A wealthy New York couple charged as part of the college admissions scandal will be hoping their lawyer offers up a better defense than their son after he appeared outside their apartment to rubbish the charges while smoking a large blunt.
Malcolm Abbott, a self-styled rapper, accused the FBI of 'blowing this whole thing out of proportion' as he defended parents Gregory and Marcia over claims they effectively paid to get their daughter into college.
Malcolm, who raps under the name Billa, also took the opportunity to plug his latest CD to journalists in between puffs on his suspicious-looking cigarette.
The CD is called 'Cheese and Crackers', Malcolm said, and features a song called If I Lost My Money.
'I believe everyone has a right to go to college, man,' he told a reporter for the New York Post, though admitted he didn't go himself.
Malcolm then disappeared into the Park Avenue apartment, which overlooks the Met Museum, before reemerging with a man who had earlier claimed to be his brother.
On Tuesday, that man told the post that his parents 'got roped into [this by] some guy who f***ing cheated them.'
Gregory Abbott, 68, founder and chairman of a food and beverage packaging company, and his wife Marcia Abbott, 59, were named in Tuesday's affidavit along with 50 high-profile names accused of buying their way into prestigious colleges.
Malcolm Abbott, a self-styled rapper who makes music under the name Billa, defended his parents against charges they paid to get their daughter into college
Malcolm said charges against father Gregory (pictured) had been 'blown out of proportion' as he smoked a blunt in front of journalists outside the family's Park Avenue apartment
Gregory (pictured) and wife Marcia allegedly paid $175,000 to alter their daughter's SAT scores so she could go to Duke
The couple, who have homes in New
