Overview

• The Investigation Discovery series Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie premiered May 26–27 on ID and Max, marking Papini’s first in-depth on-camera interview since leaving prison.
• In the four-part docuseries, Papini reverses her original story and says Reyes held her captive for 22 days instead of conspiring to stage her disappearance.
• Both Reyes (in 2020) and Papini (during filming) passed polygraph tests, though FBI agents describe her revised account as difficult to corroborate.
• Papini’s mother, Loretta Graeff, rejects the new narrative and maintains her daughter disappeared to escape marital unhappiness rather than face a kidnapping.
• A family court custody battle with ex-husband Keith Papini, who secured full custody before her prison term, remains unresolved.