Thoughts on Sherri Papini?

[bcla]

Now the gloves are off. There's a ton more, but I guess it's in the criminal complaint.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article259034893.html​

Detectives revealed in 2017 that in the days leading up to her disappearance, Sherri Papini exchanged text messages with a Michigan man whom she had planned to meet. And there were other doubts surrounding her story, some of them stretching back years.​

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Thirteen years before Papini told Shasta County detectives she was abducted and tortured for weeks by two female kidnappers, her mother called deputies to ask for help with her daughter.​

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Papini, her mother alleged, had been harming herself and blaming the injuries on her. Loretta Graeff’s allegations were detailed in a December 2003 Shasta County Sheriff’s Office incident report The Bee received under the California’s Public Records Act after Papini’s alleged abduction.​

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The report was only two sentences long. It doesn’t say whether the department found evidence that Papini — then 21 years old — had in fact harmed herself.​

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Graeff didn’t return a voice message Thursday afternoon.​

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Online sleuths also found other evidence to cast doubts on Papini’s claims. They dug up a racist online post that fueled skepticism about Papini’s story, since it was similar to her claims. An essay posted on a now-defunct website Skinheadz.com was signed by a “Sherri Graeff” — Papini’s maiden name.​

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The writer said that while growing up in Shasta County, she got into two fights with Latinos who targeted her because she was “drug-free, white and proud” of her “blood and heritage.”​

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“Ex-Boyfriend told investigators that Papini reached out to him ‘out of the blue,’ and that they had not spoken in a long time because ‘she got married, she had kids,’” court documents say. “Ex-Boyfriend estimated that sometime in 2015, he was cleaning his house and came across a box of old photos and personal items that belonged to Papini from when they were in a relationship together.”​

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He sent the items to her parents, and she later called him to say she had been saving her money because she “had a plan to run away with him,” court papers say.​

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“Papini told him that her husband was beating and raping her and she was trying to escape,” the documents say. “Papini told ex-boyfriend that she had filed police reports, but the police were not doing anything to stop her husband’s abuse.”​

 

[lifesavacation]

I always thought she was lying. I honestly never thought she’d be caught or prosecuted for her hoax. Glad LE continued to search for the truth and hold her accountable.

 

[kymom99]

I think in the 20/20 show they alluded to her troubled past. I really didn’t believe her husband either. It all seemed staged. With this info posted here, she sounds like a real nutcase.

 

[bcla]

I think in the 20/20 show they alluded to her troubled past. I really didn’t believe her husband either. It all seemed staged. With this info posted here, she sounds like a real nutcase.

Honestly, it sounds like her husband was out of the loop. Not sure what the goal was as there's not necessarily a whole lot of money in this sort of thing. It's not like she went on a speaking tour trying to cash in on it. Sounds more like she just had a history of making wacky claims.

 

[bcla]

Further updates. Not sure why they're the only source reporting this, but the Daily Mail (yeah - I know they're more or less a British gossip rag) found the identity of the ex-boyfriend. He says that she slept alone in a bed while he slept on his couch.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...riend-hid-Sherri-Papini-22-days-revealed.html

The Sheriff of Shasta County thinks that perhaps more charges are pending.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-sheriff-investigated-hoax-disappearance.html

 

[bcla]

Her family posted bail.

https://www.redding.com/story/news/...napping-case-papini-out-jail-bail/9431256002/​

Sherri Papini, the Redding woman accused of faking her own kidnapping while she spent 22 days with an ex-boyfriend in southern California, appeared in federal court via Zoom on Tuesday and was ordered to be released from Sacramento County Jail and comply with several restrictions.​

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Papini was immediately released on a $120,000 bond.​

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During the proceeding, both the prosecution and defense lawyers described the circumstances of Papini's arrest on March 3.​

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After surveillance of her home, officials followed Papini when she took her children to a music lesson, prosecutor Veronica Alegría said. To separate Papini from her children and any potential firearm, Alegría said, a "ruse" was created — Papini was told there was an accident involving her car.​

When she came outside the building, a waiting FBI agent told her she was under arrest.​

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"She screamed 'no,' and turned and ran," Alegria said.​

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Papini was not able to get far before the agent arrested her, Alegría said. "But she did resist" and was running away from the officer, said Alegría.​

https://twitter.com/x/status/1501364981383647237

 

[ford family]

Further updates. Not sure why they're the only source reporting this, but the Daily Mail (yeah - I know they're more or less a British gossip rag) found the identity of the ex-boyfriend. He says that she slept alone in a bed while he slept on his couch.

