He said she has been “devastated to learn what I did and has been hurt the most by it.” “I’m sort of rules oriented.”Ĭaplan on Friday stressed that his daughter, a high school junior who has yet to apply to any colleges, had no knowledge of his actions. “Keep in mind I’m a lawyer,” he told Singer, according to court papers. Gordon Caplan, (L) co-chairman of Willkie Farr & Gallagher law company, facing charges in a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme, enters federal court in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Prosecutors alleged that in November and December Caplan made a $75,000 contribution to Singer’s foundation in exchange for the consultant arranging to have an associate proctor his daughter’s ACT college entrance exam and correct her answers.Īs with other parents charged in the case, authorities obtained recordings of phone calls between Singer and Caplan, who on a November 2018 call asked Singer if “anybody ever gotten into an issue with this.” Gordon Caplan, former co-chairman of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, has been suspended from practicing law for two years for his participation in the infamous college admissions scandal and paying to. California businessman Devin Sloane and marketing executive Jane Buckingham, in court filings disclosed they were in plea talks.
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Other accused parents include Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman and Full House actor Lori Loughlin.Ĭaplan follows packaged food entrepreneur Peter Sartorio, who on Wednesday became the first of the 33 parents charged to reveal he plans to plead guilty. The scam’s mastermind, California college admissions consultant William “Rick” Singer, has pleaded guilty to overseeing a racketeering scheme in which parents paid to help their children cheat on admissions tests and bribe coaches to present them as elite prospects in college sports such as sailing, crew and water polo even if they had no athletic experience. Caplan, the former co-chairman of the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, was accused of paying 75,000 to. Gordon Caplan, who the New York-based firm said on Friday is no longer a partner, is among 50 people federal prosecutors allege participated in schemes that involved cheating on college entrance exams and paying $25-million in bribes to buy the children of affluent Americans seats in well-known universities including Yale, Georgetown and the University of Southern California.Ĭaplan in a statement said he took “full and sole responsibility for my conduct.” Gordon Caplan is one of the first parents to admit guilt in connection with the scam. The former co-chairman of the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher on Friday became the second parent to say he would plead guilty to participating in what prosecutors call the largest college admissions scam uncovered in U.S.
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