Martha Stewart might understand what actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are going through during their recent legal troubles.
The former Food Network star was asked by Entertainment Tonight if she had any advice for the two actresses as they face upcoming legal battles.
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“I just feel sorry for them, and they might have made a bad mistake,” Stewart answered. The business mogul herself has been involved in her own legal problems in the past.
Stewart was convicted of felony charges of conspiracy, obstruction of an agency proceeding and making false statements to federal investigators in a highly publicized trial in 2004. (RELATED: Martha Stewart Becomes Adviser Of Marijuana Company Canopy Growth)
She served five months in federal prison and a two-year period of supervised release.
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Loughlin and Huffman were charged in the nation-wide college admissions scandal on March 14.
Loughlin has been accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to secure her daughters’ admission to the University of Southern California. She pleaded not guilty to her charges of wire fraud and money laundering. (RELATED: Lori Loughlin And Mossimo Giannulli Enter Not-Guilty Pleas In ‘Varsity Blues’ College Admissions Scandal)
Meanwhile, Huffman pleaded guilty to her charge of wire fraud. She was accused of paying $15,000 to have someone take her daughter’s SAT for her.
The two have yet to be sentenced, but Huffman reportedly faces a minimum of four months of prison.