Celebs hit court in US college bribery scandal

BOSTON, Massachusetts - A packaged-food entrepreneur from California became the first of the 33 parents charged in the college bribery scandal to agree to plead guilty. The deal was disclosed on Wednesday as Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin appeared in court along with some of the other defendants.

Peter Jan Sartorio, 53, was accused of paying $15,000 in cash to have someone correct his daughter's answers on the ACT college entrance exam. The exact charges to which he would plead were not immediately clear.

Sartorio, the founder of an organic frozen-food company, did not appear in court Wednesday, and it was not clear when the Menlo Park, California, businessman would plead guilty. His lawyers did not immediately reply to an e-mail for comment.