Sherri Papini confronted with evidence of her faking kidnapping, newly released video shows — Transcript
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- 0:08>> IT'S NOT AN ABDUCTION, SHE
- 0:09ASKED ME TO COME GET HER.
- 0:14>> NO.
- 0:16>> I RENTED A CAR, NO.
- 0:18I DROVE UP AND PICKED HER UP.
- 0:19>> SHOCKING NEW VIDEO TONIGHT
- 0:20FROM THE SHASTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S
- 0:22OFFICE
- 0:22SHOWING THE MOMENT INVESTIGATORS
- 0:23CONFRONTED SHERRI PAPINI WITH
- 0:24EVIDENCE, SHE FAKED HER OWN
- 0:25KIDNAPPING.
- 0:25>> DEPUTIES ALSO RELEASING
- 0:27IMAGES OF THE INJURIES, THEY SAY
- 0:28SHE GAVE HERSELF.
- 0:29AND AN INTERVIEW WITH THE EX
- 0:29BOYFRIEND SHE WAS ACTUALLY
- 0:30STAYING WITH.
- 0:33>> SHE HAD A PLAN.
- 0:33SHE HAD PLANNED THIS.
- 0:33>> HOW DO YOU KNOW SHE HAD A
- 0:35PLAN?
- 0:35>> SHE HAD TO HAVE A PLAN,
- 0:37BECAUSE SHE CALLED ME.
- 0:37I DON'T HAVE A PLAN.
- 0:38>> ALL OF THIS COMES ONE DAY
- 0:40AFTER SHERRI PAPINI WAS
- 0:41SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS FOR THE
- 0:46LIFE THAT LED TO A LOT OF WASTED
- 0:48TIME FOR INVESTIGATORS.
- 0:50-- LINE THAT LED TO A LOT OF
- 0:53WASTED -- LIE THAT LED TO A LOT
- 0:58OF WASTED TIME FOR
- 0:58INVESTIGATORS.
- 0:59>> KCRA 3'S MELANIE WINGO HAS
- 1:00MORE TONIGHT ON THE NEW EVIDENCE
- 1:01THAT WAS RELEASED
- 1:02INCLUDING THE MOMENT SHE KNEW
- 1:02HER STORY WAS FALLING APART.
- 1:04>> THERE'S ABOUT AN HOUR'S WORTH
- 1:05OF INTERROGATION VIDEO.
- 1:06RELEASED TODAY BY THE SHASTA
- 1:06COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
- 1:07WE LISTENED TO ALL THAT WAS
- 1:08REVEALED AND HOW SHERRI PAPINI
- 1:11REACTED IN THAT VIDEO.
- 1:11>> A DAY AFTER SHERRI PAPINI OF
- 1:12REDDING HEARD HOW SHE'LL PAY FOR
- 1:13CONCOCTING AN ELABORATE
- 1:16KIDNAPPING PLOT BACK IN 2016.
- 1:17WE'RE GETTING A LOOK INSIDE THE
- 1:19INTERROGATION ROOM BACK IN
- 1:20AUGUST OF 2020.
- 1:22WHEN INVESTIGATORS REVEALED TO
- 1:23PAPINI, ALL THE EVIDENCE THEY
- 1:28HAD AGAINST HER.
- 1:29>> THE DNA CAME BACK TO JAMES
- 1:30REYES.
- 1:34>> THE DNA THAT WAS ON YOU
- 1:35BELONGS TO JAMES REYES.
- 1:38>> JAMES REYES, A FORMER
- 1:39BOYFRIEND OF PAPINI'S.
- 1:40ENLISTED BY PAPINI HERSELF,
- 1:42INVESTIGATORS SAY, TO HELP HER
- 1:44CARRY OUT THE ALLEGED KIDNAPPING
- 1:45PLOT.
- 1:46>> THE DNA ALONE SAYS IT'S HIM
- 1:49AND WHEN WE TALKED TO HIM,
- 1:51ONFRONTED HIM WITH THE DNA HE
- 1:52TOLD US WHAT HAPPENED.
- 1:56>> HE 100% TOLD US WHAT
- 1:57HAPPENED.
- 1:59>> HE GAVE US DETAILS THAT NO
- 2:00ONE ELSE WOULD KNOW.
- 2:02>> DETAILS REYES IS HEARD IN
- 2:03AUDIO RECORDINGS EXPLAINING TO
- 2:04DETECTIVES.
- 2:05>> DURING THAT 22 DAYS SHE HAS
- 2:06SOME SIGNIFICANT INJURIES,
- 2:07THERE'S A BRAND ON HER, THERE'S
- 2:09SIGNIFICANT BRUISING, THERE'S
- 2:12LIKE, HOW DID ALL THAT STUFF
- 2:15COME ABOUT?
- 2:16>> I MEAN SHE A LOT OF THAT
- 2:20WHILE SHE WAS HERE.
- 2:23I MEAN SHE JUST HIT HERSELF WITH
- 2:24SOMETHING TO CREATE A BRUISE OR
- 2:26SOMETHING.
