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July 10, 2025
ORIGINAL ‘GONE GIRL’ SHERRI PAPINI’S BIZARRE U-TURN CLAIM SHE WAS KIDNAPPED DESPITE JAILTIME FOR HOAX
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Fraud
June 16, 2024
Convicted Liar Sherri Papini Wants Ex-Husband to Pay Legal Bills While She Lives It Up With New Boyfriend
Convicted liar Sherri Papini claims in court documents she needs her ex-husband to pay her to live, despite shacking up in a three-quarters of a million dollar mansion with her new boyfriend — the same new boyfriend she didn’t bother to mention in those court documents. Papini famously pretended she was kidnapped a tortured for …
Crime Stories
September 16, 2023
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: GLAM ‘SUPER-MOM’ Sherri Papini FAKES OWN KIDNAP AND TORTURE, WALKS FREE
Sherri Papini admits her 2016 kidnapping was a hoax, pleading guilty. The 39-year-old, sentenced to 18 months in prison, has been released into a residential management program. Her official release date is in October. The mom was reported missing and told investigators when she was found 22 days later that a pair of Hispanic women …
Hoax
August 27, 2023
‘Supermom’ Sherri Papini, Who Faked Her Own Kidnapping, Released From Prison
A California mother who faked her own kidnapping is out of prison after spending more than a year behind bars, the Sacramento Bee reports. Sherri Papini, 41, was released from prison last week and is said to be residing in a halfway house during her transition from state custody. Papini’s husband reported her missing in …
Crime Stories
October 4, 2022
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: ‘Supermom’ Sherri Papini Hubby ‘Blindsided’ by Kidnapping Hoax
New interrogation videos show Keith Papini’s shock at finding out his wife’s kidnapping was actually a hoax. Keith Papini described himself to investigators as “the idiot husband that stayed around the whole time.” The 39-year-old mom was reported missing on November 2, and told investigators when she was found 22 days later that a pair …
Kidnapping
September 30, 2022
SEE IT: Lying ‘Super Mom’ Sherri Papini Seen in New Footage Speaking to Cops with a Bandage Over Her Nose
Recently-released footage shows Sherri Papini speaking to California cops after she was found safe — and before it was uncovered that her 2016 kidnapping was a hoax. In a video shown on “Good Morning America,” Papini, 39, is heard telling cops that she is not sure she wants to speak with them as she does …
Kidnapping
September 20, 2022
SEE IT: NEW VIDEO Shows Moment Sherri Papini’s Fake Kidnapping Hoax Unravels
New video footage shows the moment Sherri Papini admitted to California cops that her 2016 kidnapping was a hoax. On Monday, Papini, 39, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $300,000 for falsely claiming to have been kidnapped for 22 days. The newly-released surveillance footage, which was broadcast on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” …
Fraud
September 19, 2022
Sherri Papini: California ‘Super Mom’ Who Faked Her Own Kidnapping SENTENCED to PRISON
A California mother who claimed she was kidnapped and tortured for three weeks in 2016 — but was actually staying with an ex-boyfriend 600 miles from her home — has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for her elaborate hoax. According to the Record Searchlight, prosecutors asked for an 8-month sentence followed by three …
Court
September 15, 2022
Sherri Papini: Federal Prosecutors Push for Kidnap Hoax ‘Super Mom’ to Serve Time in Jail
Federal prosecutors say that Sherri Papini, a California mother who staged her own kidnapping, should spend time in jail for her elaborate hoax. On Wednesday, prosecutors suggested Papini should serve a sentence consisting of a month behind bars, followed by seven months under house arrest. CBS reports that the sentence suggestion was provided in an …
Court
April 22, 2022
Sherri Papini: Husband Files for Divorce Days After Wife Admits She Lied About Kidnapping
The husband of the so-called “super Mom” Sherri Papini has started divorce proceedings, following her confession of faking her own 2016 kidnapping. According to the Sacramento Bee, Keith Papini filed for divorce Wednesday at the Shasta County Superior Court in California. Court documents reportedly indicate that Keith is seeking a “dissolution with minor children.” “Now …
Court
April 18, 2022
‘Super Mom’ Sherri Papini Officially Pleads Guilty to Orchestrating Kidnapping Hoax That Cost Taxpayers Over $230K
Sherri Papini, the so-called California “Super Mom” charged with faking her own kidnapping six years ago, has officially pleaded guilty to orchestrating the hoax. Papini, 39, appeared in front of Senior U.S. District Judge William Shubb during a 35-minute court hearing Monday morning, according to the Sacramento Bee. She didn’t explain why she created an …