Northern California mother Shelly Papini was released from federal prison in August after a kidnapping hoax that sparked a national media blitz and a costly multi-state investigation, according to court records. has not paid more than $300,000 in damages and is currently facing wage garnishment.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Robin Tuesing filed a writ of forfeiture totaling $340,221 against the law firm of Kinney & Kinney of Papini & Redding, Calif., which is representing her in the divorce case. did.
“As of March 22, 2024, the debtor owes $309,292.23, despite a U.S. demand for payment made more than 30 days prior to the date of this filing,” the filing obtained by Fox states. , the debtor is unable to fulfill his obligations.” News Digital, please read.
Prosecutors are seeking to recover an authorized 10% litigation surcharge of $30,919, bringing the total amount in the foreclosure case to $340,221.23.
Shelly Papini faked kidnapping and released from prison
Federal prosecutors had asked her to serve eight months in prison for faking her own kidnapping in 2016. (Ricci Pedroncelli/Associated Press)
Mr. Papini is listed in the filing as the debtor, and Kinney & Kinney is listed as the garnishee.
Kinney & Kinney did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Papini’s criminal defense attorney, William Portanova, told FOX News Digital on Monday that “Shelly Papini is working with the courts and the government to ensure that she is able to make payments as necessary.”
Papini, a mother of two, pleaded guilty to two charges in 2022 in a sweeping 35-count indictment in which she was accused of plotting a kidnapping with her ex-girlfriend about eight years ago.
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FILE – This Nov. 10, 2016 file photo shows a “missing” sign for Shelly Papini of Redding, Calif., who was initially thought to be missing while the mother of two went jogging. Being seen near where you are. In March 2022, Papini was arrested on charges of fabricating her own kidnapping in 2016. Papini signed a plea agreement on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, in which he will plead guilty to lying to a federal official and mail fraud, his attorney William said. Portanova first spoke to The Sacrament Bee. (Andrew Sen/The Sacramento Bee, Associated Press, File)
On November 2, 2016, she went for a jog near her home in Redding, California, leaving her cell phone and earphones on the side of the road.
She had her ex-boyfriend pick her up and drive her to his home in Costa Mesa, 600 miles south.
Three weeks later, on Thanksgiving Day, she resurfaced 150 miles from her home, bound, beaten and branded on the shoulder, and abducted at gunpoint by two Hispanic women. he claimed.
It took investigators years to piece together what really happened as they searched for the ghost’s culprit, and crucial DNA evidence played a pivotal role in unraveling her false story. Ta.
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FBI poster of Shelly Papini kidnapping suspect. (FBI)
When she returned, investigators identified the unknown male’s DNA on her underwear and matched it to relatives of her ex-boyfriend.
After they track him down, he confesses that he helped her brand herself and shot a hockey puck into her leg, causing a bruise, before dropping her off on the side of the road. Admitted.
Shasta County Sheriff’s Office detectives confronted her about the hoax in front of her stunned husband in a 2020 videotaped interrogation that was released last year.
The troubled mother continued to deny that the kidnapping was fake or that she was with her ex-boyfriend, even when detectives confronted her with evidence that contradicted her story.
She was not arrested until March 2022, when her husband filed for divorce a few days later.
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Prior to his arrest, Papini perpetuated a false abduction story with the California Victim Compensation Commission and the Social Security Administration, illegally collecting thousands of dollars in benefits.
At her sentencing, she apologized to her family and the public. She was ordered to pay approximately $309,000 in restitution.
Fox News Digital’s Rebecca Rosenberg contributed to this report.