- 2:26AND I HELPED HER, I MEAN I
- 2:27DIDN'T PUNCH HER OR ANYTHING, I
- 2:30DIDN'T PUT HANDS ON HER OR
- 2:30ANYTHING.
- 2:31>> INVESTIGATORS TELLING PAPINI
- 2:32THEY KNEW IT WASN'T TWO WOMEN
- 2:33WHO ABDUCTED HER AS SHE CLAIMED.
- 2:34BUT RATHER REYES WHO DROVE UP TO
- 2:35SHASTA COUNTY FROM SOUTHERN
- 2:36CALIFORNIA AT PAPINI'S REQUEST
- 2:37AND PICKED HER UP.
- 2:41KEEPING HER AT HIS HOUSE IN A
- 2:42DARK BOARDED UP ROOM.
- 2:45USING TOOLS TO HELP HER BRAND
- 2:46HER SKIN.
- 2:48AND HELPING HER INFLICT PHYSICAL
- 2:50WOUNDS TO HERSELF SEEN IN THESE
- 2:51PHOTOS THE SHASTA COUNTY
- 2:52SHERIFF'S OFFICE RELEASED
- 2:54TUESDAY.
- 2:54>> I KNOW ALL OF THOSE THINGS
- 2:57AND I KNOW THERE WAS NO SEX I
- 2:59KNOW ALL OF THAT BECAUSE HE
- 3:01PASSED A POLGRAPH TEST THAT
- 3:03SAID, IT'S NOT AN ABDUCTION SHE
- 3:04ASKED ME TO COME HERE.
- 3:08>> NO.
- 3:08>> I RENTED A CAR.
- 3:12I DROVE UP AND PICKED HER UP HE
- 3:13PASSED THE POLYGRAPH TEST
- 3:13SHERRI.
- 3:17>> IF THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED
- 3:17THEN WHAT DID HAPPEN SHERRI?
- 3:19>> I DON'T KNOW.
- 3:21NO.
- 3:22THERE'S NO WAY IT'S JAMES.
- 3:25THERE'S NO WAY, THERE'S NO WAY.
- 3:27>> THE DNA DOESN'T LIE.
- 3:29>> HIS DNA WAS ON YOU.
- 3:32>> THERE'S NO WAY.
- 3:33>> PAPINI, DENYING THE
- 3:34ALLEGATIONS FOR MUCH OF THE
- 3:35LENGTHY INTERROGATION.
- 3:36>> WHY DID I DO THAT?
- 3:40>> WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
- 3:41WHY YOU DID THAT TOO.
- 3:42WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ALL
- 3:43OF IT.
- 3:44>> THE INTERROGATION VIDEO,
- 3:46ENDING WITH ONE OF THE
- 3:47INVESTIGATORS REPLYING TO
- 3:49PAPINI'S NUMEROUS EXPERESSIONS
- 3:51OF DISBELIEF ABOUT THAT
- 3:52NARRATIVE THEY LAID OUT BEFORE
- 3:53HER.
- 3:54>> THOSE ARE ALL THINGS WE CAN
- 3:57VERIFY SHERRI.
- 3:59THE CAR RENTAL, THE FUEL, THE
- 4:01MILAGE, THE CALLS FROM YOU TO
- 4:05HIM, THE BURNER PHONE.
- 4:08>> I'M HORRIBLE.
- 4:09>> I DON'T THINK YOU'RE A
- 4:10HORRIBLE PERSON, SHERRI, I THINK
- 4:11THINGS WENT A LITTLE SIDEWAYS ON
- 4:12YOU.
- 4:19>> MELANIE WE SAW THE DETECTIVES
- 4:20AND THE MAN ON THE FRONT LEFT OF
- 4:23THE SCREEN.
- 4:23THAT IS HER HUSBAND.
- 4:24>> CORRECT.
- 4:25>> ANY REACTIONS FROM HIM AS
- 4:29THIS WAS FALLING IN ON HER?
- 4:31>> THAT IS AN INTERESTING POINT
- 4:33BECAUSE WE WATCHED HIS BODY
- 4:34LANGUAGE DURING THE VIDEO AND AT
- 4:36THE START OF THIS HE GOES IN
- 4:37WITH HER SEEMINGLY WITH A VERY
- 4:39SUPPORTIVE STANCE.
- 4:41DETECTIVES ASKING SHERRY
- 4:44THROUGHOUT SEVERAL TIMES DURING
- 4:45THE INTERROGATION, DO YOU WANT
- 4:47KEITH HERE?
- 4:51THEY INSIST YES, THEY WANT TO
- 4:53STAY TOGETHER DURING ALL OF IT
- 4:53AND THEN THE TO ASK DETECTIVES
- 4:57IF THEY CAN HAVE A MOMENT ALONE
- 4:58AND TAKE THE MOMENT ALONE.
- 5:01THEY ARE VERY MUCH HUDDLED
- 5:02TOGETHER AND THEN AT ONE POINT,
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