California Mother Pleasant in 2022 The charges to be filed with the allegations related to the faked kidnapping of her own five years ago returned to court, this time fighting her ex-husband’s right to visit with her two children.
“For eight years, our family has been stalked, harassed and bullied by the media,” Sherri Papini said in a court lawsuit. According to Krcr. “I did my best to keep my privacy to focus on my children and recover from the events that happened. I have been the primary caregiver of our children for many years after my arrest. I have been my child until I served my sentence. My child has been my primary focus.”
Papini’s hope to see the child again after eight years of legend has attracted the attention of international media and even the theme of Hulu documentary.
Her ex-husband, Keith Papini, is working to shelter their mother.
Attorneys from both sides defended before Judge Katherine Barton of Shasta County Superior Court.
Sherri Papini left Friday, March 21, 2025 at a child custody hearing in Redding, California. Papini previously served in federal prison for forging his kidnapping in 2016. (Derek Shakes Fox News Numbers)
Sherri Papini, a famous California kidnapping liar
In November 2016, Sherri Papini left her home in Redding, California, and jogged and did not return. She reappeared 22 days later and was beaten, with a brand on her shoulder 150 miles from her home claiming she had been kidnapped by two Hispanic women a few weeks ago.
Local and federal law enforcement have spent a lot of resources on the alleged crime over the years only to find Papini lived in Mesa, Costa Rica for the three weeks of her disappearance.
The “missing” sign proposed by Sherri Papini was in 2016 while authorities searched for her for 22 days. (Andrew Sen/Sacramando Bee via AP, file)
She finally linked her ex-boyfriend through DNA evidence, and he cleaned up with the authorities, Prosecuted in March 2022 There are 35 counts of mail fraud and one count of lying to federal officials.
Her husband, Keith Papini, Apply for divorce And immediately after that, the child is custody.
Later this year, she accepted a plea agreement and felt guilty about one count of mail fraud and charged with lying to federal officials.
View photos: Sherri Papini today
The lawyer said before the judgment
She was sentenced to 18 months in prison, but Release in 2023 About 11 months later.
Federal Judge William Shubb sentenced her to leave federal court after 18 months in a federal prison in Sacramento, California, on Monday, September 19, 2022. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)
Fox News Digital contacted the lawyers with both parties.
