Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli separate after 27 years of marriage

The 'Full House' actor and the fashion designer are 'taking a break from their marriage,' just over 5 years after the college admissions scandal.

Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli have separated after 27 years of marriage.

The Full House actor, 61, and the fashion designer, 62, “are living apart and taking a break from their marriage,” according to Loughlin’s representative Elizabeth Much.

“There are no legal proceedings at this time,” Much confirmed to People.

Loughlin and Giannulli married in 1997 and share daughters Bella Rose Giannulli, 27, and Olivia Jade Giannulli, 26.

The separation comes more than five years after the couple pleaded guilty and served jail time for paying half a million dollars to get both of their children into university during the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal in 2020.

In May 2020, Loughlin and Giannulli agreed to serve prison time as part of a plea deal in the college admissions bribery case. Giannulli agreed to serve five months under the deal and Loughlin agreed to a two-month sentence.

Loughlin and Giannulli were scheduled to go to trial in October 2020 on charges alleging they paid US$500,000 in bribes to get their daughters into the University of Southern California (USC) as crew team recruits, even though neither of them participated in the sport.

They insisted they were innocent and said they believed their payments were legitimate donations.