Sherri Papini To Tell Her Story In Investigation Discovery Docuseries

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Sherri Papini, who fabricated her own disappearance, has been the subject of numerous documentaries and a television movie.

She is now giving her side of the story of the controversy in a new docuseries for Investigation Discovery.

The cable network has ordered the untitled series with production underway for a 2025 premiere. It comes from Asylum Entertainment Group and Lady Moon Entertainment.

In the years following her disappearance, authorities began to raise questions around the validity of Papini’s story. Following the investigation, Papini was arrested in 2022 on charges she had orchestrated the kidnapping as an elaborate hoax. That September, Papini signed a plea deal and was sentenced to eighteen months in prison for lying to a federal officer.

The series will feature exclusive interviews with Papini. It will also feature archival footage, legal documents, and court filings as well as extensive interviews with those close to Papini and the investigation.

It is the latest Papini project; Hulu just aired Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini, Oxygen and Peacock had Sherri Papini: Lies, Lies and More and HLN had Runaway Mom: The Sherri Papini Story, while Lifetime launched television movie Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini in 2023 starring Jaime King.

“Sherri Papini drew worldwide attention when she went missing and then again, when she returned.  While many perspectives have been told, there is one point of view that the world hasn’t heard and that is from Sherri herself. Investigation Discovery will present a new side of Sherri Papini’s case – told by her in her own words,” said Jason Sarlanis, President of ID.