Interrogation video of Sherri Papini released — Transcript
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- 0:02a newly released video shows a northern
- 0:05California mother who claimed she had
- 0:07been kidnapped confronted with the proof
- 0:09that she made the whole thing up Sherry
- 0:12papini is her name she was sentenced on
- 0:13Monday to 18 months in prison for her
- 0:16kidnapping hoax the interrogation video
- 0:19shows papini breaking down as detectives
- 0:21show her the evidence that she lied to
- 0:23them Nikki batisse has the story
- 0:26faced with DNA evidence photographs and
- 0:29statements by her accomplice and
- 0:31ex-boyfriend Sherry papini's kidnapping
- 0:34hoax crumbled when interrogated by two
- 0:37Shasta County Sheriff's Office
- 0:38detectives in August of 2020. when we
- 0:42talk to him confront him with the DNA
- 0:44the video released Tuesday shows papini
- 0:47accompanied by her husband sobbing at
- 0:50times when confronted by police over the
- 0:52false claims that she was kidnapped in
- 0:552016 by two Hispanic women whom she says
- 0:58beat her when in fact she with the help
- 1:01of her ex-boyfriend James Reyes
- 1:04inflicted the injuries on herself
- 1:07the reason why your nose got broke is
- 1:09because you held the hockey stick to
- 1:10your face and he forced it into your
- 1:12nose for three weeks but peonies
- 1:14disappearance sparked a media Firestorm
- 1:17and a massive Community search when she
- 1:19was found she spoke of being tortured
- 1:22and branded parts that don't make sense
- 1:24are that you're accusing two females
- 1:27who abducted you when he was James
- 1:30the part that you were branded James did
- 1:33he told me you know I feel like you know
- 1:35my Whole World's Gonna flip upside down
- 1:37again Keith papini stood by his wife's
- 1:39side prior to the interrogation after
- 1:42her sentencing Monday he said my current
- 1:45focus is on moving on and doing
- 1:47everything I can to provide My Two
- 1:49children with as normal healthy and
- 1:52happy of a life as possible for CBS
- 1:55mornings I'm Nikki Batiste
- 1:59like something out of a movie that story
- 2:01was more upsetting imagine what it did
- 2:03to the Hispanic Community yeah they were
- 2:05put under the gun her husband by the way
- 2:06filed for divorce two days after she
- 2:09after she pled guilty yeah rooting for
- 2:11him and all the kids that he's now of
- 2:14course
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