Sherri Papini, who admitted to faking her personal kidnapping, once more claims she was kidnapped

Sherri Papini, the California girl who was convicted of faking her kidnapping in 2022, now claims she truly was kidnapped — this time saying her ex-boyfriend was the offender.

Papini, 43 — who lied to the FBI in 2016 by claiming two Hispanic girls had held her captive for 3 weeks — mentioned she was in actual fact kidnapped throughout that point interval by her former boyfriend James Reyes.

Papini mentioned she by no means advised police the reality about her disappearance as a result of she was afraid of Reyes and in addition petrified of her then-husband.

“I’m not truly asking anybody to imagine something,” Papini advised ABC Information in a tearful interview to advertise her new self-published memoir, “Sherri Papini Doesn’t Exist.”

“I simply am free now, and I’ve the capability to talk for myself with out being afraid and with out having to lie and not being as fearful as I’ve been earlier than.”

Her mysterious disappearance within the Northern California city of Redding launched a dramatic, 22-day manhunt in November 2016 — just for authorities to find her “abduction” was a hoax she staged with assist from Reyes.

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Papini advised cops she was kidnapped at gunpoint whereas jogging close to her residence by two hispanic girls who tossed her in an SUV then chained, beat and branded her.

She was in the end discovered on Thanksgiving day on a freeway about 150 miles away from Redding with burns, bruises and a Bible verse branded on her shoulder — accidents Reyes advised police had been largely self-inflicted.

Throughout their investigation, the feds discovered that Papini was secretly staying with Reyes whereas her husband, two youngsters and officers desperately looked for her.

In her new e-book, nevertheless, she claims she was held towards her will and abused by Reyes, which he denies. Authorities have mentioned Papini manipulated Reyes into serving to her with the kidnapping hoax.

She additionally writes that she was in an emotionally abusive and controlling marriage to her then-husband, Keith Papini, allegations he has denied.

“To be clear, there was one factor that I lied about,” Papini advised ABC. “All the pieces else was correct and true. I lied concerning the identification of my captor.”

“It’s time to inform the reality. I’ve finished it. I’ve suffered for it. You watched me burn for it, go to jail, and lose custody of my youngsters and break my complete life,” she mentioned. “And it’s time to come back ahead and inform the reality to everybody.”

Papini pleaded responsible in April 2022 to mendacity to the FBI concerning the faux kidnapping and was sentenced to 18 months in jail. She in the end served 10 months behind bars.