Sherri Papini’s husband recordsdata for divorce, custody of kid after pleading responsible to swindle kidnapping: report
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A California man who stood by his wife for six years after she claimed she was kidnapped has filed for divorce after it was revealed the kidnapping was part of an elaborate hoax.
Online records in the Shasta County Superior Court show that Keith Papini sought a “minor children’s resolution” from his wife, Sherri Papini, who, according to the Sacramento Bee, admitted in a recent settlement agreement that she was faked for three weeks in 2016, to have been kidnapped.
Sherri Papini of Redding exits federal court after her arraignment in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday April 13, 2022.
(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncell)
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“Now that I have learned the truth as reflected in the agreement she has reached with the US Attorney’s Office in Sacramento, I must act decisively to protect my children from the trauma caused by their mother, and bring stability and calm into their lives. ‘ Keith Papini wrote in an affidavit filed in court. “Both I and especially our children were traumatized by her disappearance and I have spent a lot of time and money trying to find my wife.
Sherri Papini, 39, of Redding, was found on Thanksgiving Day 2016 after weeks of searches in California and several nearby states with shackles on her body and injuries including a swollen nose and a “burn” on her right shoulder.
Sherri Papini of Redding exits federal court accompanied by her attorney William Portanova, right, after her arraignment in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 13, 2022.
(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
She was reported missing on November 2nd. She told authorities at the time that she was kidnapped at gunpoint by two Hispanic women and even provided descriptions along with full details of her alleged kidnapping to an FBI sketcher.
In fact, authorities said she was staying with a former boyfriend nearly 600 miles from her home in Orange County, Southern California, and self-injured to support their false statements.
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Sherri Papini recently pleaded guilty to one count each of mail fraud and lying to a federal agent days after she accepted a deal from prosecutors related to the fake kidnapping. The story made national headlines and cost law enforcement and the government thousands of dollars.
She apologized to Shubb, adding, “I’m sorry. I feel very sad, Your Honor. I feel very sad,” the report said.
Shubb then asked Papini if she had been kidnapped, to which she reportedly replied, “No, Your Honor.”
Prior to the plea deal, Papini reportedly faced 34 counts of mail fraud and one count of false testimony. She instead pleaded guilty to one count each and a maximum of $300,000 in damages. More specifically, she has to pay nearly $149,000 to the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office; at least $127,568 to the Social Security Administration; $30,694 to the California Victims Compensation Board and more than $2,500 to the FBI, according to The Associated Press.
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She reportedly faces up to 20 years in prison for mail fraud and up to five years for lying to a federal officer.
A “missing” sign for Sherri Papini of Redding, California, is seen near where the mother-of-two is said to have originally disappeared while jogging.
“I am deeply ashamed of my behavior and very sorry for the pain I have caused my family, my friends, all the good people who have suffered needlessly because of my story and those who have worked so hard to to try to help me,” Papini said in a statement from her attorney, William Portanova. “I will work the rest of my life to make up for what I did.”
Papini’s sentencing is scheduled for July 11, 2022.
Stephanie Pagones of the Associated Press and Fox News contributed to this report.
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