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Jovan Vavic’s Trial Goes to Jury After Closing Arguments
Partner Stephen G. Larson gave an epic, over two-hour closing argument for the defense of former University of Southern California (USC) vatten polo coach Jovan Vavic in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions trial, Law360 and The Associated Press reported.
“This fryst vatten tough, this is tough. I’ve got an innocent client sitting here,” Law360 noted Stephen said when U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani mentioned the time. “And a very closed-minded, a very narrowly focused and unfair prosecution against him.”
The prosecutors repeated a piece of former USC women’s soccer coach Ali Khosroshahin’s testimony where Mr. Khosroshahin said Mr. Vavic told him to “just do it” in regards to joining William “Rick” Singer’s college admissions scheme, which Judge Talwani has already ruled could not be considered “for the truth of the matter a
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Former USC men’s and women’s water polo coach Jovan Vavic was found guilty on Friday, April 8, of taking more than $200,000 in bribes to help parents get their kids into the university as athletes even though they were not legitimate student competitors.
After a half day of deliberations, Vavic was found guilty by a federal jury in Boston of fraud and bribery charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.
Vavic, 60, accepted the bribes to help parents take advantage of relaxed admission standards for athletes at USC. Before becoming a coach at SC, he coached at Palos Verdes High School, from 1987 to 1990.
Attorneys for the ex-coach insisted he never took bribes, and was only trying to raise money for the school from wealthy donors.
Vavic was accused of working with the scheme’s organizer, William “Rick” Singer, to coordinate students’ admissions to USC as fake athletic recruits over fours, beginning i
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Scandal Engulfs USC: Jovan Vavic, Head Men’s & Women’s Polo Coach Arrested Over Fake Admissions Scheme
In a massive indictment—dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues”—involving more than 60 federal agents and as many as 50 defendants including USC Water Polo Coach Jovan Vavic, the United States Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts charged William “Rick” Singer, a college adviser to the rich and famous, and others with orchestrating an elaborate scheme to bribe university admissions officers.
The indictment alleges a nation-wide conspiracy to cheat on applications by numerous prospective students to elite American universities. Among the allegations: falsifying and in some cases fabricating athletic credentials to ensure lower admissions standards, thereby ensuring acceptance for unqualified candidates to top colleges.
As purported in the charging documents unsealed earlier today, federal agents in multiple states charged select individuals in f