Wal-Mart Heiress Returns Diploma
Granddaughter Of Wal-Mart Co-Founder Allegedly Paid For Schoolwork
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Wal-Mart heiress Paige Laurie arrives at the Sony BMG Music Entertainment Grammy Party on February 13, 2005 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California. (GETTY)
Laurie, the granddaughter of Wal-Mart co-founder Bud Walton, has returned her degree, nearly a year after Elena Martinez told ABC's "20/20" that she had written term papers and done assignments for Laurie for 3 ½ years.
"Paige Laurie voluntarily has surrendered her degree and returned her diploma to the university. She is not a graduate of USC," the school said in a statement dated Sept. 30 but not widely disseminated until the school newspaper wrote about it late last week. "This concludes the university's review of the allegations concerning Ms. Laurie."
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