Bloomberg Law
March 14, 2019, 12:55 PM UTCUpdated: March 14, 2019, 8:55 PM UTC

Stanford Student Dropped From College Bribery Case (5)

Steven M. Sellers
Steven M. Sellers
Legal Editor
Sam Skolnik
Sam Skolnik
Reporter

A Stanford University student who was named as a lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against a number of universities involved in the admissions-bribery scandal has been dropped from the case.

The original March 13 complaint was the first to be filed over a college cheating scandal in which parents, coaches, and college administrators at highly-selective universities allegedly conspired to gain admission of students through the payment of bribes and other inducements.

Lawyers for the students amended the complaint March 14 to add students who were denied admission to the highly-selective schools and instead attended less selective universities.

The students say ...

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