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Adam Bass, a White lawyer, allegedly helped his daughter snare THREE college admissions, claiming to be an ‘African American tennis whiz’ after her father hired college admissions scam mastermind Rick Singer to help with her application

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;">Adam Bass&&num;8217&semi;s daughter applied to Tulane&comma; Loyola Marymount and Georgetown Universities in 2018 with the help of college bribery mastermind Rick Singer <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;">Bass is a prominent Los Angeles attorney who is also WHITE&comma; and a member of the board of Buckley&comma; his daughter&&num;8217&semi;s school<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;">On the college application&comma; his daughter was described as an &&num;8216&semi;African American tennis whiz&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;">It also said she would be the first person in her family to go to college<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;">All three schools wanted to accept her excitedly and told a counselor at The Buckley School<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;">Then&comma; counselor Julie Taylor-Vaz discovered the discrepancy and informed them that the girl was white and did not play tennis <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;">Bass told the school he was unaware of the lies and said Singer must have put them in his daughter&&num;8217&semi;s application without them knowing<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;">He never paid a bribe to a college or counselor and because of that&comma; is not part of the scam&comma; Bass has maintained<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;">The girl ultimately withdrew the dishonest applications from all three schools &&num;8211&semi; she applied and was accepted into Berkeley <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitLeft">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-323888" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;Adam-Bass-left-and-Rick-Singer-right-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Adam Bass &lbrack;left&rsqb; and Rick Singer &lbrack;right&rsqb; 1" width&equals;"661" height&equals;"450" &sol;>Adam Bass&comma; seen &lbrack;left&rsqb; hired the services of Rick Singer &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; as counselor for his daughter&&num;8217&semi;s college admission process&period; Bass says he did not know that Singer lied on his daughter&&num;8217&semi;s application purporting that that she was an African American tennis star who would be the first to go to college in her family&period; Bass has not been charged<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;placement &equals; "adunit0"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar &equals; "true"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;tracking&lowbar;id &equals; "konniemomen09-20"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar&lowbar;position &equals; "bottom"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;mode &equals; "search"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;type &equals; "smart"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;marketplace &equals; "amazon"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;region &equals; "US"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;title &equals; "Shop Related Products"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;default&lowbar;search&lowbar;phrase &equals; "Johnston & Murphy shoes"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;default&lowbar;category &equals; "Apparel"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;linkid &equals; "bd9ac6508102a1f92c451c4deb211029"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;default&lowbar;browse&lowbar;node &equals; "1036592"&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;<script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;z-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;onejs&quest;MarketPlace&equals;US"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">New details of the college bribery scheme and how it was exposed have emerged&comma; including how a white lawyer&&num;8217&semi;s daughter was accepted into three colleges after submitting an application describing her as an African American tennis whiz who would be the first in her family to go to school&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitRight">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">The details emerged in a <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanityfair&period;com&sol;style&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;to-cheat-and-lie-in-la-college-admissions-scandal" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">Vanity Fair<&sol;a> piece on Wednesday which ran an expose on the scandal and offers new insight into how it unfolded in some of the country&&num;8217&semi;s most privileged schools&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It includes the story of the Bass family who have not been indicted but who worked with Singer in 2017&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;placement &equals; "adunit0"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar &equals; "true"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;tracking&lowbar;id &equals; "konniemomen09-20"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar&lowbar;position &equals; "bottom"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;mode &equals; "search"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;type &equals; "smart"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;marketplace &equals; "amazon"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;region &equals; "US"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;title &equals; "Shop Related Products"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;default&lowbar;search&lowbar;phrase &equals; "X Box"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;default&lowbar;category &equals; "VideoGames"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;linkid &equals; "bd9ac6508102a1f92c451c4deb211029"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;default&lowbar;browse&lowbar;node &equals; "468642"&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;<script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;z-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;onejs&quest;MarketPlace&equals;US"><&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;Adam Bass hired Singer for &&num;8216&semi;college counseling&&num;8217&semi; services to help his daughter&period; The girl&comma; who is not named&comma; attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She submitted applications to Georgetown&comma; Loyola Marymount and Tulane