Lori Loughlin says new evidence proves she did not know college admissions payment was a bribe

Lawyers for Lori Loughlin, front, and her husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, said Wednesday that new evidence shows the couple is innocent of charges that they bribed their daughters' way into the University of Southern CaliforniaRick Singer said in his notes that the FBI told him to lie by saying that he told the parents who participated in the scheme that their payments were bribes, instead of legitimate donations to the schools, an attorney said. Singer said in his notes that the FBI told him to lie by saying that he told the parents who participated in the scheme that their payments were bribes, instead of legitimate donations to the schools, the attorney said.'They continue to ask me to tell a fib and not restate what I told my clients as to where there money was going — to the program not the coach and that it was a donation and they want it to be a payment,' Singer wrote, according to the filing.Berkowtiz called the information not only 'exculpatory, but exonerating for the defendants the government has charged with bribery.'The couple is among 15 prominent parents still fighting accusations that they rigged the college admissions system by paying people to pretend their kids were star athletes for sports they didn't play or cheat on their children's entrance exams.Nearly two dozen parents have pleaded guilty, including 'Desperate Housewives' star Felicity Huffman, who was sentenced to two weeks in prison for paying $15,000 to have a proctor correct her daughter's SAT answers.Federal prosecutors have said the first trial for the parents should begin in October, and that Loughlin and Giannulli should be tried in the first group.But lawyers for the parents said the substantial amount of evidence, outstanding pretrial motions and 'general complexity' of the case made a trial this fall impossible and that there should be no trial before next February.