Author Talk: John Vandemoer, Rigged Justice

John Vandemoer, the former Stanford University sailing coach sentenced in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, tells the riveting true story of how he was drawn unwittingly into a web of deceit in this eye-opening memoir that offers a damning portrait of modern college administration and the ways in which justice and fairness do not always intersect.

For 11 years, John Vandemoer ran the prestigious Stanford University sailing program in which he coached Olympians and All-Americans. Early one morning everything came crashing down when Vandemoer opened the door to find FBI and IRS agents on his doorstep and learned that a recruiter named Rick Singer had used him as a stooge in a sophisticated scheme to play to the endless appetite for university fundraising and to wealthy parents looking for an edge for their college-bound children.

Vandemoer was summarily fired and the next year of his life was a Kafkaesque hellscape. Though he never received a dime, he was the first person to be convicted in what became known as the Varsity Blues scandal.

This event is virtual and free admission, but registration is required. Please sign up online.