The L.A. parent provided vital information that launched the investigation that uncovered shocking corruption and cheating in the college admissions process.
including two Hollywood actresses, a famous fashion designer, a best-selling self-help author and the former CEO of a global investment firms.
Rudy Meredith, Yale’s women’s soccer coach for more than two decades, had previously helped Singer fake the soccer credentials of a child of a Singer client. But in spring 2018, he solicited a bribe directly from the father of a second Yale applicant, whom the Department of Justice designated as “Yale Applicant 2.”
At this meeting, the father paid Meredith $2,000 and agreed to eventually spend $450,000 on the effort.
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