Sherri Papini will be sentenced on July 11. Man 2 stated that Papini fabricated stories of being the victim of abusive from her family, father and then Man 2 after the couple broke up.'. Even after investigators told Keith Papini that his wife had been with her ex-boyfriend and FBI agents suspected that she made her elaborate story up, Keith Papini continued supporting her publicly. He told investigators how their mutual friends told him after they split up that she was a liar. Sherri Papini's husband, Keith, filed for divorce days after she pleaded guilty to fraud charges on April 18, 2022. Despite her detailed account of the abduction to authorities, skepticism had long surrounded the claims. "Being white is more than just being aware of my skin, but of standing behind Skinheads - who are always around, in spirit, as well - and having pride for my country. Andrew Seng/The Sacramento Bee via AP, File. 1 seed in ACC, edges Pitt 78-76 for, No. Thank you to the extremely generous, anonymous as well as named donors all over the world [who] selflessly gave to our family. By Greg Hanlon, Christine Pelisek, and Diane Herbst. And after two years of getting a divorce, Sherri again married a man named Keith Papini in 2009. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. The couple stayed together through a six-year saga spurred in November 2016, when the mother of two vanished from her neighborhood. Sherri Papini's husband, Keith Papini, currently lives in Redding and works at Best Buy. They spent days focused almost entirely on an exchange on the Papini . Again, just another sign of how my wife is, she's so wonderful. By AP/KCRA Staff. The husband of Sherri Papini, the Northern California woman accused of faking her own kidnapping in 2016, has filed for divorce and custody of the couple's two children, court records show. Papini plead guilty to multiple counts of lying to a federal officer and mail fraud in April 2022 and was sentenced in July of that same year. Papinis actions have drawn comparisons to the 2014 film Gone Girl, based on the 2012 novel of the same name, in which a woman fakes her disappearance to frame her husband for a crime. REDDING, Calif. (KRON) Sherri Papinis husband loyally stood by her side for years. Talbert said, Ultimately, the investigation revealed that there was no kidnapping.. In the post, Graeff detailed how she grew up in Shasta Lake, California, was a good athlete, but was picked on in high school by a group of Latinos. The post stated, I used to come home in tears, because I was getting suspended from school all the time for defending myself against the Latinos. Sherri had gone for an afternoon jog at around 2 pm near their home in the Mountain Gate area and was not seen after that. Sherri appeared to have a chain around her waist, and her wrist and ankles were bound. This thread is archived . Authorities, family members and dozens of volunteers searched for weeks before Ms Papini surfaced on Thanksgiving Day morning - more than 240km from the Mountain Gate trial where she was last seen. Sherri's husband Keith thought she needed the marriage to get medical insurance for a heart murmur but the ex-husband said it was because she had donated so many eggs, she had medical issues. Prosecutors say her faked kidnapping wasnt impulsive, and that she planned it for more than a year without her husband knowing. He stated that Sherri asked him to pick her up on November 2, 2016, before driving her to his Costa Mesa, California, home. Sherri Papini's 13-year marriage ended in divorce after it was revealed she staged her kidnapping to hide with an ex-boyfriend. Keith Papini described his wife's horrific injuries in minute detail. According to the electronic court . She provided descriptions to an FBI sketch artist along with extensive details of her purported abduction. According to that document, the mail fraud count could result in a maximum penalty of "20 years of incarceration, a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is greater.". CNNs Eric Levenson, Stella Chan and Amir Vera contributed to this report. The breaking of the marriage was originally reported by the Sacramento Bee. "I am kind of relieved that she finally decided to come clean," Missy McArthur, the former mayor of Papini's hometown of Redding, Calif., tells PEOPLE. "The first thing I would like to address is the overwhelming amount of gratitude our entire family has for the thousands of people that have been on this torturous journey with us. She could drop her phone, but she would never in a million years not pick up our children on a time that she normally would have. He had received a text from Sherri in the morning but hadnt replied to it until the afternoon on that day. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A "Three Latino guys and five girls rushed in and jumped me," the blog states. The 39-year-old is currently charged with lying to police. The disappearance and reappearance. She made the confession to explain why she had been in touch with Reyes - the ex-boyfriend she is accused of hiding away with. Sherri Papini and husband Keith Papini in 2017 Despite leaving home and her children to be with her ex-boyfriend, Sherri Papini is still married to Keith Papini, and the couple is going strong. Thank you to our strong family, devoted friends, the entire Redding community and countless communities around the world. I have a very hard time believing shes sorry, Johnson told The US Sun. He said Ms Papini told police she had been thrown from a dark coloured SUV by her captors, whom she described as two Hispanic women armed with a handgun. Sherri Papini cheated on her husband Keith and was previously married to an army veteran whom she wed in order to get access to