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Sherri Papini, who faked her own kidnapping, is released from federal prison
NBC News ^ | Minyvonne Burke

Posted on 09/27/2023 7:08:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Papini was released to community confinement overseen by the residential reentry management field office in Sacramento.

Sherri Papini, the California woman who pleaded guilty to faking her own kidnapping and lying about it to the FBI, was released from federal prison to community confinement.

Papini, 41, was released last week, according to NBC affiliate KCRA of Sacramento. Online jail records show that she will be at a location overseen by the residential reentry management field office in Sacramento.

NBC News reached out to the office and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Papini was sentenced to 18 months in prison in September after pleading guilty to two counts of a 35-count indictment, admitting to mail fraud and lying to a law enforcement officer. The charges didn’t stem from her faking her abduction but rather from the lies she continued to tell for years afterward.

Papini, a mother of two from Redding, was arrested more than five years after she was reported missing in November 2016. She reappeared three weeks later, on Thanksgiving, about 145 miles south of where she had vanished, with a chain around her waist and injuries authorities say were self-inflicted. She was emaciated and had a brand on her shoulder that she had claimed was done by her captors.

Papini crafted an elaborate lie, telling authorities that two Hispanic women had abducted her. Her story began to unravel when investigators found male DNA on her clothing that led them to her ex-boyfriend, whom she had been staying with while she pretended to be missing. He dropped her off along Interstate 5 when she said she wanted to go back home.

Investigators said that the former boyfriend said that Papini had asked him to hit her but he refused. Instead, he agreed to hold a hockey stick for her to run into and pelted her with hockey pucks. He also said he branded her at her request.

Papini's attorney could not immediately be reached for comment on Saturday. Her full release date is Oct. 29.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; hoax; papini; sherripapini

1 posted on 09/27/2023 7:08:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

18 months in prison wiped that phoney smile right off.

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2 posted on 09/27/2023 7:19:13 PM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: TLI

Don’t lie to the FBI


3 posted on 09/27/2023 7:19:59 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

> Don’t lie to the FBI <

The police can lie to you. The FBI can lie to you. It’s all perfectly legal.

Lie to the police and you might get in trouble.
Lie to the FBI and you will get in trouble. It’s a felony.

Bottom line: Smile, and don’t be rude. Ask for a lawyer. Then keep your mouth shut.


4 posted on 09/27/2023 7:26:28 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: nickcarraway

She was sentenced to prison last month and is already in a re entry home?


5 posted on 09/27/2023 7:35:26 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: nickcarraway

the first thing she should do is fake an alien abduction now- keep the ball rolling


6 posted on 09/27/2023 7:35:51 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: nickcarraway

WOW! First person I ever heard about going to prison for lying to the FBI……


7 posted on 09/27/2023 7:37:30 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting….)
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To: Leaning Right

Mid 30’s when she disappeared. Went back to her old boyfriend.

It’s the man-juice my friends. Women gotta have it. Married couples fight and it doesn’t happen. She finds another way. How much of it did she get in prison?


8 posted on 09/27/2023 7:38:53 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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To: Lockbox

> First person I ever heard about going to prison for lying to the FBI…… <

Television personality Martha Stewart went to prison for that (and for a few other things).

These morons are all the same. They think they can outwit a skilled and experienced investigator with a few clever explanations.

If you really must talk, it’s better to go with the Hillary method. “I don’t recall.”
Then ask for a lawyer.


9 posted on 09/27/2023 7:50:27 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: nickcarraway

Dark thought: someone can now kidnap her for real and nobody would believe her.


10 posted on 09/28/2023 12:49:44 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: Leaning Right; Lockbox

The weird thing is Martha Stewart was under the advice of attorney. Seems like there was something wrong with that case.


11 posted on 09/28/2023 1:07:48 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I am a runner and I remember well the story when she disappeared. She “went out for a run” and disappeared, triggering a search for her by law enforcement folks. People in the running community were concerned about her. During which time, she’s shacked up with her ex. I saw the video of her interrogation - she was full of you-know-what and her husband who filed for divorce and custody of the kids the day after is a good man. He sat there for a long time before he asked one of the detectives to join him outside the interrogation room. She didn’t just lie to the FBI. My rant over - lol!


12 posted on 09/28/2023 5:29:12 AM PDT by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: quilterdebbie

Poor guy.


13 posted on 09/28/2023 5:41:09 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: quilterdebbie

Poor guy.


14 posted on 09/28/2023 5:41:10 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: Leaning Right

Your right, I was just thinking of all those Libs over the last.... mmmmm century who seem to get away with not telling the truth. Wonder who Marth pissed off?


15 posted on 09/28/2023 6:46:35 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting….)
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To: Chickensoup

Hopefully he has successfully extricated himself and his children from association with her.


16 posted on 09/28/2023 12:25:43 PM PDT by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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