# Sherri Papini purported abduction (Update: She has been sentenced for faking her own kidnapping) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 25, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976 "2016-11-25T17:23:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976/221 "2022-03-05T14:19:44Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I hope for her kids sake that Sherri settles back into anonymity. Nope. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976/222 "2022-03-05T15:43:25Z")
Seems odd they’d drag out such an old case that’s long been forgotten. My gosh, think what’s happened in six years. You’re talking pre-pandemic. Obama was still President. 😳 We hadn’t experienced the horror of Trump yet. It seems like a different life. I assume the defense will make a strong case for mental illness. No sane person would mutilate themselves to support an elaborate lie. Sherri is so delusional that it’s not possible for her to see her own lies. She’s living a lie every day. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976/223 "2022-03-05T16:25:43Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > No sane person would mutilate themselves to support an elaborate lie. Sherri is so delusional that it’s not possible for her to see her own lies. She’s living a lie every day. Right. Tell us again your credentials for making this kind of judgment about someone you’ve never met, and about the general behavior of liars? You are an expert, right? Because you certainly write as if you think you are. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976/224 "2022-03-05T16:41:00Z")
From the arrest warrant posted above: > After the divorce, Man 3 heard from mutual friends that PAPINI had a history of lying. > Investigators also interviewed several of PAPINI’s friends. These friends described PAPINI as being crazy and wild as a youth. The friends recounted that PAPINI used to run away and one described an incident in which PAPINI ran away from home at age 16 to Southern California and stayed with friends. Multiple friends also stated that PAPINI would make up lies, particularly about being the victim of abuse, especially as a youth. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976/225 "2022-03-05T16:52:01Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Seems odd they’d drag out such an old case that’s long been forgotten. > > My gosh, think what’s happened in six years. You’re talking pre-pandemic. Obama was still President. 😳 We hadn’t experienced the horror of Trump yet. It seems like a different life. > > I assume the defense will make a strong case for mental illness. No sane person would mutilate themselves to support an elaborate lie. A number of murderers including Diane Downs have shot themselves in order to set up alibis for killing loved ones. Charles Stuart shot and wounded himself severely in the abdomen and required six hours of surgery. Lesser cases of self-harm to falsely accuse others exist, i.e. Tawana Brawley. People go to considerable lengths to get away with crimes/misbehavior and hurt themselves, without being “delusional”, unless you consider them deluded for thinking they can get away with it. But maybe Papini should be off the hook now, because, y’know, Trump. 🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976/226 "2022-03-05T20:10:59Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Right. Tell us again your credentials for making this kind of judgment about someone you’ve never met, and about the general behavior of liars? You are an expert, right? Because you certainly write as if you think you are. I don’t think @aceplace57 is making this kind of judgement. I think he’s saying that that’s the argument her defense lawyers will make. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976/227 "2022-03-05T20:55:33Z")
Yes. I think the defense will get Sherri examined by doctors and use that at trial. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976/228 "2022-03-05T22:21:42Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t think @aceplace57 is making this kind of judgement. I think he’s saying that that’s the argument her defense lawyers will make. It could be read that way. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976/229 "2022-04-13T14:31:28Z")
Just popping in to say: nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976/230 "2022-04-22T21:38:56Z")
Hubby’s dumping her. [https://nordot.app/890317633772978176?c=592622757532812385](https://nordot.app/890317633772978176?c=592622757532812385) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976/231 "2022-04-26T16:30:09Z")
Smsrt move. It sounds like the father is trying to limit financial liability. Sherri should face any fines our lawsuits on her own. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976/232 "2022-09-19T17:48:04Z")
> **[Sherri Papini, who faked her own kidnapping, sentenced to 18 months in prison](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sherri-papini-faked-kidnapping-2016-sentenced-18-months-prison-rcna48335)** > > Papini, who pleaded guilty in April to mail fraud and lying to a law enforcement officer, initially claimed that two Hispanic women abducted her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976.md?page=11)