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Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini

5.320231h 28mPG-13MovieTV MovieDramaCrime

Young mother Sherri Papini disappears while jogging and reappears three weeks later on Thanksgiving Day. She claims that two Hispanic women kidnapped and abused her. Four years later, new evidence reveals that her abduction was a hoax she perpetrated to spend time with an ex-boyfriend.

DirectorMarta Borowski
WriterKatie Boland
ProducersJocelyn Freid·Timothy O. Johnson

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Cast · Directed by Marta Borowski

JKJaime King
Jaime King
Sherri Papini
MHMatt Hamilton
Matt Hamilton
Keith Papini
JCJosh Collins
Josh Collins
Chris
CSChristina Sicoli
Christina Sicoli
Laura Anderson
LCLossen Chambers
Lossen Chambers
Detective Molly Rowlands
JTJill Teed
Jill Teed
Loretta Graeff
KDKayla Deorksen
Kayla Deorksen
Caitlin Vernon
DPDavid Allan Pearson
David Allan Pearson
Detective Anthony Bertain
DLDavid Lennon
David Lennon
Andrew
WCWilliam Carson
William Carson
Cameron
ABArpad Balogh
Arpad Balogh
David Dreyfus
EB
Eva Brooke Baker
Hannah

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