People vs. Karen: Part 3

Imperfect Paradise

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🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Part 3: The white woman who falsely accused a Latino couple of attempting to kidnap her kids faces an investigation and goes on trial after her accusers fight to hold her accountable. Can the same criminal justice system that so-called Karens abuse be used to bring them to justice? LAist Correspondent Emily Guerin reports.

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0:35.9	This is in Perfect Paradise, People versus Karen, part three.
0:40.3	The story of a Latino couple who was falsely accused of a crime by a so-called Karen
0:46.3	and their quest to hold her accountable.
0:49.3	The level of what she did to us, the level of hate and racism in 2020 when this happened,
0:56.4	is unacceptable.
0:58.6	I'm your host, Antonia Serejido.
1:21.8	On the last episode, we heard about the connection between a Q&On-linked campaign that uses the hashtag, Save the Children, and Stranger Danger among white parents.
1:26.4	My purpose in sharing this is to simply raise awareness.
1:29.3	Like, I think that moms were going to my goals or target, and they were legitimately afraid that their children were going to be
1:34.4	kidnapped at any moment. If you had picked a different couple, you might have gotten away with
1:38.7	this, but unfortunately, you picked us, and I'm not letting it go.
1:53.0	After an investigation, Sonoma County District Attorney charged Katie Sorensen with three counts of false reporting of a crime. Now in part three of our series.
1:56.0	So today is day one of the Katie Sorensen trial and I'm actually walking in right behind Katie and her husband.
2:03.9	I recognize her from her video that she made.
2:07.8	This is L.A.'s correspondent Emily Garon,
2:10.6	heading into the courthouse in Santa Rosa on April 18, 2023.
2:17.3	She is wearing all beige, brown shoes, tan pants.
2:21.6	She has a beige handbag.
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