California “mom influencer” has received her sentencing for lying about her children’sattempted kidnappingin 2020.
Katie Sorenson will spend 90 days in jail, three years after posting a viral Instagram video accusing a Latino couple of kidnapping her kids outside a craft store in Petaluma, Calif. The Sonoma County District Attorney said ina statement posted to their websiteThursday that Sorenson, 30, was sentenced afterbeing convicted“on a single count of knowingly making a false report of a crime.”
“Ms. Sorensen has been held accountable for her crime and we believe the Judge handed down a fair sentence,” said District Attorney Rodriguez said per the website. “Our hope is that this measure of accountability will help provide some closure to the couple that was falsely accused of having attempted to kidnap two young children.”
The statement also noted that Sorenson is eligible for work release after spending 60 days in jail.
On Dec. 7, 2020, Sorensen told police a Petaluma couple attempted to kidnap her two young children at a Michael’s craft store, the release stated.
About a week later, Sorensen outlined the allegations in two Instagram videos that were viewed over 4 million times. Those posts and her Instagram account,@motherhoodessentials, have since been deleted.
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The couple identified themselves later that month in a press conference as Sadie and Eddie Martinez. “It’s like we’re literally guilty of being Brown while shopping,” said Sadie Martinez, who was at Michael’s with her husband shopping for Christmas decorations, according toThe Argus-Courier.
Sorenson’s attorney, Charles Dresow, toldThe Press Democratat the time, “The verdict of not guilty as to counts one and two rejects the theory that my client lied to the police on Dec. 7.”
Sorenson began serving her sentence immediately after sentencing.
source: people.com
