IRL Gone Girl Sherri Papini Asks Judge For Mercy, Says Kidnapping Hoax Shame Already 'Feels Like A Life Sentence'
16.09.2022 - 23:33
/ perezhilton.com
The woman who was caught committing an “awful” kidnapping hoax way back in 2016 is now facing down a prison sentence for her actions — and she’s clearly hoping for a light ruling from the judge in this twisted case.
Perezcious readers will no doubt recall the story of Sherri Papini. In November of 2016, the mother of two was supposedly kidnapped in Shasta County, California while out on a jog. But after a dogged investigation by local police that even grew to involved the FBI, Papini’s story fell apart. Four years later, in August of 2020, detectives put together enough evidence to determine Papini had made up the kidnapping and worked with an ex-boyfriend to disappear for several weeks. A real-life Gone Girl.
In April of this year, Papini pleaded guilty to counts of mail fraud and making false statements to law enforcement officers. Now, early next week, she will stand before a judge to face sentencing over her guilty plea in this infamous case. And based on newly filed court documents, it sounds like she’s really hoping for a lenient term.
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According to Law & Crime, which published a court filing from Papini’s attorney William Portanova on Wednesday night, the disgraced 39-year-old mother is asking a judge for a term of “no more than eight months” with only “one month in custody and seven months of home detention.”
At issue, Portanova claims, is that Papini has supposedly already suffered from the public fallout of her act.
In a long-winded diatribe about his client’s regretful behavior, Portanova wrote to the judge that the embattled woman was caught living a horrible lie:
He goes on to write that Papini’s name is “now