his government-funded medical insurance, according to the criminal complaint against her. Investigators spoke to her ex-husband, two men previously dated her and the director of a youth program she was in. She gave an elaborate story of her kidnapping and treatment at the hands of the supposed assailants, whom she said wore masks, spoke Spanish, held her at gunpoint and branded her with a heated tool. Papini told her ex-boyfriend to pick her up on November 2 from her home in Redding, California. Bad_goose_398 1 yr. ago. Sherri Papini was arrested in March 2022 and pleaded guilty to federal counts of mail fraud and making false statements to the police the following month. They have two children together, Violet and Tyler. She told detectives she pulled her own hair out when taken at gunpoint by her captors, so her husband would know where she was kidnapped. Rumours, assumptions, lies and hate have been both exhausting and disgusting. Papini faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and up to $500,000 in fines. She was found wandering in a parking lot 22 days later on Thanksgiving Day. Papini's story began on Nov. 2, 2016, when she said she'd gone out for a jog in her Redding neighborhood and was kidnapped by two armed, masked Hispanic women, whom she claimed had tortured her, branded her and kept her chained in a bedroom. Discovery Company. A concomitant 14-page plea agreement says Papini will plead guilty to only one of the counts of mail fraud and the final count for lying to the feds. The husband desperately looked for her, but she only showed up around three weeks later. It was filed just two days after Sherri Papini pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom to lying to FBI agents about her fake kidnapping. She claimed she was held captive for 22 days by two Hispanic women in November 2016. The criminal complaint against Sherri reveals that investigators spoke with two other men as part of their probe. Papini had claimed that two Hispanic women took her DNA on her clothing, however, led police to her ex-boyfriend, whom she was hiding out with the entire time. Sherri Papini, the California mother who faked her own kidnapping in 2016 in a hoax that was exposed with the help of advances in DNA technology, was sentenced to a year and a half in prison on . He elaborates on the description of the two suspects . by Blood Money When Papini was found, she had bindings on her body and self-inflicted injuries including a swollen nose and blurred 'brand' on her right shoulder. She is facing several years in jail and a $300,000 fine when she is sentenced on July 11. In November 2016, Papini, a 39-year-old mother of two, was found about 150 miles from her home after being missing for three weeks. The former boyfriend told investigators they didnt have sex while she stayed with him. According to the Shasta County Sheriffs Office, Sherri Papini never filed a report of domestic violence against her husband. Keith Papinis court filing requested a dissolution with minor children from his 39-year-old wife. When confronted with that information in August 2020, she denied everything. The people who sacrificed for the broken woman I was. But Keith Papini apparently had a change of heart on Wednesday when he filed for divorce in Shasta County Superior Court, according to the Sacramento Bee newspaper. REDDING, Calif. (KRON) Sherri Papini's husband loyally stood by her side for years. The complaint also details how she was married once before to an army veteran who she convinced to marry her so that she could use his medical insurance. She appeared virtually in the US District Court for the Eastern District of California where Judge William B. Shubb asked her to discuss her background and if she was ever treated for mental illness. The businessman passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2023, at the age of 33. He was referred to as 'Man 3' throughout the criminal complaint. Sherri isn't racist.". ', He concludes the statement by saying: 'I am asking that the court help me protect my children from the negative impact of their mother's notoriety.'. Ultimately, it was Sherry's will to survive that brought her home. Still, it helped to seed doubts in the Sheriff's office. 'When Man 3 returned from deployment, Papini told him she had found someone else and wanted a divorce, to which Man 3 agreed. Well, I just dont believe that, Johnson told The US Sun. California mom Sherri Papini . Ex-boyfriend and Papini had known each other since they were 13 or 14 years old. However, they soon learned that she claimed to have been kidnapped by two Hispanic women; women whod apparently told her that the police were actually involved in her abduction. When found, Papini had a chain around her wrist, her blond hair had been cut, and a brand had been seared into one of her shoulders. Papini is currently staying with a relative in Chico, California, roughly 75 miles south of where Keith and the children live, court documents show. The author says she was knocked to the ground and kicked in the face. So, lets find out what happened then, shall we? "It's not the first hurdle in this investigation that we've had, we've overcome many of them, not just in this case, but there's surprises in all investigations, so this is just. Sign up for PEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. James Reyes, 37, is the ex-boyfriend who hid California 'super mom' Sherri Papini for 22 days. Shasta County Sheriff Sergeant Kyle Wallace and Captain Brian Jackson worked on the case following her disappearance. The pair were married in 2006, before he deployed overseas. Keith separated from her on the day of her arrest and then filed for divorce in April 2022. Then, around three weeks