If you hadn’t already guessed, it has a lot to do with Lori Loughlin’s involvement in the 2019 college admissions scandal. As NBC News reported at the time the story broke, Loughlin and fellow actress Felicity Huffman were among 50 people charged in a cheating college entrance exams per court documents obtained by the network. In Loughlin’s case, this involved her and husband Mossimo Giannulli agreeing to pay bribes of around $500,000 to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California, according to court papers.
Shortly after this came to light, Hallmark issued a statement saying that Loughlin would no longer be a part of the network’s programming (via USA Today), which read, “We are no longer working with Lori Loughlin and have stopped development of all productions … involving [the actress] including Garage Sale Mysteries, an independent third party production.” The network also said that her completed work would be removed from the service (via NBC News).