Never understand why people on here denigrate one of the UK's best selling daily newspapers.
It is classified as a tabloid because of it's size as opposed to a broadsheet. Not a reflection of it's content.

ford family

 

[bcla]

Never understand why people on here denigrate one of the UK's best selling daily newspapers.
It is classified as a tabloid because of it's size as opposed to a broadsheet. Not a reflection of it's content.

ford family

They have a certain political bent. And that's pretty obvious who reads it when looking at each article's extensive comment section.

 

[ford family]

They have a certain political bent. And that's pretty obvious who reads it when looking at each article's extensive comment section.

The Daily Mail is a printed newspaper from England. Its stance is right of centre in line with it's country of origin. It has a very comprehensive coverage of UK and World news together with editorial opinion. It has crosswords, quizzes and puzzles. It has a letters page but no extensive comments section. It is published daily in the UK and distributed there and in Europe. It is no longer printed in Florida.

I think you might be getting confused between the daily newspaper and the online product which is managed separately and has it's own editor and target market. Online editions are notorious for unsupported opinions posted by anonymous people, unfortunately as with the bulk of social media.

ford family

 

[bcla]

The Daily Mail is a printed newspaper from England. Its stance is right of centre in line with it's country of origin. It has a very comprehensive coverage of UK and World news together with editorial opinion. It has crosswords, quizzes and puzzles. It has a letters page but no extensive comments section. It is published daily in the UK and distributed there and in Europe. It is no longer printed in Florida.

I think you might be getting confused between the daily newspaper and the online product which is managed separately and has it's own editor and target market. Online editions are notorious for unsupported opinions posted by anonymous people, unfortunately as with the bulk of social media.

ford family

Every online article has comments, and they don't necessarily reflect that of the Daily Mail.

But what they choose to cover is often sensationalism. It's gotten to the point where it's not to be used as a reliable source for references on Wikipedia.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/02/wikipedia-bans-daily-mail/​

The editors of English Wikipedia have banned the Daily Mail, ruling that stories published in the newspaper or online can no longer be used as a source, citation, or proof of notability. The Wikipedia editors claimed that the Daily Mail is too unreliable due to "poor fact checking, sensationalism, and flat-out fabrication."​

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There were some votes against the ban, but they were in the minority. The opposition pointed out the Daily Mail might have been more accurate historically; some of its coverage areas are better than others; and by virtue of being a tabloid, it sometimes "rakes muck that nobody else has turned over."​

I'm looking at the referenced articles in one of the ones they had on Sherri Papini's arrest. Here's a sample:

• Iskra Lawrence flaunts her ample cleavage and tone curves in a revealing three-piece lace lingerie set as she poses for sizzling snaps
• EXCLUSIVE: Khloe Kardashian channels The Matrix in leather trench coat and boots with tiny sunglasses as she heads to business meeting in LA with momager Kris Jenner
• Lori Harvey puts on a busty display in geometric print dress with PVC gloves as she talks testing out her skincare line on boyfriend Michael B. Jordan

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Never heard of the original case. This sounds like the movie Gone Girl.

 

[bcla]

Never heard of the original case. This sounds like the movie Gone Girl.

I remembered someone talking about it, so I figured adding to the old topic would be appropriate.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

Every online article has comments, and they don't necessarily reflect that of the Daily Mail.

But what they choose to cover is often sensationalism. It's gotten to the point where it's not to be used as a reliable source for references on Wikipedia.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/02/wikipedia-bans-daily-mail/​

The editors of English Wikipedia have banned the Daily Mail, ruling that stories published in the newspaper or online can no longer be used as a source, citation, or proof of notability. The Wikipedia editors claimed that the Daily Mail is too unreliable due to "poor fact checking, sensationalism, and flat-out fabrication."​

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There were some votes against the ban, but they were in the minority. The opposition pointed out the Daily Mail might have been more accurate historically; some of its coverage areas are better than others; and by virtue of being a tabloid, it sometimes "rakes muck that nobody else has turned over."​

