Hallmark cuts ties with Lori Loughlin in the midst of the university admissions scandal

Hallmark has officially cut ties with Lori Loughlin as a result of allegations that she participated in the infamous college scheme.

"We are saddened by the recent news surrounding the allegations of college admissions," said Crown Media Family Networks Thursday. "We are no longer working with Lori Loughlin and have stopped the development of all of the productions on Loran Loughlin's Crown Media Family Network, including: Mysteries of the garage sale, independent third-party production. "

Loughlin appeared in a number of productions for Hallmark, including the television series When is the heart calling, in which she has been the star since 2014. As for the future of When is the heart calling, Crown Media Family Networks tells E! News that the show will not air on Sunday, March 17th, adding: "We are evaluating all the creative options related to When is the heart calling series. "

This news from Hallmark comes two days after Loughlin, actress Felicity Huffman and more than 40 other people were charged under a so-called college entrance examination program.

Tuesday, March 12, E! News obtained court documents proving that Huffman and Loughlin had been charged with conspiracy to commit postal fraud and honest service fraud.

According to the FBI affidavit, the scheme was to admit students to elite colleges.

"From around 2011, and until now, defendants – mostly people whose high school kids were university candidates – have conspired with others to use pots-and-pans. wine and other forms of fraud to facilitate the admission of their children to colleges and universities in the District of Massachusetts and elsewhere, including Yale University, the University of Stanford, the University of Texas, the University of Southern California and the University of California at Los Angeles, among others, "says the affidavit.

The same day the news of the operation was announced, E! News confirmed that 13 defendants had been arrested in the Los Angeles area, including the accused Huffman.

Loughlin's husband Mossimo Giannulli was arrested Tuesday morning without incident.

On Wednesday, Loughlin went to the FBI and was arrested. She was then released on bail of one million dollars. The actress will be allowed to keep her passport to travel as part of an ongoing project in British Columbia. His next court appearance will be on March 29 in the Boston Federal Court.

It says in the FBI affidavit: "The Guannullis have agreed to pay $ 500,000 in bribes in exchange for the designation of their two daughters as recruits to the USC crew, even though they were not part of the crew, thus facilitating their admission to USC. "

Loughlin and Giannulli have two daughters, Isabella Rose, 20 years old and star of YouTube Olivia Jade, 19.