Lori Loughlin steps out to a doctor's appointment after extra charges

Lori Loughlin has stepped out in Los Angeles for a doctor's appointment just one day after it was revealed she rejected a plea deal before being hit with additional charges in the college bribery scandal. 

The 54-year-old Full House actress was spotted visiting an orthopedic center in Santa Monica on Wednesday.

Loughlin, who was dressed in a lilac sweater, blue jeans and patterned Birkenstock sandals, bore a grim expression as she headed into her appointment.

Her outing came just one day after Loughlin and her designer husband Mossimo Giannulli were hit with new charges in the college bribery scheme. 

The couple is facing 40 years in prison and more than $1 million in fines for allegedly paying $500,000 to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as fake crew recruits.

They were already charged with mail and mail fraud but federal prosecutors added money laundering to the list of accusations against them on Tuesday. 

Loughlin, her husband and 19 other parents who have not admitted guilt in the scheme were hit with the additional charge. 

A day earlier, 13 other parents - including actress Felicity Huffman - entered guilty pleas to a single charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. 

Other parents indicted on the new charge on Tuesday include Michelle Janavs, whose family developed the microwave snack line Hot Pockets before selling their company, and William McGlashan, who co-founded an investment fund with U2's Bono in 2017.