Robert Flaxman, one of many dozens of individuals charged within the faculty admissions scandal alongside Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, has died by suicide.
Law 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.
According to our sources, coroners marked the case as closed, itemizing the style of his demise as suicide. We’re advised no be aware was discovered, however authorities did say Robert had a historical past of despair.
You’ll recall, the true property developer was charged alongside Lori, Felicity, and 47 others within the large faculty admissions scandal again in 2019 … all for paying hefty quantities to get their youngsters into top-tier faculties 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 neighborhood service and pay a $50K wonderful.
He was 66.
RIP.
If you or somebody is considering of suicide, please name the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.