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Officials said the actresses were involved in the biggest corruption case in admired universities in a country, prosecuted by the Justice Ministry.
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Lori Loughlin was ousted by Hallmark's parent company, Crown Media, after being charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud as part of a large college admissions program.

On Wednesday, Loughlin appeared in court and was released on bail of $ 1 million. She and her husband, designer Mossimo Giannulli, reportedly agreed to pay $ 500,000 to guarantee their two daughters – Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose – entry to the University of Southern California as members of the crew, although no athlete was.

On Thursday, the scandal had an impact on Loughlin's career. Crown Media had announced that it was breaking ties with the star of "Full House", which had long been an essential part of its networks.

The involvement of Lori Loughlin in the alleged corruption scandal of college admission begins to affect his career. (Photo: RICH FURY, Invision via AP)

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"We are saddened by the recent news regarding college admissions, 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. included Garage Sale Mysteries, an independent third-party production in the media, "said Crown Media Family Networks in a statement sent to the United States today.

Loughlin, 54, played Abigail Stanton in Hallmark's "When Calls the Heart" drama, which captured 2.5 million viewers in the premiere of season 6 of February, finishing second in "The Walking Dead "in the TV series Sunday night.

Despite the success of the series, Hallmark announced that they will not broadcast "When Calls the Heart" Sunday in the middle of the scandal, leaving the rest of the season in the air.

"We are evaluating all the creative options related to the" When Calls the Heart "series," said the network in the United States today in a statement.

The drama series runs in Canada, where a judge allowed Loughlin to travel to work until she had to surrender her passport in December, unless the court orders otherwise.

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More recently, Loughlin was producing the final chapter of Garage Sale Mysteries, a Hallmark Movies & Mysteries franchise, which the company also dropped on Thursday.

His other projects for Hallmark include "Every Christmas Has a Story" of 2016 and "Homegrown Christmas" of 2018, the most-watched cable TV show of the week.

Loughlin also participated in the restart of "Full House", "Fuller House", on Netflix, which has just been renewed for a fifth and final season. The streaming service declined to comment on Loughlin's status on the series, but noted that production for the last season had not started yet.

Earlier Thursday, Olivia Jade, Loughlin's daughter, had a similar blow when Sephora announced that she was no longer working with the social media influencer.

Olivia Jade has a long-standing partnership with Instagram, the leading cosmetics company, introducing Olivia Jade's $ 28 Sephora Bronze & Illuminate Palette with the Sephora collection in December. However, on Thursday, a retailer representative, Emily Shapiro, published a statement from TODAY in the US stating that his labor relations were over.

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"After a careful review of recent developments, we decided to immediately end the partnership between Sephora Collection and Olivia Jade," the statement said.

The "Desperate Housewives" actress, Felicity Huffman, was also indicted as part of the massive $ 25-million program in which wealthy parents allegedly bribed college coaches and insiders in college centers. 39 exam to help their children integrate some of the most prestigious schools in the country.

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