BREAKING | The California mom who admitted to faking her own violent abduction in 2016 in an elaborate hoax to run away with an ex-boyfriend has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
The California mom who admitted to faking her own violent abduction in 2016 in an elaborate hoax to run away with an ex-boyfriend has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
“Papini planned and executed a sophisticated kidnapping hoax, and then continued to perpetuate her false statements for years after her return without regard for the harm she caused others,” prosecutors said in the sentencing memo. “As a result, state and federal investigators devoted limited resources to Papini's case for nearly four years before they independently learned the truth: that she was not kidnapped and tortured.
When she was found, Papini was bound with a swollen nose, a blurred “brand” on her shoulder, bindings on her body, and rashes. At the time, Papini told investigators she had been abducted by two masked “Hispanic women” at gunpoint who bound her in a closet while playing “really annoying Mexican music.” She added that she had been abused by her kidnappers.
Eventually, federal authorities determined that Papini had been staying with an ex-boyfriend in Southern California of her own volition. Prosecutors noted that DNA, cellphone, and evidence of a car rental show that not only did Papini voluntarily stay with her former boyfriend—but that she had taken steps to hurt herself to make her kidnapping story more believable.
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