Robert Flaxman, one of many dozens of individuals charged within the school admissions scandal alongside Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, has died by suicide.
Regulation enforcement sources inform TMZ … Robert’s mates requested a welfare test on him final week at his house in Malibu — and cops discovered he’d hanged himself.
Based on our sources, coroners marked the case as closed, itemizing the style of his dying as suicide. We’re advised no word was discovered, however authorities did say Robert had a historical past of despair.
You may recall, the actual property developer was charged alongside Lori, Felicity, and 47 others within the huge school admissions scandal again in 2019 … all for paying hefty quantities to get their youngsters into top-tier colleges throughout the nation.
Robert pled responsible and was sentenced to a month behind bars, adopted by a 12 months of supervised launch. He was additionally ordered to finish 250 hours of group service and pay a $50K wonderful.
He was 66.
RIP.
When you or somebody is pondering of suicide, please name the Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.