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Two students filed lawsuits against the University of Southern California (USC), Yale University and other colleges where prosecutors said their parents had bribed their children be admitted.
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco and claims that students were denied a fair opportunity to be admitted.
Erica Olsen and Kalea Woods claimed that they had been denied a fair opportunity to apply to Yale and USC. The lawsuit also named the University of California at Los Angeles, Wake Forest University, the University of San Diego, the University of Texas at Austin, Georgetown University. and Stanford University.
The so-called scheme has given unskilled students access to highly selective universities, said the plaintiffs, both students at Stanford.
"Each of the universities has taken the student application fees without taking adequate measures to ensure that their admission process is fair and free from fraud, corruption, cheating and dishonesty," said the complainant.
Charges were announced earlier this week against 50 people, including coaches and dozens of parents, as part of a ploy in which prosecutors said wealthy parents were paying for standardized scores and sports coaches bribed to bring their children to elite universities.
The named colleges declared themselves to be victims of the scheme and took steps to distance themselves from the coaches accused of involvement.
"We understand that the government believes that the illegal activities were carried out by individuals who have done everything to hide their actions at the university," USC officials said in a statement earlier this week .
Yale officials said earlier this week that they were cooperating with the investigation.
"As stated in the indictment, the Justice Department believes that Yale was the victim of a crime committed by his former female football coach," Yale spokesman said. , Tom Conroy.
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