Investigation Discovery has landed the first interview with Sherri Papini, the woman at the center of a media uproar after she faked her kidnapping and later pled guilty to orchestrating the hoax. The interview will serve as the centerpiece of a multi-part docuseries that ID is set to run in 2025.
Production is underway on the Papini docuseries, which will be produced by Asylum Entertainment Group and Lady Moon Entertainment for Investigation Discovery. According to ID, the series “will feature exclusive interviews with Papini about her disappearance and the subsequent media firestorm and federal investigation that followed. The docuseries also will feature unprecedented access to archival footage, legal documents, and court filings as well as extensive interviews with those close to Papini and the investigation — offering new insights and potential answers to the questions that still swirl around this case nearly a decade later.”
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This reps the latest high-profile docuseries project for ID, following the smash hit “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” and the recent four-part event “Fallen Idols,” about the controversies and accusations swirling around Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter and his late brother, Aaron Carter.
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“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.
Papini’s story has also been at the center of the Hulu docuseries “Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini.” According to Hulu, “Perfect Wife” scored 3.6 million viewers in its first week of availability, making it the streamer’s most-watched docuseries ever.
Papini disappeared from her Northern California home in 2016, and was missing for three weeks. After a massive hunt, she was found on the side of a road, bruised, chained and claiming she had been kidnapped. She later pled guilty to orchestrating the hoax and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.