LAist Studios presents: Imperfect Paradise: People vs. Karen: Part 4

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4.2 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Part 4: LAist Correspondent Emily Guerin and Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido explore how and why Sadie and Eddie Martinez’s accuser, Katie Sorensen, went viral with her false accusation, plus how mom-fluencers can spread conspiracies. With insights from “Momfluenced” author Sara Peterson.

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0:00.0	LAS 89. 89.3, the LAST app, LAST.com. Get the news 24-7 across Southern California,
0:09.3	LAST anytime, anywhere.
0:20.0	Alayist and show and tell present an evening with Fran Leibowitz. Author, journalist, and social observer will take the stage Wednesday, September 25th at the
0:24.0	Multilbonne Theater. Tickets and information at LAAS.com.S. Studios. L.A. is studios.
0:45.8	You're listening to In Perfect Paradise from L.A. Studios.
0:49.4	I'm your host Antonia Céjito.
0:52.4	This is the final part of our four-part series People versus Karen. In the last episode,
0:58.0	Katie Sorensen's criminal case headed to trial.
1:01.0	Somebody's going to learn from this.
1:03.0	If it's not her, it'll be somebody else.
1:05.0	Somebody will see this and say, hey, you know, think twice
1:08.0	before you post some crazy lies online.
1:11.0	And Katie was found guilty.
1:14.0	As part of his legal strategy, the prosecutor had argued that Katie was a quote momfluence
1:22.2	gone wrong. In this episode we explore
1:25.2	what exactly is a momfluence and how do some women go from using their social
1:30.0	media following to make money to then spreading lies.
1:33.6	I think it's really easy for mothers to disseminate these messages in ways that like
1:40.2	screaming men on 4chan cannot.
1:44.0	That's coming up on Imperfect Paradise from LAa Studios. The idea of what a good mother is is really central to this story.
2:00.0	When Katie Sorensen calls the police to report an attempted kidnapping, she believes she's being a good mother.
2:06.0	When Sadie Martinez is falsely accused of attempted kidnapping,
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