By Stacy Lambe Netflix
The college admissions scandal, which ultimately sent actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin to jail, is the subject of a new Netflix documentary called
Operation Varsity Blues. The title is a reference to the code name the FBI gave the investigation that exposed a scheme to fraud elite colleges around the nation. On Monday, just two weeks shy of when the charges were made public in 2019, the streaming network released the first trailer for the film.
From Chris Smith and Jon Karmen, the team behind the hit documentary
Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, comes another deep dive into a fraudulent scheme that exposes the lengths which the wealthy would go to get their unqualified kids into marquee secondary educational institutions. The film promises to go beyond the “celebrity-driven headlines,” often detailing Huffman and Loughlin’s every move, and examine how Rick Singer managed to convi