Sherri Papini leaves the federal courthouse in Sacramento, California, Sept. 19, 2022. – Credit: AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli Sherri Papini, the Redding, California, mother who faked her disappearance, plans to open up about her 2016 kidnapping hoax in a forthcoming Investigation Discovery docuseries. The ID docuseries, slated for 2025, will feature exclusive interviews with Papini and […]
A former lab manager at Northeastern University has been convicted of staging a hoax explosion at the Boston campus and then lying about what happened to a federal agent. Jason Duhaime, 46, from San Antonio, Texas, was convicted on three counts Friday by a federal jury. He faces up to five years in prison and a fine […]
A federal bankruptcy judge has stopped an effort by the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to begin collecting some of the 50 million dollars (£39.5 million) they won in a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims that the massacre was a hoax. Lawyers for […]
A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday stopped an effort by the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to begin collecting on some of the $50 million they won in a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims that the massacre was a hoax. Lawyers for Scarlett […]
Sherri Papini dominated national headlines in 2016 after the California woman claimed to be kidnapped, held captive and tortured for 22 days. Years later, it was unraveled as nothing more than a hoax. Keith Papini, Sherri’s husband at the time, revealed in a new interview how she was known to exaggerate stories and lie, but […]
Originally appeared on E! Online Keith Papini is finally speaking out. Seven years after his ex-wife Sherri Papini‘s kidnapping was revealed to be a hoax, the father of two shared his perspective on why his former partner faked her abduction, saying that he believes it was born out of a desire for him to be […]
The office of Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas rubbished “hoax” Facebook posts claiming he suggested the government reallocate funds for the Islamic hajj pilgrimage to finance the construction of the country’s new capital. The posts shared a doctored news article that originally reported on Yaqut coming under fire over his Eid message in […]
The Notorious B.I.G. once rapped “Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems,” but even that song couldn’t have predicted some of the downsides of fame in the social media age. UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley released footage from a home security camera, as well as a camera pointed at him while he live-streamed while playing a video game, […]
Eighteen months after Sherri Papini was sentenced to prison in her kidnapping hoax and ordered to pay more than $300,000 in restitution, federal officials say she has failed to pay up and are seeking a garnishment order to force payment of the debt. In a two-page filing Sunday in Sacramento federal court, Assistant U.S. Attorney […]
More than seven years after she was hailed as a “supermom” who the Redding community rallied around when she claimed she was kidnapped, branded and tortured, Sherri Papini gets to see her children only during one-hour visits that are supervised by a professional agency appointed by a judge. Since her claims of kidnapping in November […]
A Sacramento federal grand jury has indicted an Iraqi man living in Phoenix after he allegedly left hoax backpack bombs at a church in Roseville and another in Arizona, and attempted to leave others at churches in Southern California and Colorado, officials say. Zimnako Salah, 44, was indicted on a single count of false information […]
Feb. 25—NEW LONDON — City police said they responded to a hoax phone call from a man who claimed he’d killed one person and held another person hostage in a home on Linden Street Sunday. According to a news release, police received the call at 7:20 a.m. After arriving at the home and setting up […]