SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sherri Papini, a Northern California mother convicted of faking her own kidnapping so she could go back to an ex-boyfriend, still owes restitution.
That’s according to an application for writ of garnishment filed recently in the United States District Court Eastern District of California against Papini and Kinney & Kinney Attorneys at Law, in which Papini has an interest.
The application says, as of March 22, Papini still owes $309,292.93 as part of her sentencing.
The United States is also seeking to recover a 10% litigation surcharge of the unpaid judgment amount, bringing the total they’re seeking to garnish to $340,221.23.
A statement from Papini's lawyer is below:
"Sherri Papini is aware of her pending financial obligations and has been open with the Court and the Government concerning her financial situation."
CASE HISTORY
Papini was sentenced to 18 months in prison in Sept. 2022 after pleading guilty in April.
In a court filing, Papini’s defense attorney said the married mother ran away to an ex-boyfriend in Southern California about 600 miles south of her home in Redding. He later dropped her off on Interstate 5 about 150 miles from her home.
Passersby found her with bindings on her body, a swollen nose, a blurred “brand” on her right shoulder, bruises and rashes across her body, ligature marks on her wrists and ankles, and burns on her left forearm. All of the injuries were self-inflicted and were designed to substantiate her story that she had been abducted at gunpoint by two Hispanic women while she was out for a run.
The kidnapping hoax led to a three-week multi-state search back in late 2016.
She received an 18-month sentence due to a plea deal with prosecutors, down from the maximum 25 years she could’ve received for the two charges. She never said why she did what she did.
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