The After Show: Sherri Papini: Where the Truth Lies
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What happened to Sherri Papini?
Sherry Pippini arrested on charges that she allegedly lied to federal agents about being kidnapped. News breaks that the mother of two has been arrested.
Now being accused of making the whole thing up. A stunning admission. Sherry Pippini has now admitted it was all a hoax. Will plead guilty to lying to federal agents about the case.
What was Sherri Papini's initial story?
There's a plea deal. She's avoiding trial entirely. As part of this agreement, she has to admit, which she did in writing and through her attorney, that she made the whole thing up.
Sherry was sentenced to 18 months and was ordered to pay restitution. She served just under a year in federal prison and is now free.
Now, nearly a decade later, Sherry Papini is the subject of a new documentary where she gives her account of what she says happened. So, joining me now to dig into this story and 2020's long reporting on it is senior producer Sean Dooley. Hello, Sean. Hi, Deb. Good to be here. Good to be with you. You've been with us, obviously, here at 2020 for so long. You and I are always catching up in the hallway on all these different stories. But now we get a chance to talk face-to-face about this story that you senior produced along with Matt Gutman. Correct. Who reported on it. Correct, yeah. Sean, people, I just remember when this story happened. And I think I remember, of course, my jaw dropping at the whole prospect of it. But
You know, when you think about, you know, a story like that, right, that a mom has been abducted. And although we've seen a lot of stories where things have gone sideways, so I sort of wondered about it, but we were following it from the very beginning. And I don't know, I mean, were there doubts in the beginning?
I think there were, Debra. I mean, one of the things I think that's great about a show like 2020 is that we've been on for so long, we have such an incredible archive, and we get to follow stories for a long time. So as you said, this one's been going on for almost a decade. And we were there at the very beginning. And so when it first happened, as you say, it was a shocking story. I mean, a mother seemingly snatched off the street as she's out for a jog in the middle of the day.
She's got young children at home.
How did the investigation into Sherri Papini's case unfold?
Yeah, it was certainly a story that caught everyone's attention. And so, of course, we were following it as well. She ends up showing back up in sort of a seeming miracle on Thanksgiving morning. Weeks and weeks later. Weeks later, yeah. And we did our first show on this in 2016, just days after she had gotten back. Matt Gutman sat down with her husband, Keith Papini. She, we had been told at the time, obviously was not in any condition to do an interview herself. But her husband came out and spoke to us and told us, you know, how he was so, I remember at the time he was so emotional and talked about, you know, having her back, that this was a, you know, a miracle. He was so thankful to all the people who, I mean, because her community had really come out and searched for her, raised money for her. I mean, everybody was concerned about this mom.
And what did people say about this mom? I mean, she was, I guess, known to be a doting mother, right? They seem to have a solid marriage from what friends told us.
Yeah. At the time, it was this it was almost, you know, everybody referred to her as sort of a picture perfect mom. I mean, there were these gorgeous photos of her and her family and her two young children. And, you know, clearly they'd had some really nice photos, professional photos taken of their family that were out at the time.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened to Sherri Papini?
0:53–1:11
2
What was Sherri Papini's initial story?
1:11–3:04
3
How did the investigation into Sherri Papini's case unfold?
3:04–9:56
4
What evidence contradicted Sherri Papini's claims?
9:56–20:42
5
How did Keith Papini react to his wife's situation?
20:42
6
What were the final outcomes of Sherri Papini's case?
13:43–28:08