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Rigged Justice

How the College Admissions Scandal Ruined an Innocent Man’s Life

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Rigged Justice

By: John Vandemoer
Narrated by: Graham Halstead
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The former Stanford University sailing coach sentenced in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal tells the riveting true story of how he was drawn unwittingly into a web of deceit in this eye-opening memoir that offers a damning portrait of modern college administration and the ways in which justice and fairness do not always intersect.

For 11 years, John Vandemoer ran the prestigious Stanford University sailing program in which he coached Olympians and All-Americans. Though the hours were long and the program struggled for funding, sailing gave Vandemoer’s life shape and meaning.

But early one morning, everything came crashing down when Vandemoer, still in his pajamas, opened the door to find FBI and IRS agents on his doorstep. He quickly learned that a recruiter named Rick Singer had used him as a stooge in a sophisticated scheme designed to take advantage of college coaches and play to the endless appetite for university fundraising - and wealthy parents looking for an edge for their college-bound children.

Vandemoer was summarily fired, kicked out of campus housing, his children booted from campus daycare. The next year of his life was a Kafkaesque hellscape, and though he was an innocent man who never received a dime, was the first person to be convicted in what became known as the Varsity Blues scandal.

A true story that reads like a suspense novel, Rigged Justice lays bare how a sophisticated scheme could take advantage of college coaches and university money - and how one family became collateral damage in a large government investigation that dominated national headlines.

©2021 John Vandemoer (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers
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Excellent Read - Strongly Recommend

This is a fantastic read that really shows how the wheels of justice can go in the wrong direction. This really shows how a good man can get caught up on the wrong side of the law and not have a lot of good options...kudos for making lemonade out of lemons with this book and getting your truth out.

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Everyone needs to know his story

This could happen to anyone. A very well written amazing account of a complete injustice. Read/listen to it!

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