Sherri Papini recounts her “abduction” in her own words — truthful or not — in the new trailer for a four-part ID docuseries premiering next month.
Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie, out May 26 and May 27 on ID and Max, features the California mother of two talking on camera about her headline-grabbing disappearance in 2016 for the first time since the incident occurred nearly nine years ago.
“Haven’t you ever lied? And then has that lie blown up?” Papini says in the trailer, while reiterating her version of events that authorities have deemed were fabricated: “I went missing in 2016. I was gone for 22 days. I was tortured, I was branded, I was chained to a wall. All of that is true. I did keep some secrets from you, though.”
In order to prove her innocence — “I’m Sherri Papini. I was abducted and I was tortured and the FBI said I made it all up,” she reiterates in the trailer — Papini undergoes a lie detector test, the results of which will likely be revealed over the course of the four-part series (though the docuseries’ title seems to hint at the answer).
Boasting “unprecedented access to Papini,” ID said of the docuseries in a synopsis, “Over the course of four-parts, Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie retraces Papini’s case from the days leading up to her disappearance into her alleged abduction, her shocking return to her family, and the subsequent aftermath that led to her 2022 arrest by federal authorities. For the first time, Papini will share her account of events as she recalls them, offering rare insights into her mindset during her disappearance and the subsequent investigation into her abduction claims upon her return home. Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie will also chronicle the aftermath of her 2022 guilty plea that Papini continues to navigate, including her present custody battle with her ex-husband, Keith Papini, as she seeks joint custody of their children.”
ID added that the docuseries “will delve deeper into Papini’s case to include insight from her parents and sister-in-law, the federal authorities who investigated her disappearance and prosecuted her for lying to the FBI, her former lawyer, her psychologist, as well as the podcaster who followed her story closely, among others. Through these interviews and extensive access to archival footage, legal documents, and court filings, a new picture of her case emerges – illuminating an entirely different side of the story.”
