Lori Loughlin, Robert Downey Jr. and other film and TV stars who went from jail time to prime time after arrests
From handcuffs to designer cufflinks. Lori Loughlin stars in a new show out Thursday, Prime Video’s “On Call.” This marks the continuation of a comeback for the former “Full House” star, 60, who has quietly been returning to Hollywood post-prison. “I can say for me, I’m always so happy to just get the phone call and be offered the job,” Loughlin exclusively told The Post about the new gig.Ironically, she plays a cop in her latest show. “I was so flattered and honored to be offered the role because it is so different for me,” she added. Loughlin was arrested in 2019 for her culpability in the college admissions scandal.She served two months in prison and was released in December 2020. She joins the ranks of several stars who have either been to prison, or had high profile arrests before proceeding to continue their showbiz careers. Huffman, 62, was arrested for the same college admissions scandal as Loughlin. In an interview with ABC-7 “Eyewitness News” that aired in Dec.
2023, Huffman broke her silence about her role in the wide-ranging criminal conspiracy, in which wealthy parents of high school students were charged with using bribery, cheating and fraud to fake their kids’ ways into elite colleges. “People assume that I went into this looking for a way to cheat the system and making proverbial criminal deals in back alleys, but that was not the case.I worked with a highly recommended college counselor named Rick Singer,” Huffman said, referring to the ringleader of the scheme, who was sentenced to 3½ years in federal prison.The “Desperate Housewives” star, who paid $15,000 to have her daughter’s SAT answers falsified, served 11 days in jail for the scheme in October 2019.
Huffman’s husband, William H.Macy, was not charged with any wrongdoing.Huffman has since returned to acting, with roles in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” and shows like Fox’s “Accused.” The most famous – and most dramatic – “jail to...