Ex-husband of Sherri Papini speaks out for 1st time since her kidnapping hoax — Transcript

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1. 0:00NOW AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH
2. 0:02KEITH PAPINI, THE EX-HUSBAND OF SHERRI, WHO FAKED HER OWN
3. 0:08ABDUCTION AND LIED ABOUT IT FOR SIX YEARS.
4. 0:11HE'S SPEAKING OUT ABOUT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HER ARREST.
5. 0:15MATT GUTMAN SAT DOWN WITH HIM. GOOD MORNING AGAIN, MATT.
6. 0:18>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
7. 0:20MICHAEL. WHEN I FIRST INTERVIEWED KEITH
8. 0:22EIGHT YEARS AGO, HE WAS A MAN SHATTERED BY HER DISAPPEARANCE.
9. 0:25NOW HE IS A MAN WHO HAS BEEN SHATTERED BY THAT HOAX.
10. 0:29I ASKED HIM WHY HE DID THIS DOCU
11. 0:31SERIES. HE TOLD ME TO GET THE TRUTH OUT,
12. 0:33TO TELL PEOPLE HE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT HER PLAN, AND THAT THE
13. 0:38BIGGEST VICTIMS OF THAT HOAX WAS HER OWN FAMILY.
14. 0:42>> HEY, Y'ALL. >> SHE MADE US ALL BELIEVE THAT
15. 0:47HER STORY WAS TRUE. EVERY SINGLE DAY SHE COMMITTED
16. 0:50TO THE LIE. >> Reporter: HE WAS THE HUSBAND
17. 0:51AT THE CENTER OF THE KIDNAPPING HOAX THAT CAPTIVATED THE
18. 0:55COUNTRY. >> George: SEARCH FOR A MISSING
19. 0:56MOM IN CALIFORNIA, SHERRI PAPINI VANISHED WHILE JOGGING NEAR HER
20. 1:02HOME. >> Reporter: NOW KEITH PAPINI IS
21. 1:05REVEALING NEW DETAILS ABOUT HOW HIS WIFE SHERRI FAKED HER OWN
22. 1:11DISAPPEARANCE, CLAIMED SHE HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED BY TWO HISPANIC
23. 1:15WOMEN. THE HOAX DIDN'T JUST LAST 22
24. 1:17DAYS. IT LASTED FOR SIX YEARS.
25. 1:19>> AND EVERY SINGLE DAY -- THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DON'T
26. 1:22REALIZE. IT WAS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
27. 1:25>> Reporter: IN THE NEW HULU DOCUMENTARY SERIES KEITH RECALLS
28. 1:31THE SIX YEAR LONG SAGA. WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO REVISIT
29. 1:34THAT? >> I WANTED TO GET THE TRUTH OUT
30. 1:35THERE AND REALLY WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, LIKE, HOW
31. 1:41CONVINCING SHERRI WAS ALL THOSE YEARS AND HOW I BELIEVED
32. 1:43EVERYTHING THAT SHE WAS TELLING ME.
33. 1:46>> Reporter: IN 2016 THE CALIFORNIA MOTHER OF TWO
34. 1:48VANISHING AFTER GOING FOR A JOG. THE FRANTIC 22-DAY SEARCH FOR
35. 1:52SHERRI BEGAN WITH KEITH'S 911 CALL.
36. 1:55>> I'M LIKE TOTALLY FREAKING OUT THINKING SOMEBODY GRABBED HER.
37. 2:01>> Reporter: AS THE HUSBAND POLICE WERE THE FIRST PERSON
38. 2:04THEY QUESTIONED. BUT HE PASSED A POLYGRAPH TEST.
39. 2:07YOU SAID YOU WERE LIVING A PERFECT LIFE.
40. 2:09THERE WERE CRACKS. SHE WAS TELLING OTHER PEOPLE
41. 2:10THAT YOU WERE ABUSIVE. SHE TOLD FRIENDS THAT YOU'D KILL
42. 2:13HER IF SHE EVER LEFT YOU. ARE THOSE ALLEGATIONS TRUE?
43. 2:18>> OF COURSE NOT. THOSE ALLEGATIONS HURT, THEY'RE
44. 2:24PAINFUL. >> Reporter: DID YOU EVER
45. 2:25PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY ABUSE HER?
46. 2:27TKPWHR NEVER. >> Reporter: KEITH HELPING LEAD
47. 2:29THE SEARCH, BUT WITHOUT LUCK. ON THANKSGIVING DAY, SHERRI
48. 2:32TURNED UP ON THE SIDE OF A
49. 2:34HIGHWAY. >> ARE YOU CHAINED UP?
50. 2:36>> YES, YES. >> Reporter: SHACKLED, BRUISED
51. 2:38AND BRANDED. WHEN WE INTERVIEWED KEITH AFTER
52. 2:41IT HAPPENED IN 2016, HE BROKE
53. 2:44DOWN. >> SHE LITERALLY LIVED THROUGH
54. 2:47HELL. >> Reporter: BUT NOW HE SAYS
55. 2:49EVEN THEN THERE WAS DOUBTS. WHEN YOU FIRST ENCOUNTERED HER
56. 2:53IN THE HOSPITAL, WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST INSTINCT?
