California mother jailed for 18 months for faking her own kidnapping to stay with boyfriend Sherri Papini went missing on a jog prompting an FBI investigation Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2022
What Sherri Papini said in court before being sentenced for fabricating California kidnapping SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Before Sherri Papini was sentenced to 18 months in prison for admitting her 2016 kidnapping was a hoax, the Northern California mother of two delivered an emotional statement to Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb in a federal courtroom in Sacramento. Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022
California woman who admitted to faking her kidnapping sentenced to 18 months in prison Sherri Papini’s case gained national attention when she went missing for weeks but was found staying with an ex-boyfriend The Guardian - US · Sep 19, 2022
Sherri Papini sentenced to 18 months for 2016 kidnapping hoax The 40-year-old mother of two pleaded guilty last spring under a plea bargain that includes paying more than $300,000 in restitution The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022
California 'chameleon' awaits 2016 kidnapping hoax sentence Federal prosecutors say a Northern California woman should be sentenced to eight months in prison for carefully faking her own kidnapping The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022
Sherri Papini’s lawyer asks for 1 month in prison, 7 months in home detention in kidnap hoax SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One day after federal prosecutors asked for an eight-month prison sentence for Sherri Papini for her 2016 kidnap hoax, her attorney asked a judge to give the 40-year-old Redding-area woman a one-month sentence in custody with seven more in home detention. Tribune News Service · Sep 14, 2022
Prosecutors seek eight-month prison sentence for Sherri Papini over faked kidnapping The kidnapping scheme began back in November 2016 when Ms Papini seemed to disappear while out for a jog The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022
Prosecutors want California’s Sherri Papini to serve 8 months for admitted kidnapping hoax SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to send Sherri Papini to prison for eight months as punishment for her kidnapping hoax, writing in court files that the Northern California mom continues to tell people she actually was kidnapped and rejecting a proposal by probation officials that she… Tribune News Service · Sep 13, 2022
Sherri Papini’s husband files for divorce after she pleads guilty to hoax SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Keith Papini, who loyally stood by his wife’s side for six years as Sherri Papini maintained she had been kidnapped, filed for divorce Wednesday, two days after she pleaded guilty to charges that the whole thing was a hoax. Tribune News Service · Apr 22, 2022
Woman who faked her own abduction after she 'vanished on jog' faces jail Sherri Papini, 39, mysteriously showed up on Thanksgiving Day at the side of a road about 120 miles away, 22 days after she was reported missing having apparently vanished during a run. Daily Record · Apr 19, 2022
Mum Sherri Papini admits faking own kidnapping for 3 weeks after she 'vanished on jog' Sherri Papini mysteriously reappeared on Thanksgiving Day at the side of a road 120 miles away 22 days after she was reported missing having apparently vanished during a run in Redding, California Daily Mirror · Apr 19, 2022
Sherri Papini says she is ‘deeply ashamed’ of faking own kidnapping DNA found on Papini’s sweatpants and underwear eventually led to the unravelling of her claims The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022
Sherri Papini pleads guilty in faked kidnapping, awaits sentencing in Sacramento court SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An emotional Sherri Papini formally admitted Monday that she made up her 2016 “kidnapping” from Redding, pleading guilty in federal court in Sacramento to a count of making false statements to a federal agent and mail fraud, part of a plea agreement she worked out after her… Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2022
California woman pleads guilty to 2016 kidnapping hoax A Northern California woman has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and lying to the FBI The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022
The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2022 Sheriff calls Sherri Papini a ‘deceitful selfish narcissist’ for faking her own kidnap ‘Now that she’s facing charges and facing prison now all of a sudden she’s sorry? I don’t buy that,’ sheriff says
Tribune News Service · Apr 13, 2022 News briefs California woman Sherri Papini accepts plea deal, will admit her 'kidnap' was all a hoax
Tribune News Service · Apr 13, 2022 Sherri Papini accepts plea deal, will admit her 'kidnap' was all a hoax SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Six weeks after Sherri Papini was arrested and charged with faking her own kidnapping in 2016, the so-called Super Mom from Redding has signed a plea deal and will admit that she orchestrated the hoax, her attorney told The Sacramento Bee on Tuesday.
The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022 ‘Supermom’ Sherri Papini takes plea deal after faking her 2016 kidnapping: ‘I am deeply ashamed’ Hoax allowed woman to collect $30,000 in victim assistance
The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2022 ‘I didn’t believe it for a moment’: Inside the case of ‘supermom’ Sherri Papini charged with faking kidnapping A small city in California lived in fear after Sherri Papini claimed to have been abducted at gunpoint by masked Hispanic women. Five years later, she’s finally been charged with making it all up. Bevan Hurley writes
The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022 Sherri Papini is released from jail on $120,000 bond after her arrest for faking 2016 kidnapping Papini must undergo psychiatric treatment and surrender her passport as conditions of her release
Tribune News Service · Mar 9, 2022 Judge grants Sherri Papini's release in missing-woman hoax case; prosecutors say 'super mom' tried to run from feds SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sherri Papini, the Redding mother accused of orchestrating an elaborate abduction hoax in 2016 and lying to federal agents about it, was allowed to leave jail on Tuesday.
The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022 Judge: woman charged with faking kidnapping can leave jail A federal judge has ruled that a Northern California woman who was arrested last week for faking her own 2016 kidnapping and lying to federal agents investigating the alleged abduction can be released from jail
The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2022 Sheriff says further charges likely in Sherri Papini case as mother ‘didn’t pull off’ hoax on her own ‘It is a case of calculated deception, driven by her narcissistic behaviour’
The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2022 ‘I didn’t believe it for a moment’: Inside the case of ‘supermom’ Sherri Papini charged with faking kidnapping A small city in California lived in fear after Sherri Papini claimed to have been abducted at gunpoint by masked Hispanic women. Five years later, she’s finally been charged with making it all up. Bevan Hurley writes
The Guardian - US · Mar 4, 2022 California jogger Sherri Papini staged own violent kidnapping, FBI says Papini’s 2016 disappearance was long cloaked in confusion, as a friend raised funds for a ‘reverse ransom’