Marilyn Louise Flynn is the former dean of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.
In 2018, Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, through his political campaign fund, gave $100,000 to Flynn’s school.
The school then passed the money on to a think tank connected to the councilman’s son, Sebastian Ridley-Thomas.
In June 2018, the school reported their concerns over possible inappropriate financial transactions to legal authorities.
In 2022, Flynn agreed to plead guilty to federal bribery charges[1] and was sentenced in June 2023 to three years probation and $150,000 in fines.