Keith, Sherri Papini’s husband appears to be fed up as he filed for divorce just days after she pled guilty to faking her own kidnapping.
E News Reported that Keith filed in Shasta County, Calif. as the petitioner in the case, which was classified as a “dissolution with minor children.” He has asked for emergency custody of their children Tyler and Violet and control of their home in Redding, Calif.
“I wish to make it clear that my goal is to provide a loving, safe, stable environment for Tyler and Violet and I believe the requested orders are consistent with that goal and the best interests of the children,” Keith said,
Keith pleads with the court help him protect my children from the negative impact of their mother’s notoriety.”
Reports had it that Sherri pled guilty to one count of lying to a federal officer and one count of mail fraud.
She told police that she was kidnapped by two armed individuals while jogging in her neighborhood in 2016. Claiming that the kidnappers turtured her.
She was seen weeks after her disappearance wandering in a parking lot with injuries and a new haircut.
Three weeks after her disappearance, Sherri was found wandering in a parking lot with visible injuries and a new haircut.
FBI agents found evidence to support that Sherri’s story was a hoax after five years of investigation.
With an FBI agent affirming that during the days that she was missing, she was staying with a former boyfriend and harmed herself to support her false statements.
She was arrested on March 3 and charged with making false statements to federal law enforcement officers and mail fraud.
Sherri later released a statement apologizing for her actions.
“I’m so sorry for the pain I’ve caused my family, my friends, all the good people who needlessly suffered because of my story and those who worked so hard to try to help me,” she said. “I will work the rest of my life to make amends for what I have done.”
Sherri’s sentencing is scheduled for July.
