Lori Loughlin files for DIVORCE from Mossimo Giannulli after 28-year marriage that saw them jailed for college admissions scandal

Lori Loughlin has filed for divorce from fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli after a marriage that lasted more than 28 years.It emerged last October that Loughlin and Giannulli, who share daughters Olivia Jade, 26, and Isabella 'Bella' Rose, 27, had separated.The onetime couple infamously served overlapping prison sentences for their role in the 'varsity blues' college admissions scandal, which involved their fraudulent means of getting their daughters into the University of Southern California (USC).In her new divorce filing, Loughlin listed their date of separation as August 31, 2025 and cited irreconcilable differences as grounds for the dissolution of their union.An agreement for financial support will be negotiated at some point in future, Loughlin explained in legal documents obtained by the Daily Mail.The couple signed a prenuptial agreement on October 28, 1997 - the month before they eloped - and flied an amendment to it on August 11, 2015. Lori Loughlin has filed for divorce from fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli after a marriage that lasted more than 28 years; pictured 2015 It emerged last October that Loughlin and Giannulli, who share daughters Olivia Jade, 26, and Isabella 'Bella' Rose, 27, had separated; Loughlin is pictured with her daughters in 2019Loughlin's attorneys are Kristina Royce - whose celebrity clientele has included Channing Tatum and Jeff Garlin - and Sarah Luetto.The Daily Mail has contacted Loughlin's representatives for comment.In the initial aftermath of their split, a source claimed Loughlin left Giannulli after unearthing a cache of 'incriminating' emails and texts on his phone.'Truly, the tipping point came when Lori found a bunch of text messages,' a friend of the Full House actress sensationally alleged to Page Six. 'Mossimo had used Lori for years,' the insider said. 'She was hoping maybe he would change when he got out of prison, but he got worse.'News of the separation broke hours after a distraught-looking Loughlin was seen sharing a comforting embrace with her friend and sometime co-star James Tupper, who used to be involved with the late Anne Heche, via TMZ.Meanwhile, the day Giannulli's break with Loughlin went public, he was glimpsed out and about in Beverly Hills with 32-year-old stylist Hannah Harrison.Harrison swung into action to clarify the nature of their relationship, insisting her equation with the fashion designer was strictly 'platonic,' via Us Weekly. 'I feel like it was bad timing,' she said, maintaining she met him for work at a supply store for his brand G/FORE 'not knowing that his separation had been announced.' The onetime couple infamously served overlapping prison sentences for their role in the 'varsity blues' college admissions scandal; pictured leaving federal court in Boston in 2019 The couple signed a prenuptial agreement on October 28, 1997 - the month before they eloped - and flied an amendment to it on August 11, 2015; pictured 2008Giannulli and Loughlin eloped two days before Thanksgiving 1997, two years after she concluded her star-making run on the smash hit sitcom Full House.They achieved a searing degree of notoriety as a couple over the college admissions scandal, which landed both of them behind bars.In 2019, Loughlin and Giannulli were exposed as having bribed their daughters' way into USC, paying $500,000 to a fixer in order to falsely pass off Olivia and Bella as potential rowers on the university's team.The day her parents were indicted, Olivia was holidaying on the yacht of the USC trustee board's billionaire chairman Rick Caruso, who later ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Los Angeles against the present incumbent Karen Bass.She was apparently on the vessel with Caruso's daughter Gigi, who was Olivia's age and was also a freshman at USC, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Giannulli and Loughlin eloped two days before Thanksgiving 1997, two years after she concluded her star-making run on the smash hit sitcom Full House; pictured in 2011Olivia and Bella were both accepted into the university, but after the scandal over their admissions exploded, it was announced that they were no longer enrolled.Although Giannulli and Loughlin initially claimed to be innocent, he ultimately pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and honest services and mail fraud, while she pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud.Loughlin spent two months in federal prison at CI Dublin in California before being released in December 2020, days before New Year's. Meanwhile, Giannulli had to spend five months in prison for his role in the bribery scheme and was ultimately released in early April 2021. After her release, Loughlin demonstrated a sense of humor about the imbroglio, parodying herself on a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode in 2024 in which she attempts to rehabilitate her reputation after the scandal.