BETHESDA, MD — Gordon Ernst, the former Georgetown tennis coach indicted in a nationwide college admissions bribery scheme, is selling his home in Chevy Chase for nearly $2 million, Baltimore Business Journal reports.
The 52-year-old athletic coach is among dozens indicted in what the Department of Justice has called the “largest ever” college recruitment scam. Those named in the indictment allegedly helped cheat on college entrance exams and the admission of students to elite universities as purported athletic recruits at Yale, Stanford, USC, Wake Forest, and Georgetown University, among others.
Prosecutors allege Ernst accepted more than $2.7 million during his tenure as Georgetown’s tennis coach and designated 12 applicants as athletic recruits. Some of the recruits did not play tennis competitively but were still admitted to the university.
Ernst has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is greater, and restitution.
According to the Washingtonian, if Ernst is convicted, he risks losing several of his assets, including a condo in Falmouth, Massachusetts and a country club membership in Chevy Chase.
Ernst, a Montgomery County resident, recently put his five-bedroom, four-and-a-half bathroom home on the market for $1,925,000. The 3,716-square-foot house was built in 2005 and boasts a bright and airy kitchen with a breakfast bar, a finished lower level equipped with a brick fireplace, and a screened-in porch with 14-foot ceilings.
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