I'm looking at the referenced articles in one of the ones they had on Sherri Papini's arrest. Here's a sample:

• Iskra Lawrence flaunts her ample cleavage and tone curves in a revealing three-piece lace lingerie set as she poses for sizzling snaps
• EXCLUSIVE: Khloe Kardashian channels The Matrix in leather trench coat and boots with tiny sunglasses as she heads to business meeting in LA with momager Kris Jenner
• Lori Harvey puts on a busty display in geometric print dress with PVC gloves as she talks testing out her skincare line on boyfriend Michael B. Jordan

I know nothing of Sherri Papini but I’m interested in hearing more about these tiny sunglasses. Daily Fail breaking the hard hitting stories once again.

 

[bcla]

I know nothing of Sherri Papini but I’m interested in hearing more about these tiny sunglasses. Daily Fail breaking the hard hitting stories once again.

Not that big.

Not sunglasses, but once I had some glasses (pretty cheaply purchased) where I got tiny lenses to make it look thinner with my rather strong prescription. I actually lost them when I put on contacts and forgot them in a public bathroom. But basically I had absolutely no peripheral vision with them. If they came as sunglasses they wouldn't have covered up much of the bright light.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

Not that big.

Not sunglasses, but once I had some glasses (pretty cheaply purchased) where I got tiny lenses to make it look thinner with my rather strong prescription. I actually lost them when I put on contacts and forgot them in a public bathroom. But basically I had absolutely no peripheral vision with them. If they came as sunglasses they wouldn't have covered up much of the bright light.

Hmm. Those look like perfectly average sunglasses to me. I wonder how large sunglasses usually are in the UK for the Daily Mail to consider these tiny. Thanks for helping me crack this mystery, bcla.

 

[bcla]

Hmm. Those look like perfectly average sunglasses to me. I wonder how large sunglasses usually are in the UK for the Daily Mail to consider these tiny. Thanks for helping me crack this mystery, bcla.

Should have read "not that tiny". It's been a long day. Also - not sure that it really looks like Trinity from The Matrix.

As for big, there was that sunglasses hat that Emma Stone wore in Aloha. Heard that they were some heirloom from the 60s provided by the director.

Or one of those oddball wide brim sun shade hats that were popular in Asia over 15 years ago.

 

[bcla]

Here's another take. She's not likely to face the maximum sentence. Also - it looks like those blue eyes were artificially enhanced. Her booking photos show brown eyes. Of course a lot of her photos showed varying shades, but the wedding photo was really bright blue.

https://people.com/crime/whats-next-for-sherri-papini-according-to-legal-experts/

 

[bcla]

She took a plea deal.

https://www.redding.com/story/news/...mit-she-lied-fake-kidnapping-case/7294839001/​

Sherri Papini of Redding, who drew worldwide attention in 2016 after claiming she was kidnapped while out jogging near her home, has agreed to plead guilty to fraud and lying to the FBI about the incident.​

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The 39-year-old has signed an agreement in which she admits to the charges against her, which include mail fraud and lying about the kidnapping, according to Niki Serna, a paralegal who works with William Portanova, Papini's attorney.​

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Serna confirmed that the plea agreement was signed Tuesday morning, but she would not provide any further details about the case.​

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Papini was charged in the U.S. District Court in Sacramento with thirty-four counts of mail fraud and one count of making false statements, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.​

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In the plea deal, Papini agreed to plead guilty to a single count of mail fraud and one count of making false statements. Papini was arrested on March 3 based on a criminal complaint filed that day.​

If I were to guess, she'll probably be paying partial restitution and will get off without prison time. If there is any jail time, it's not likely to be more than a month.

 

[bcla]

And the official release.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/press-release/file/1493821/download

So it's over $300K total restitution. They set a floor, even though the amount supposedly spent by the victims is higher than that. I'm not sure how she's going to manage to pay that. I don't believe she was ever a six-figure income earner and the agreement says that it's due upon sentencing. I have the feeling they're going to come up with a payment plan.

The US Attorney also is going to recommend the low end, although I don't believe there's any statutory minimum. That's why I suspect that she might not get any jail time.

 

[Nennie]

I wonder when her husband found out the truth? So crazy!

I actually believed her story when this first happened. It's definitely a Gone Girl situation now!