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Sherri Papini has learned of her fate.
More than 5 months aft the mom of 2 pled guilty to 1 number of lying to a national serviceman and 1 number of message fraud successful transportation with her 2016 kidnapping case, Papini has been sentenced to 18 months successful prison.
Papini's clip successful situation volition beryllium followed by 36 months of supervised release, with Papini being ordered to wage $309,902 successful restitution for "losses incurred by the California Victim Compensation Board, the Social Security Administration, the Shasta County Sheriff's Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation," noted a property merchandise issued from the Eastern District of California's State Attorney's Office.
In 2016, Papini was reported missing aft she disappeared portion allegedly jogging successful her vicinity connected Nov. 2. More than 3 weeks later, constabulary told NBC News that Papini was recovered wandering successful a parking batch with her hairsbreadth drastically chopped and disposable injuries.
After investigating her alleged kidnapping, constabulary confirmed they found grounds that Papini fabricated the incident, with an FBI cause detailing successful an affidavit that she "was staying with a erstwhile fellow and harmed herself to enactment her mendacious statements."
On March 3, Papini was arrested and charged with 1 number of making mendacious statements to national instrumentality enforcement officers and 1 number of message fraud, according to a transgression complaint. The pursuing month, the 39-year-old spoke retired astir the charges.
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"I'm truthful atrocious for the symptom I've caused my family, my friends, each the bully radical who needlessly suffered due to the fact that of my communicative and those who worked truthful hard to effort to assistance me," she said successful an April 18 connection released by her attorney. "I volition enactment the remainder of my beingness to marque amends for what I person done."
Days later, Papini's husband, Keith—with who she shares kids Tyler, 5, and Violet, 3—filed for divorce aft astir 13 years of marriage.
"I privation to marque it wide that my extremity is to supply a loving, safe, unchangeable situation for Tyler and Violet and I judge the requested orders are accordant with that extremity and the champion interests of the children," Keith said successful a connection issued April 22. In his filing, Keith besides shared that helium is "asking that the tribunal assistance maine support my children from the antagonistic interaction of their mother's notoriety."
E! News has reached retired to Papini's lawyer for remark connected the sentencing.
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