Sherri Papini charged with faking kidnapping, officials say

[Kamaji]

Sherri Papini charged with faking kidnapping, officials say

By Yaron Steinbuch
March 4, 2022

California “super mom” Sherri Papini, whose disappearance and mysterious reappearance sparked a frantic three-week search in 2016 and hit global headlines, lied about being kidnapped and was staying with an ex-boyfriend, officials said.

Papini, who had been reported missing Nov. 2, was found on Thanksgiving Day that year “bound with restraints” and injuries — including a broken nose and a “brand” on the shoulder — on the side of a road.

The now-39-year-old Redding woman told investigators she had been kidnapped at gunpoint by two Hispanic women, even providing descriptions to an FBI sketch artist along with a detailed account of her purported abduction.

But authorities now say Papini made the whole thing up.

“In truth, Papini had been voluntarily staying with a former boyfriend in Costa Mesa and had harmed herself to support her false statements,” the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California said in a release.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/03/04/sherri-papini-charged-with-faking-kidnapping-officials-say/

[mountaineer]

File under L, for looneytoonz.

[mountaineer]

UPDATE

'Super mom' Sherri Papini sentenced to 18 months for kidnapping hoax
by Ryan King, Breaking News Reporter
September 19, 2022 01:12 PM

Sherri Papini, the California mother of two who was accused of perpetuating a kidnapping hoax in 2016, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for the purported scheme and lying about it, according to multiple reports.

Dubbed the "super mom," Papini entered a plea agreement earlier this year and has been ordered to pay over $300,000 in restitution. She will also face 36 months of supervised probation upon release and is expected to turn herself over to authorities on Nov. 8, the Independent reported.

“An entire community believed the hoax and lived in fear that Hispanic women were roving the streets to abduct and sell women,” prosecutors said, per NBC. “She maintained her hoax and received Social Security and California Victims’ benefits for years, demonstrating that she had no remorse for her actions even after the FBI presented her with evidence of her fraud."  ... Washington Examiner

[verga]

Glad to see one of the hoaxers being required to make restitution.