Lori Loughlin’s daughter Olivia Jade, 20, cuddles up to new puppy in Instagram snap

She’s keeping a pretty low profile on social media as the legal case between her parents relating to the college admission scandal wends its way through the system.

But on Monday, Olivia Jade, daughter of Full House star Lori Loughlin and designer Mossimo Giannulli, couldn’t resist taking to Instagram to share a pic of her cute pup.

The 20-year-old is shown in the image cuddling up to her new pet as she gazes directly into the camera. 

Olivia had been building a following as a social media influencer before her mom and dad were arrested and charged with trying to fraudulently get her and sister Bella, 21, into a prestigious university.

Two weeks ago, federal prosecutors released a photo showing her on a rowing machine which is evidence in the case against her parents.

A source told UsWeekly on April 14 Tuesday that Olivia was ‘really embarrassed’ by the publication of the picture and realized that if she began posting again on Instagram, ‘everyone would be shading her’ in the comments section. 

‘This has been a tough setback for Olivia,’ the source added.  

Loughlin and Giannulli allegedly staged their daughters’ photos as part of their efforts to get the girls into the University of Southern California on fraudulent athletic credentials.

They were arrested in March 2019 and are accused by federal prosecutors of paying $500,000 to ensure their daughters would be accepted to USC as crew recruits.

The couple has pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiracy to commit mail fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. They are due to stand trial in October.

After they requested their case be dismissed claiming entrapment by the FBI, federal prosecutors released a trove of evidence including those photos intended to boost the girls’ college applications, e-mail exchanges and text messages by Loughlin and Giannulli.  

Mossimo Giannulli sent Rick Singer, the mastermind of the college admissions scandal, an email with the photo of Olivia rowing attached to it on September 7, 2016.

Singer had emailed Loughlin and Giannulli in August saying he was creating a coxswain profile for her and requested a picture of her posing as a rowing athlete. 

‘It would probably help to get a picture with her on an ERG in workout clothes like a real athlete too,’ he wrote in the e-mail. 

And a copy of Olivia’s alleged resume, also released by prosecutors, portrayed her as a ‘highly talented’ athlete who had won several rowing competitions.