Felicity Huffman was back in federal court in Boston on Monday to enter a guilty plea in the college admissions scandal.

The Desperate Housewives actress admitted her guilt to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Prosecutors suggested a sentence of four months in prison as part of her plea deal — as well as a $20,000 fine and 12 months supervised release. However, Judge Talwani made it clear to Huffman that she could impose a more stringent sentence. The sentencing will take place on Sept. 13.

#BREAKING: Felicity Huffman enters plea of guilty in federal court in #Boston #CollegeAdmissionsScandal — U.S. Attorney MA (@DMAnews1) May 13, 2019

View photos Felicity Huffman arrives with her brother Moore Huffman Jr., at federal court Monday, May 13, 2019, in Boston, where she is scheduled to plead guilty to charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. (Photo: AP Photo/Steven Senne) More

Huffman, who clutched a tissue during the proceeding, a joint plea session with L.A. businessman Devin Sloane, shed tears in court when talking about her daughter, Sophia Macy, whose SAT scores were fixed by college consultant Rick Singer after Huffman paid $15,000 to his fake charity. Huffman said in court that her daughter — who she previously claimed was unaware of the scandal — has been under the care of a neuropsychologist since she was was 8. Huffman alluded to a diagnosis which allowed the girl to get extra time on tests, and made clear that the neuropsychiatrist had nothing to do with the scandal or bribery. (Sophia took the test at a testing center controlled by Singer and was given double the time as the regular test taker.)

Felicity Huffman begins to cry as she tries to explain that her daughter has needed extra time on tests since she was 8 years old. A neuropsychiatrist diagnosed her. — Maria Cramer (@GlobeMCramer) May 13, 2019

Huffman chokes up: "I just didn't want to create the impression that the neuropsychiatrist had any part in this." Like her daughter, Huffman says, very emotional, the doctor is innocent. "Everything else that Mr. Rosen said I did, I did." — Maria Cramer (@GlobeMCramer) May 13, 2019

Again, Huffman arrived to court hand in hand with her brother, Moore Huffman, Jr., and without husband William H. Macy renewing interest in his role in the scandal — as well as where things stand with their relationship.

A new New York Times article looks at how while Huffman was pleading guilty in the fraud, “her husband’s fate has been different.” It revisited how the Shameless star was also involved in the scheme — talking to Singer himself in a conversation recorded by feds — and even discussed using the same processes to falsifying the SAT scores of their younger daughter, though they opted not to.

View photos Felicity Huffman arrives at court on Monday. (Photo: JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP/Getty Images) More

“What may never be known is this: Why prosecutors chose not to charge Mr. Macy, despite references in the prosecutors’ criminal complaint that suggest that Mr. Macy was not only aware of the plans, but a participant in at least some of them,” says the article. And a legal expert pointed out that “prosecutors have discretion as to who they charge. It may be that he cooperated with federal agents and provided important information as to the involvement of others, although most likely not his wife. He also could get charged in the future."