Hot Pockets Heiress Gets Five Months in Admissions Scandal (1)

Even now, almost a year into the college admissions scandal, it’s difficult to fathom why rich and famous people brazenly cheat their kids’ way into a Georgetown or USC.

But the case of Michelle Janavs, a.k.a. the Hot Pockets Heiress, just might top them all.

To prosecutors, Janavs was just another ultra-rich parent who wielded her wealth to rig the system at other kids’ expense.

Janavs exits from federal court in Boston, on Feb. 22.

Photographer: Scott Eisen/Bloomberg

To her lawyers, she was a sheltered, gullible mother who fell for the siren call of the admissions adviser at the center of the so-called Varsity Blues scandal.

What’s undoubtedly clear is that Janavs ...