Hot Pockets heiress Michelle Janavs to spend 5 months in prison for trying to buy daughters into elite colleges

They love their children as much as you do.”Gorton told Janavs that her conduct was “just as onerous” as bribing a public official and that she needed prison to deter anyone else who “has the gall to use their resources" as she did.He also ordered she serve two years of supervised release, 200 hours of community service and pay a $250,000 fine.Janavs is the 15th parent to be sentenced in the sprawling admissions scam led by mastermind Rick Singer, a college consultant to whom wealthy parents paid enormous sums to fraudulently get their children admitted into elite universities. Janavs asked to serve her time in Texas.More:Third parent in 24 hours caves in college admissions scandal, agrees to plead guiltyJanavs apologized to the judge, her friends and family for her "inexplicable behavior," and directed remarks to parents of students applying to college."I’m so very sorry I tried to make an unfair advantage for my children," Janavs said. Plain and simple," Bienert said.More:Tearful former University of Texas tennis coach gets 6 months in prison for role in college admissions scamIn 2017, Janavs paid $50,000 to Singer's sham nonprofit, The Key Worldwide Foundation, to have Mark Riddell, a private school counselor from Florida, correct her older daughter's ACT exam answers.