Former Georgetown tennis coach pleads guilty in bribery case

Former Georgetown University head men’s and women’s tennis coach Gordon Ernst has pleaded guilty in connection with the college admissions scandal. Ernst pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery, three counts of federal programs bribery and one count of filing a false tax return, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts said in a Monday statement . Prosecutors first announced last month that Ernst had agreed to plead guilty in connection with the scandal, the sweeping investigation of which was known as "Operation Varsity Blues." The scandal saw wealthy parents spend millions to get their children into elite schools, including faking test scores and athletic achievements. ADVERTISEMENT According to an indictment filed last year , Ernst received more than $2 million from Rick Singer, the man at the center of the scandal, from 2012 to 2018 in exchange for designating numerous applicants as recruits for Georgetown's tennis team, including some who did not play tennis competitively. The U.S. attorney's office added in its statement that Ernst failed to report the bribes on his federal income taxes. Singer himself pleaded guilty to racketeering and money laundering charges in connection with the scandal in 2019 but has not… Read full this story

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