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The balloons appeared to be for the Hollywood couple's eldest child Sofia Grace, 18, who is graduating from the Los Angeles High School of the Arts this week
The appearance comes days after William's wife Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty to cheating on SATs to get the couple's daughter into college
Felicity will be sentenced to at least four months in prison after pleading guilty
32 other parents, including Fuller House star Lori Loughlin and her fashion mogul husband Mossimo Giannuli, were indicted
William and Felicity also share another daughter, 17-year-old Georgia Grace

By David Lawrence and Chris Dyer For Dailymail.com

Published: 00:52 EDT, 30 May 2019 | Updated: 11:06 EDT, 30 May 2019

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William H. Macy has been photographed preparing to celebrate his daughter's graduation - just two days after his wife admitting cheating to get the 18-year-old into college.

The 69-year-old actor bought balloons and a cake at a West Hollywood grocery store after his wife Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty to paying $15,000 to help the teenager get a higher SAT test score.

The gifts were likely for the couple's eldest child Sofia Grace Macy, 18, who is set to graduate from Los Angeles High School of the Arts tomorrow.

However, USC, the college Sofia applied to, last month said it would reject all prospective applications connected to the scandal.

The Academy Award nominated actor could be seen loading the balloons and cake into his convertible Porsche on Wednesday.

Huffman, who starred in Desperate Housewives, is one of dozens of parents, coaches and college administrators accused of paying to correct their children's test results.

William H. Macy was spotted grabbing graduation balloons on Wednesday, even as his family are embroiled in the college admissions scandal

Huffman faces up to 10 months in prison for paying $15,000 to improve her daughter Sophia's SAT scores in December 2017. The Desperate Housewives star is pictured with husband William H Macy and daughters Sophia (second left) and Georgia (right) in January

Felicity Huffman will be sentenced to at least four months in prison after entering a guilty plea to a single charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.

The actress, 56, appeared stoic earlier this month in a Boston courtroom as she entered her plea in the Operation Varsity Blues case, two months after being indicted along with 32 other parents, including Fuller House star Lori Loughlin and her fashion mogul husband Mossimo Giannuli.

Huffman teared up at one point during the hearing as she told the judge that her daughter suffered from a learning disability throughout her life, which is why she sought to cheat on the standardized test.

'My daughter has been seeing a neuro-psychologist since she was 8-years-old,' the actress told a Boston court earlier this month.

She was not joined by her husband, whose career has suffered no repercussions from this case despite the indictment showing his involvement in the plot to get their older and younger daughter a higher test scored by facilitating a bribe through William Rick Singer.

The 69-year-old actor was snapped leaving a West Hollywood grocery store with the festive balloons and a cake - weeks after his wife Felicity Huffman plead guilty to charges stemming from cheating to get the couple's daughter into college

The Academy Award nominated actor could be seen loading the festive balloons into his convertible Porsche

Huffman with her husband William H Macy and daughters Sofia (far left) and Georgia at the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards in January

When agreeing to plead guilty at a hearing last month, Huffman said she 'betrayed' her daughter.

She said: 'My daughter knew absolutely nothing about my actions and in my misguided and profoundly wrong way, I have betrayed her.'

As well as Sofia, the pair also have another daughter, 17-year-old Georgia Grace Macy.

Prosecutors with the US Attorney's office then recommended that Huffman serve a sentence of four months in prison, followed by a full year of supervised release.

In addition, lawyers with the US Attorney's office asked the judge to fine Huffman $20,000 for making a $15,000 payment to facilitate a proctor editing the answers on her daughter's SAT test.

Huffmann attended court with her brother on Monday, holding hands with Moore Huffman Jr as she entered and exited the federal courthouse.

Huffman's moved-up court date will provide a relief of sorts for Netflix no doubt, the current distributor of Huffman's upcoming miniseries about the Central Park Five.

'CONGRATS!': The gifts were likely for the couple's eldest child Sofia Grace Macy, 18, who according to TMZ is set to graduate from Los Angeles High School of the Arts this week

Grim: The actress, 56, appeared stoic earlier this month in a Boston courtroom as she entered her plea in the Operation Varsity Blues case

Canadian tuxedo: Macy looked smart casual in double denim and wore suede boots on his feet

HOW FELICITY CHEATED

Huffman paid $15,000 to have someone alter he daughter Sofia's SAT scores in December 2017.

It was one of two ways the scheme's mastermind, Rick Singer, operated.

They planned it over the phone after meeting at her house and their conversations were detailed in the indictment.

'According to [Singer], he advised Huffman and her spouse that he 'controlled' a testing center, and could arrange for a third party to purport to proctor their daughter's SAT and secretly correct her answers afterwards,' it read.

The test was in West Hollywood and was one of two where Singer had administrators on his payroll.

The first step to achieving their goal was to convince the board to let Sofia sit her exam with extra time, over two days.

That allowed her to take it in the designated test center.

When it was granted, Huffman emailed Singer saying: 'Hurray! She got it'

They ran into trouble when her school tried to insist on providing their own proctor, something Huffman also described in emails.

'Ruh Ro! Looks like [my daughter's high school] wants to provide own proctor,' she wrote.

They ironed it out and arranged for her to sit the test at their desired location.

Once she was finished with her December 3 test, the 'proctor' - Mark Riddell - looked at her exam and changed wrong answers to boost her score.

She achieved a 1420, 400 points more than she had in her practice test.

It is not known where she was planning on applying but schools including USC, the worst afflicted by the scandal, have said they will not allow anyone in that is connected to the indictment.

Lucky break: She was not joined by her husband, whose career has suffered no repercussions from this case despite the indictment showing his involvement in the plot

On a platter: Macy's wife allegedly planned get their older and younger daughter a higher test scored by facilitating a bribe through William Rick Singer

Huffman portrays Linda Fairstein, the former chief of the sex crimes unit at the Manhattan District Attorney's office, in When They See Us, which is directed by Ava DuVernay and set for release on May 31.

This new court date gives the story more time to die down ahead of the series premiere.

Netflix did however cancel the release of a new film starring Huffman that was set to premiere in April.

The suddenly-shelved comedy Otherhood, which stars Huffman, Angela Basset and Patricia Arquette, will no longer be released this spring a production source told DailyMail.com.

The film, which follows three mothers who move to New York to surprise their adult children, does not have a future release date at this time and a company spokesperson declined to comment when asked when the film would premiere.

Vast conspiracy: 32 other parents, including Fuller House star Lori Loughlin [pictured Wednesday] and her fashion mogul husband Mossimo Giannuli, were also snared in the operation