later, Sherri was found on a rural road more than 100 miles from her home. New kind of cholesterol-lowering drug released to help people who can't have statins. The Sacramento Bee was the first to report the divorce. The statistically unlikely scenario sparked comparisons to the notorious case of Susan Smith, who told police her two young children had been kidnapped by a "black man" during a carjacking when she had in fact murdered them herself. Where is Sherris Ex-Husband Keith Papini Now. Keith is also asking to be relieved of responsibility for Papini's debts which include two unsecured loans from her mother-in-law Kathleen, 56, and 'any obligations arising from her criminal behavior'. Keith Papini of Redding, Calif., filed for divorce from Sherri on Wednesday in Shasta County court, a local ABC affiliate reported, citing court documents. According to People and the official criminal complaint filed against her, Papini married platoon sergeant David Dreyfus in 2006 and used his military status to obtain health insurance. He had flown from his home state, Michigan, to California in the weeks before she vanished and the pair planned to meet up but never did. Yes, Sherri Papini is still married to her husband, Keith Papini. She was ordered released on $120,000 bond . Sherri Papini- Career, Net Worth, Salary. Sherri has always captured my heart, and it is no surprise that she has captured the hearts not only through the country but throughout the world. 22:51 GMT 25 May 2022 'The fact that their mother lied to them on such a major issue is something they, and I, are having a hard time dealing with. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Thank you.". I do not see a purpose in addressing each preposterous lie. DailyMail.com also obtained pictures of Sherri Papini's new Chico, California home, where she has been staying since her split. It's nobility. Yet not appalled by the stunk she pulled. Sherri Papini, Who . Police concluded that she spent the time away with ex-boyfriend James Reyes in Costa Mesa, California and inflicted injuries on herself. Athough the date of their nuptials has yet to get revealed, they got separated around 2007. In 2020, they matched the biological evidence to James Reyes, an ex-boyfriend of Sherris. MARRIED mom Sherri Papini is accused of lying to cops after she claimed she was snatched and tortured by two women.The Californian, now 39, was arrest. All said she had a history of lying, The other worked with her at a youth program and said she was 'attention-hungry' and 'made up stories to get attention.'. Others have suggested Ms Papini was having an affair and inflicted her injuries herself to mask vigorous, possibly sadomasochistic sex sessions. Her now emaciated body of 87 pounds (39kg) was covered in multicoloured bruises, severe burns, red rashes and chain markings. (I believe they still do). A racially-charged blog posted in 2003 under the name Sherri Graeff - Ms Papini's maiden name - has been circulated in forums and on social media for the past five days as "evidence" of her troubled history with Latinos. Jalen Williams death news has covered the media headline. Online court records in Shasta County, Calif. indicate Keith Papini is the petitioner and Sherri Papini is the respondent in the case, which is classified as a "dissolution with minor children." torture. In a statement released by her attorney last week, Papini said she was "deeply ashamed of myself for my behavior and so sorry for the pain I've caused my family, my friends, all the good people who needlessly suffered because of my story and those who worked so hard to try to help me. Redding-area residents gather to take a Welcome Home Sherri Community Holiday Photo on the lawn in front of the Redding Civic Auditorium. Therefore, today, Sherri remains incarcerated at the medium-security Federal Correctional Institution (FCI 1) in Victorville, California. The married mother of two from . When Sherri was confronted by the FBI last August, she admitted speaking to other men while married, and said it was a mistake. He told police they dated for 'several years'. She told police she had been abducted and branded by two women who kept her chained in a closet. The affidavit states, Ex-boyfriend admitted to investigators that he helped Papini run away. Papini told him that her husband was beating and raping her and she was trying to escape. She will be sentenced on July 11. On November 2, 2016, Sherri Papini, a young mother of two, didnt show up at the childrens daycare to pick them up. We interviewed our tech expert, Jaime Vazquez, to learn more about accessible smart home devices. The mother of two appeared to be injured and bound. He made his living by working at Best Buy. 'He described Papini as an attention-hungry person who told stories to try to get people's attention. But it was his revelation Ms Papini had been "branded, and I could feel the rise of her scabs under my fingers" that appears to have caused police the most consternation. After 13 years of marriage, Keith filed for divorce, claiming that Sherri has 'significant mental health issues' and is 'not in a position to provide good parenting' to their two children - Tyler, nine, and Violet, seven. They told Dateline something wasn't right in the case from the start. It's always there. When she was confronted by police in August, Papini admitted that she spoke to men while she was married. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Interview footage reveals when mom who faked her kidnapping has story fall apart, Sherri Papini slapped with 18-month prison sentence for kidnap hoax, Prosecutors seek 8 months in prison for Sherri Papini over kidnapping hoax, Super mom Sherri Papini pleads guilty to kidnapping hoax.