Student caught in bribery scandal sues school for not realizing he was a fraud
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https://nypost.com/2019/05/15/student-caught-in-bribery-scandal-sues-georgetown-for-not-realizing-he-was-a-fraud/
Adam Semprevivo says he wasn’t part of the shady deal, for which his dad has pleaded guilty and faces jail time, and put the blame squarely on college officials who failed to catch his bogus application.
“Despite the fact that these misrepresentations could have been easily verified and debunked before Georgetown formally admitted Semprevivo in April 2016, no one at Georgetown did so,” reads the lawsuit filed Wednesday in DC federal court.
The student also points out the records he provided to the school show his athletic experience was far from the tennis court.
“In fact, Semprevivo’s high-school transcripts, on their face, reflect that Semprevivo’s athletic endeavor of choice was basketball and that he received credit for his participation on the basketball team.”
The university promptly announced its intention to expel him hours after the suit was filed.
Ah chutzpah, the bestest of gambits.
That TV I shoplifted from Wal*mart broke so I went to return for as full refund and they tried to arrest me, what a bunch of assholes
If a student honestly didn't know their parents paid for their way, then yeah that honestly sucks for them; You can't blame the guy for trying to protect himself if that's truly the case. But Georgetown is such a notoriously difficult school to get in though, so if he didn't realize beforehand they he had no place there and him having such a powerful father didn't play into it, thens hes already a fucking moron.
He maintained a 3.18 GPA so he did have a place there. He knew his father played into it but there is a 50/50 chance he didn't know about the bribe.
If his grades are legitimate then he should be able to transfer the credits to another university. Doesn't matter if he was bribed in or not he earned the credits. So his lawsuit has merit.
This issue has cropped up a lot and if the child was not aware of the bribe the university needs to go after the parent. I would be pretty pissed if I spent years at a university earning my grades and then suddenly found out daddy bribed my way into the college so I'm getting expelled and can't keep any credits I earned.
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