Sherri Papini: Where the Truth Lies

20/20

ABC News

True Crime

3.8 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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The woman who pled guilty to one of the most elaborate hoaxes ever now shares a different version of her story; her ex-husband speaks out after he and the world were conned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Brad Milkey. I'm the host of The Crime Scene Weekly, a new show from ABC Audio about the latest headlines in true crime.
0:08.6	This week, I'm talking about the shocking allegations against the Alexander brothers, once the golden boys of luxury real estate, now facing serious sex crime charges.
0:18.9	Listen to the Crime Scene Weekly on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:27.9	2020 starts right now.
0:36.4	Haven't you ever lied?
0:38.3	And then has that lie and blown up and broadcasted around the world?
0:45.3	Sherry Papini, what you've never heard before.
0:48.3	The phone, it dropped.
0:50.3	What she now claims actually happened.
0:53.3	Her then husband, speaking his truth.
0:56.0	I mean, essentially you were the target of one of the biggest hoaxes perpetrated on America in years.
1:04.0	Next tonight here, the desperate search for a missing mother in California.
1:07.0	Sherry Papini.
1:08.0	Sherry Papini.
1:09.0	Why did you lie?
1:10.0	I didn't do anything wrong.
1:11.6	Right now, you're not telling the truth which is doing something wrong.
1:14.6	Branding hockey pucks against her arms and legs.
1:17.6	I wish I could just say I don't remember getting in the car and you're trying to get there and you're trying to get to this moment where I can't tell you.
1:28.3	There were definitely lots of people saying, oh, this is BS. It's an obvious hoax.
1:33.3	And now it all comes crumbling down.
1:36.3	This is very weird for me because I know that you know everything, about everything.
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