Sherri Papini’s kidnapping hoax is getting a new ID documentary series with a 2025 release date. Sherri, who served nearly 10 months in prison on federal charges, will now share her side of the hoax. Infamously known as the woman who faked her kidnapping, Sherri went missing in November 2016. She reappeared weeks later, claiming she was kidnapped. A years-long investigation revealed the married mother-of-two had been living with her ex-boyfriend, James Reyes, during her disappearance.
Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini recently revisited the case, comprising interviews with her ex-husband, Keith Papini, and others. Keith filed for divorce from Sherri shortly after she pleaded guilty to federal charges and also took custody of their children. The three-part Hulu series hit 3.6 million views in a week, making history as the most-watched docuseries on the streamer.
Is there a release date for the new Sherri Papini documentary?
According to People Magazine, the upcoming Sherri Papini documentary, which is yet to have a title, on ID will release in 2025. The docuseries will revisit another perspective concerning the elaborate 2016 kidnapping hoax that has been in the headlines for years now. Sherri, who is at the center as the woman who faked her kidnapping, will be speaking out for the first time since her 2022 conviction.
Sherri Papini went missing after going for a morning run on November 2, 2016, in Redding, California. Twenty-two days later, she reappeared on Interstate 5 on Thanksgiving Day and claimed that two armed Hispanic women had kidnapped her. Sherri had a chain wound to her waist and had bruises and brandings on her body. A years-long investigation revealed that her kidnapping was a hoax. Male DNA evidence from her clothes led detectives to her ex-boyfriend James Reyes, and the hoax unraveled.
ID’s president, Jason Sarlanis, detailed what viewers can expect from the upcoming Sherri Papini kidnapping hoax documentary. In a press release, Sarlanis said, “Sherri Papini drew worldwide attention when she went missing and then again, when she returned.” He claimed the docuseries will revisit the kidnapping hoax from “one point of view that the world hasn’t heard and that is from Sherri herself.”
The documentary series will include interviews with Sherri Papini, who will tell the story “in her own words.” Additionally, it will consist of “unprecedented access to archival footage, legal documents, and court filings as well as extensive interviews with those close to Papini and the investigation.”
Sherri Papini served 10 months in federal prison on two counts of mail fraud and lying to a law enforcement officer. She was released in August 2023 and is now writing two children’s books.
