Former Willkie Co-Chair Caplan Makes First Court Appearance (3)

The first guilty plea by a parent in the U.S. college admissions scandal is imminent, and two other parents said they were in talks with prosecutors.

A dozen others appeared in federal court in Boston on April 3, where the 100-seat courtroom was standing room only. Among the parents were actors Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin and attorney Gordon Caplan, the former co-chairman of Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

Moments earlier, Peter Jan Sartorio, a 53-year-old packaged-food entrepreneur from Menlo Park, Calif., filed notice of his intended guilty plea. Sartorio is accused of paying $15,000 to have a person pretending to ...