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Sherri Papini<\/strong> is no stranger to the courtroom. The Redding, California wife and mother who was convicted of lying to federal agents<\/a> about the details of her allegedly faked kidnapping\u2014a case that’s drawn comparisons to the book and movie Gone Girl<\/em><\/a>\u2014spent time in front of a judge when she was sentenced to 18 months in prison<\/a> over the hoax; she’s subsequently been in and out of the courthouse as she battles her ex-husband<\/a>, Keith Papini<\/strong>, over custody of the couple’s two children. But this week, she returned to the docket for two different cases: to address a restraining order against a woman who’s been allegedly attacking her online, and after her ex-boyfriend evicted her from the Shasta County home that he owns.<\/p>\n Papini first reached national fame in November 2016, when she disappeared during a run near her Redding home. As detailed in 2024’s Hulu docuseries Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini<\/em><\/a>, authorities say that while Keith mounted an increasingly frantic search for her, Sherri was at the SoCal home of her ex-boyfriend, James Reyes<\/strong>. She reappeared on Thanksgiving Day, claiming she’d been abducted and tortured by a pair of Hispanic women, a claim that FBI agents later revealed to be false. When the deception was revealed, Keith filed for divorce.<\/p>\n Sherri didn’t participate in Perfect Wife.<\/em> But in a second docuseries released last month, Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie<\/em><\/a>, Sherri now claims that Reyes abducted and abused her after the two began an \u201cemotional affair\u201d as her relationship with Keith crumbled. According to Sherri, she initially lied about who kidnapped her out of fear that Keith would discover her early contact with Reyes and end their relationship. Reyes denies Sherri’s version of events, and he’s never been arrested or charged in the case.<\/p>\n