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Meet The Experts: John Wilson, Author of Varsity Blues: The Scandal Within The Scandal

The Howie Carr Radio Network

Howie Carr

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

John Wilson suddenly found himself caught up in the Varsity Blues scandal in 2019. He was arrested, imprisoned for two days, and convicted of bribing a college to enroll his son. After spending millions of dollars on his own defense, Wilson maintains his innocence and has penned a book, Varsity Blues: The Scandal Within The Scandal. It's available now on Amazon and all major online book retailers.

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0:00.0

Welcome to another episode of Meet the Experts with Howie Carr.

0:09.0

Today we meet the author of a book he didn't want to write.

0:13.0

John Wilson, a self-made Massachusetts businessman, found himself arrested, imprisoned, and convicted

0:20.0

of crimes he says he did not commit.

0:22.6

John says he was wrongfully accused of bribing a college to ensure his son's enrollment,

0:28.6

and was one of 53 defendants in what came to be known as the Varsity Blues scandal in 2019.

0:35.6

Join us as John tells his side of the story and what motivated him to spend millions of

0:41.6

dollars of his life savings to clear his name instead of pleading guilty.

0:46.9

You can read all the details in John Wilson's new book, Varsity Blues, The Scandal Within

0:52.7

the Scandal, available on Amazon and all other major online

0:57.0

book retailers.

0:58.9

And the proceeds of the book are being pledged to three separate charities.

1:03.7

Here's your host of Meet the Experts, Howie Car.

1:10.0

Welcome to our latest edition of Meet the Experts.

1:13.1

We are joined today by a Massachusetts businessman by the name of John Wilson.

1:19.5

He was embroiled in a scandal.

1:21.8

Now it's six years old.

1:23.1

It's called the Varsity Blues scandal.

1:25.9

He's been through a lengthy process to try to clear his name,

1:30.0

and he considers himself the victim of a federal prosecutorial overreach, and I have to agree with it.

1:36.4

He's got a new book out, and it's called Varsity Blues, The Scandal Within the Scandal, and it's

1:42.1

available at Amazon.com, Amazon.com, and his name is

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