Sherri Papini, the California mom whose 2016 fake kidnapping shocked the nation, is once again making headlines — this time for getting kicked out by yet another man in her life. Her ex-boyfriend, Shawn Hibdon, is now trying to evict her from his home, and the situation is just as messy as you’d expect.
Who is Shawn Hibdon — and why is he done with Sherri?
Hibdon was by Papini’s side during her prison stint and even welcomed her into his upscale Shingletown, California home after she got out in 2023. But what seemed like a redemption romance is quickly unraveling.
According to Redding, California news, court documents show Hibdon is trying to evict Papini from the home, a four-bedroom property, though she claims she pays him just $500 in rent.
Her ex-boyfriend, turned landlord now, wants her gone, adding to a growing list of men burned by their connection to the so-called “Gone Girl” fraudster.
It’s not the first time one of Papini’s relationships has ended in chaos — and it certainly doesn’t look like the last.
The drama doesn’t stop there. Papini has also clashed with Katherine Parrick, who has alleged Papini’s new boyfriend “abandoned” Parrick and their 11-year-old daughter. Unconfirmed social media reports say Papini’s new boyfriend is living at the Hibdon’s Shingletown home, about 30 miles outside Redding.
The kidnapping that never happened
Papini first captivated the world in 2016 when she vanished during a jog near her Redding, California home. For three weeks, the nation searched — only for her to reappear with bruises and a wild tale of being abducted by two Hispanic women. Except, it was all a lie.
Investigators later discovered she’d been hiding out with an ex-boyfriend, James Reyes. She had inflicted her own injuries and fabricated the story. In 2022, she finally confessed, pleaded guilty to mail fraud and lying to federal agents, and served time in prison.
She was ordered to pay over $300,000 in restitution, and her then-husband Keith Papini divorced her — winning full custody of their two children.
But wait — she’s changing her story again
Just when it seemed Papini had hit rock bottom, she reemerged in the shocking new documentary Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie, released in May 2025 on Investigation Discovery and Max.
In it, Papini stuns viewers by reversing her guilty plea and claiming she was, in fact, abducted and tortured. She now says James Reyes — the very man she once said helped her escape reality — was her true captor.
She even took a polygraph test on camera, though the results were inconclusive. Her own mother doesn’t even believe her new claims.
Published: Jun 3, 2025 02:17 pm