Lori Loughlin Files for Divorce After 29 Years

Split from Mossimo Giannulli follows yearlong separation after college admissions scandal
Posted Sep 8, 2026 5:00 PM CDT
Lori Loughlin Files for Divorce After 29 Years
In this Aug. 27, 2019, file photo, Lori Loughlin departs federal court with her husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, left, in Boston.   (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo, File)

Lori Loughlin is formally ending her nearly three-decade marriage to fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli. The Full House star filed for divorce in Los Angeles County last week, with court papers listing their separation date as Aug. 31, 2025 and citing "irreconcilable differences." The documents also note a prenuptial agreement, though its terms were not disclosed. Loughlin confirmed the separation last October. Loughlin, 62, and Giannulli, 63, married in 1997 and have two daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose.

The couple's relationship came under a spotlight in 2019, when they admitted paying $500,000 to secure their daughters' admission to the University of Southern California, with both girls falsely designated as rowing recruits. Loughlin served two months in prison; Giannulli served five, and both were fined and ordered to complete community service. Sources told People earlier this year that the couple's relationship never fully recovered from the scandal and that Loughlin remained "extremely angry." Loughlin, who deleted her Instagram account in 2019, returned to the platform on Aug. 31.

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