From what I remember in the documents, the daughter took the exam 1st like every other kid does at their school all on the same date. She didn't do as well as they wanted so Felicity had someone (?psychiatrist) state that the daughter needed to double the test-taking time due to some learning disability I'm guessing.
School counselor said great, I'll give her the test on X/Y dates which were school days. Felicity talked with Singer and was told to tell the counselor that the daughter will take the test at a private center on a weekend so that the kid wouldn't miss school. The other center was the one Singer had connections with. Kid took the test at the new center "proctored" by Riddell and scored 400 its higher.
Here's a link to the original criminal complaint in case anyone else hasn't seen it.
READ: College cheating scandal indictment - CNN
This is, IMO, a point of view mixing up the two daughters (BBM):
164. In a telephone call with CW-1 on or about October 23, 2018, HUFFMAN discussed repeating the SAT cheating scheme for her younger daughter. The call, which was consensually recorded, is excerpted below.
[snip]
Okay. Now, my only thing, [CW-1], is-- sorry it’s loud in here. I’m outside. But is that I’m pretty sure-- we are doing it the same way as [with my older daughter]? I’m pretty sure with [my younger daughter] that she’s going to want to take it twice no matter what.
167. On or about February 13, 2019, HUFFMAN spoke with CW-1 again about the plan for her daughter to take the exam first on her own, and the second time as part of the cheating scheme. During the call, HUFFMAN expressed concern, in substance, about whether a dramatic increase in her daughter’s scores would cause her SAT tutor to suspect cheating. Excerpts from the call, which was consensually recorded, are set forth below
More here:
https://www.justice.gov/file/1142876/download
2 different kids; two testing techniques; two levels of intelligence.
Older Daughter ("OD"), went straight from Preliminary SAT's in which she did poorly, to a single bite at the SAT apple.
Younger Daughter (hereinafter, "YD"): Felicity is quite clear in the above complaint; will insist upon taking the test herself (the legit way) first. (Unspoken statement: because she's the plucky smart one who wants to do everything her own way.)
Only after YD takes the test the first time, will they plan to help her cheat, and implement the "get her to ask for extra time" plan. (Which is no great vote of confidence for YD, because Felicity's already assuming that her first independent bite at the SAT without extra time, will suck and need to be improved upon.)
As it turns out, they abandoned the plan for YD, and OD is still a senior in high school, so no future college student has been deprived of any spot by Felicity and William's older daughter.
I know it's confusing. I'm a paralegal and I read this stuff for a living, which is the only way I wended my way through it. The charging documents aren't allowed to state the kids' names, or give them a catchy defined term like "CW-1" in any type of attempt to keep people straight.
I heard an attorney this morning say that LL going over and shaking the prosecutors’ hands was completely out of decorum in a courtroom. She hurt herself doing that. IMO
When I was on a jury (I didn't say I was a criminal paralegal, lol), I was specifically told we in the jury couldn't have any interaction outside of the courtroom with either of the plaintiff or the defense; or with any of the witnesses; and I can't imagine it's much different for defendants or plaintiffs themselves. You literally have to ignore the attorneys, and vice versa:
. In another real-life scenario, we were walking to our cars after court and saw one of the jurors trip and fall down the slope of the parking lot sliding down the asphalt. What do you do? Walk away? Call for help? Help her up? These are difficult choices when one is bound to no contact with a juror but out of common decency wants to help someone who is injured. We called for help and asked if she was alright, understanding the potential consequences of our actions. We reported it to the court, and nothing came of the incident.
Bathroom encounters are also awkward. Running into jurors at the sink is unavoidable but eye contact should be avoided, and fortunately such avoidance comes naturally there.
More here:
Attorney-Juror Contact: What to Do When Running into a Juror Outside of the Courtroom - Litigation Insights
I would imagine in such a climate, that even if not specifically verboten, Lori's trying to mount a charm offensive on the prosecutors outside of the courtroom is probably on par with an attorney getting the chance to charm a juror outside of the courtroom while the attorney is joking around with members of their staff. You're clearly (IMO, MOO) not even supposed to consider them as people outside of the courtroom, more as empty suits of clothes marked "District Attorney" and "Defense Attorney". If she wanted to shake their hands
after the trial is concluded and the verdict has been handed down (lol), then that's her right, and perfectly appropriate.
