Nothing is going to be fake about this harrowing imprisonment. California mom Sherri Papini shocked the world when the viral story of her 2016 kidnapping got turned on its head — as the FBI finally determined four years later that the whole thing was B.S.
She made it look like she had been abducted (and even blamed Latina women for it) while jogging but really she and an ex-boyfriend had conspired to fake her disappearance as she stayed with him for a few weeks.
An IRL Gone Girl. Unbelievable. Even her husband was apparently fooled by the hoax; he quickly filed for divorce, stating he was “traumatized” by the ordeal. Related: Sex Offender Charged With Plotting To Have 12-Year-Old Victim Murdered Papini pleaded guilty this April to charges of mail fraud and making false statements to a law enforcement officer — just two of the 35 counts she was originally charged with.
Quite a deal. But authorities do NOT like being lied to and having their time wasted — as we saw with the Jussie Smollett sentencing earlier this year.
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