57. 2:55>> WHEN I PULLED BACK THE CURTAIN AND I SAW HER AND THE
58. 2:58LOOK IN HER EYES, I FELT IN THAT MOMENT THAT SHE WAS LYING.
59. 3:02IT WASN'T UNTIL WHEN I REALLY GOT CLOSE AND I COULD JUST SEE
60. 3:06THE AMOUNT OF INJURIES, BRUISES, BURNS TO HER BODY.
61. 3:11IT WAS A SHOCK TO ME. I REMEMBER THINKING, HOW
62. 3:16HORRIBLE OF ME TO EVEN THINK THAT SHE COULD HAVE DONE THIS TO
63. 3:19HERSELF? >> Reporter: FOR YEARS
64. 3:21AUTHORITIES SEARCHED FOR HER SUPPOSED HISPANIC CAPTORS.
65. 3:24>> THE AMOUNT OF FEAR THAT OUR FAMILY LIVED IN THAT WAS FAKE IS
66. 3:31EXCRUCIATING. I MEAN, SECURITY AT OUR HOUSE,
67. 3:35NEW DOORS, LOCKS, CAMERAS. >> Reporter: THEN AUGUST OF 20
68. 3:41TRACE DNA LED AUTHORITIES TO HER FORMER BOYFRIEND JAMES REYES,
69. 3:46WHO THEY SAY HELPED SHERRI CARRY OUT HER PLAN.
70. 3:48HE HAS NEVER BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME.
71. 3:51INVESTIGATORS CONFRONTING SHERRI ABOUT HER HOAX.
72. 3:55KEITH RIGHT THERE.
73. 4:05IT WASN'T UNTIL 19 MONTHS LATER, IN MARCH OF 2022, THAT SHERRI
74. 4:10FINALLY ARRESTED, CONVICTED OF LYING TO A FEDERAL OFFICER,
75. 4:13SERVING TEN MONTHS IN PRISON. SHE APOLOGIZED IN COURT, BUT HAS
76. 4:17SHERRI EVER APOLOGIZED TO YOU OR THE CHILDREN?
77. 4:22>> NO, NEVER. SHE HAS NO REMORSE THAT I HAVE
78. 4:28EVER WITNESSED OR SEEN. >> Reporter: DO YOU STILL TALK
79. 4:31TO HER? >> I DO NOT TALK TO SHERRI AT
80. 4:35ALL. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME.
81. 4:38>> Reporter: WHY DO YOU THINK THAT SHE CONCOCTED THIS HOAX,
82. 4:41DISAPPEARED, BEAT HERSELF TO A PULP FOR 22 DAYS THEN CONTINUED
83. 4:45TO LIE ABOUT IT FOR YEARS? >> I THINK SHE WANTED ME TO BE
84. 4:50HER KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR AND RUN TO HER.
85. 4:53AND I THINK THAT SHE WANTED TO PLAN A FAKE KIDNAPPING.
86. 4:58BUT IN HER VERSION, I WAS SUPPOSED TO FIND HER.
87. 5:01>> Reporter: KEITH SAID THE ORDEAL STILL HAUNTS HIM.
88. 5:06DO YOU THINK YOU WILL EVER BE ABLE TO GET OUT UNDER THE DOUBT
89. 5:10OP THE SHERRI PAPINI HOAX? >> I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO
90. 5:14BE THERE. WE DO WANT TO MOVE PAST IT.
91. 5:16I DO WANT TO PROVIDE MY CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, AN AMAZING
92. 5:23CHILDHOOD. BUT I THINK IT WILL ALWAYS BE
93. 5:27THERE. >> Reporter: WE REACHED OUT TO
94. 5:29SHERRI AND HER EX-BOYFRIEND JAMES REYES FOR COMMENT.
95. 5:32NEITHER RESPONDED. WE UNDERSTAND THAT SHERRI DOES
96. 5:34HAVE A NEW BOYFRIEND NOW. KEITH SAID THAT SHE TOLD THEIR
97. 5:39KIDS THAT SHE'S NOW AUTHORING TWO CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
98. 5:44WHEN ASKED KEITH IF HE IS HAPPIER NOW, NO, BUT IS HEALING
99. 5:48AND TRYING TO OFFER HIS KIDS THE BEST CHILDHOOD HE CAN.
100. 5:51GUYS? >> Michael: ALL RIGHT, MATT.
101. 5:53THE WHOLE THING IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
102. 5:55>> Whit: STILL SO MANY QUESTIONS, TOO, ABOUT THE CASE.
103. 5:58"PERFECT WIFE: THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERRI PAPINI" IS STREAMING THURSDAY ON HULU.