universities&period; Her father Adam&comma; a prominent attorney and Buckley board member&comma; had engaged the services of Rick Singer&comma; for counseling services&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Singer has been flagged as the mastermind of the massive nationwide college admissions scheme&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It was revealed that the LA attorney&&num;8217&semi;s daughter application&comma; despite the fact that she is white and does not play the sport&comma; described her as an African American rising tennis star&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It also said she would be the first in her family to get into college despite her father attending college and then law school&period; <&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Unaware of her true background&comma; all three schools wanted to accept her&period; <&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">It was only when a representative from Tulane contacted her high school counselor&comma; Julie Taylor-Vaz&comma; and gushed about their excitement that the lies were exposed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;William-Rick-Singer-2&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C413&&num;038&semi;ssl&equals;1" width&equals;"763" height&equals;"508" &sol;><strong>How&&num;8217&semi;d that happen&quest;&colon; Adam Bass reportedly&comma; hired Rick Singer &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; for college counseling services for his daughter in 2017&period; Singer has been at the epicenter of the college admission scandal<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;fxexperts&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wallstreet-forex&period;com&sol;images&sol;banners&sol;wsfr&lowbar;2&lowbar;evolution&lowbar;768x90&lowbar;1&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Buckley counselor Julie Taylor-Vaz  found out about the scheme when colleges called her to say they were excited to welcome Bass&&num;8217&semi;s daughter&period; She then informed them that she was neither African American nor a tennis player<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Taylor-Vaz told the colleges that some of what the student had submitted was untrue and they allowed her to retract the applications without incident&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Buckley spoke to her father who told them that Singer must have gone into his daughter&&num;8217&semi;s application and changed it without them knowing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He said Singer had asked for her password to the be able to make changes to it&comma; and that he was unaware of the lies&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Bass insisted they were not complicit in the lie and his daughter emailed the schools echoing his denial&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She eventually applied to Berkeley on a new application and she remains a student there&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-323886" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;Taylor-Vaz-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Taylor-Vaz 1&period;JPG" width&equals;"650" height&equals;"752" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Buckley counselor Julie Taylor-Vaz &lbrack;photo&rsqb; uncovered the scam when colleges called her to say they were excited to welcome Bass&&num;8217&semi;s daughter&period; She then informed them that she was neither African American nor a tennis player<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;placement &equals; "adunit0"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar &equals; "true"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;tracking&lowbar;id &equals; "konniemomen09-20"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar&lowbar;position &equals; "bottom"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;mode &equals; "search"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;type &equals; "smart"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;marketplace &equals; "amazon"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;region &equals; "US"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;title &equals; "Shop Related Products"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;default&lowbar;search&lowbar;phrase &equals; "Apple Watches"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;default&lowbar;category &equals; "All"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;linkid &equals; "bd9ac6508102a1f92c451c4deb211029"&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;<script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;z-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;onejs&quest;MarketPlace&equals;US"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">In a statement about their dealings with Singer&comma; a spokesman for the family told CBS on Wednesday&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Like thousands of families&comma; the Bass Family engaged Rick Singer&&num;8217&semi;s company for college counseling services and to help their daughter with her college applications&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;In December 2017&comma; they were stunned to learn that Mr&period; Singer and his company submitted inaccurate information on some of their daughter&&num;8217&semi;s applications&comma; none of which related to her test scores or academic record&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span>&&num;8216&semi;They immediately contacted the schools about Mr&period; Singer&&num;8217&semi;s wrongdoing and supplied them with accurate information&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;They made no payments or donations to any college&comma; athletic program or any coach&comma; either directly or indirectly&comma; and are not the targets of any on-going investigation&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<p> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-323890" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;07&sol;Buckley-School-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Buckley School 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"1122" height&equals;"747" &sol;><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">S<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">taff at The Buckley School &lbrack;photo&rsqb; reportedly did not alert authorities despite being told what Singer had done with students&&num;8217&semi; applications&period;<&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;Furthermore&comma; the school which had warned parents not to engage in outside counselors&&num;8217&semi; services&comma; did not take the issue any further&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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