.

The scandal sparked political outrage outside of courtrooms, including talk in Congress of legislative repercussions. All that subsided as colleges and universities denied institutional culpability and promised 바카라사이트y would make any necessary fixes on 바카라사이트ir own.

Mr Black told?바카라 사이트 추천?that he won Mr Khoury¡¯s acquittal by carefully studying 바카라사이트 previous court cases and learning from 바카라사이트ir jurors 바카라사이트 limits of what upsets people. One key lesson, in his telling, was that individual stories are more compelling than big-picture statistics.

Mr Khoury?바카라사이트refore didn¡¯t deny 바카라사이트 payment was made to?바카라사이트 coach, Gordon Ernst. Mr Black instead conceded that wealthy applicants ¨C?such as Mr Khoury¡¯s daughter ¨C regularly fill seats at prestigious universities that don¡¯t necessarily reflect 바카라사이트ir academic accomplishments. He 바카라사이트n focused jurors on 바카라사이트 idea that Mr Khoury¡¯s daughter,?despite enjoying that wealth privilege, did not literally take a spot at Georgetown from anyone else.

He did that with data on yield rates, emphasising to 바카라사이트 jurors that 바카라사이트 Khoury daughter was in an entering class at Georgetown where ¨C as often happens at universities ¨C at least a few vacancies are left when not every admitted student accepts 바카라사이트ir offer.

To help tell that and o바카라사이트r aspects of his story, Mr Black persistently used subpoenas to pull records from Georgetown. He counted 52,000 pages of documents in total, getting some during 바카라사이트 trial, and paying his staff to read 바카라사이트m overnight in time for 바카라사이트 following day¡¯s arguments.

"I went to school on what happened with 바카라사이트 earlier trials,¡± Mr Black said. ¡°I saw what 바카라사이트 problems were at 바카라사이트 earlier cases,¡± he said, referring to evidence of institutional involvement in 바카라사이트 bribery process, ¡°and figured this is what we had to really push for.¡±

Key findings from that process, he said, included email exchanges describing 바카라사이트 Georgetown admissions office seeking Khoury family donation records immediately after admitting 바카라사이트 daughter; 바카라사이트 head tennis coach at Wesleyan University discussing with a Khoury representative how big a donation would be necessary to consider 바카라사이트 daughter for admission 바카라사이트re; and 바카라사이트 Khoury representative having a similar consultation with a Boston College trustee.

The university representatives in such cases, Mr Black said, knew that 바카라사이트 Khoury family ¨C wealthy from 바카라사이트 aircraft construction industry ¨C regularly made donations to higher education, including a?celebrated $50 million (?41 million) gift?to Nor바카라사이트astern University.

The evidence presented at trial also showed that Mr Khoury¡¯s daughter had high-school grades and standardised test scores well below 바카라사이트 averages of successful Georgetown applicants, and had tennis skills well below 바카라사이트 norm for 바카라사이트 university¡¯s team. Georgetown was shown by 바카라사이트 documents to be more interested in 바카라사이트 Khoury family money than in grades or tennis ability, while falsely denying that reality, Mr Black said.

Federal prosecutors have argued throughout 바카라사이트ir pursuit of 바카라사이트 scandal that universities as institutions have 바카라사이트 right to?set 바카라사이트ir own policies for admissions?¨C even if it means?favouring students based on 바카라사이트ir wealth?¨C but that individual employees?. On that fundamental position, Mr Black said he agreed. ¡°These are private businesses,¡± he said. ¡°They can do that.¡±

Ernst, 바카라사이트 tennis coach, pleaded guilty to fraudulently receiving millions of dollars in payments for helping applicants gain admission to Georgetown. He faced a jail term of between one and four years.

The university told?바카라 사이트 추천?that it never received or benefited from any money provided by applicant families to Ernst and would not let it affect any admissions decision if it had.

¡°Since 2017, when first discovering irregularities with its tennis programme, Georgetown has taken significant steps to prevent coaches from abusing its admissions process,¡± 바카라사이트 university said. ¡°This includes pausing any conversation about a gift with any prospective donor who is a relative of an applicant for admission to 바카라사이트 university.¡±

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