Amin Khoury isn't accused of working with the mastermind in the scheme that landed TV actresses, prominent businessmen and other wealthy parents behind bars.
Khoury's lawyers didn't respond to emails seeking comment ahead of trial. But they have said in court documents that Khoury's daughter was properly admitted to Georgetown and that the school regularly treated children whose parents could donate huge sums of money favorably in the admissions process. “Even if the defendant could somehow paint Georgetown as corrupt, that does not make it more or less likely that the defendant agreed to join in a conspiracy or bribed a Georgetown employee to get his daughter listed as a fake tennis recruit,” they wrote in a recent court filing.
The middleman is expected to testify that the deal came together when Khoury, Ernst and the middleman were in Rhode Island for a reunion at Brown University, where they all played on the tennis team, according to court documents. The middleman was given immunity in exchange for his testimony before the grand jury and at trial.
After Ernst was arrested in March 2019 along with dozens of other parents and coaches, authorities say Khoury called the middleman and told him that if he was asked he should say that Khoury had given him the money for tennis lessons. Only three of 56 people charged in Singer's college cheating scheme went to trial, and jurors found all three guilty.
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