There’s another bombshell in Sherri Papini‘s world.
42-year-old woman, who has just spoken out about her supposed kidnapping in the four-part series on Investigation Discovery titled “Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie“, is now claiming that her former spouse, Keith Papini, and her sister, Sheila Koester, have entered into a “questionable” or “strange” romantic relationship.
Sherri mentioned during the June 11th episode of The Viall Files that her sister was quite fond of being on camera, similar to Keith. She went on to explain that their relationship with Keith became increasingly inappropriate, growing closer, and it appears they have remained close ever since.
She continued, “They remain very connected, I believe.” She also mentioned, “There seem to be quite a few questionable incidents involving Keith and Sheila, as well as many instances I’ve personally witnessed.
In the series The Perfect Wife on Hulu, although Sheila didn’t explicitly confirm a romantic relationship with Keith, she hinted at it by suggesting that significant scenes of them together were omitted from Caught in the Lie during editing.
Sherri shared that she once owned an exciting home video featuring Keith and Sheila in a physical interaction. Her hope was to incorporate it into the movie. Suddenly, her father could be heard exclaiming from behind, ‘Oh dear.’
TopMob News has reached out to Keith and Sheila for comment and has yet to hear back.
In the year 2016, Sherri went missing during a jogging session, only to reappear 22 days later. The mother of two was detained in the year 2022 for allegedly arranging her own kidnapping. She later admitted guilt to one charge of mail fraud and providing false statements, eventually serving ten months out of an eighteen-month prison term.
Sherri said that it was around that tumultuous time in her life that her sister reentered her life.
As for my relationship with my sister, it’s not as I’d like it to be. We didn’t have a particularly strong bond throughout most of our lives. However, there was a brief period where we grew closer, mostly due to the events surrounding Keith and the abduction that made headlines. It was during that tumultuous time that she re-entered my life in a more significant way.
After changing her account of a 2016 kidnapping incident, Sherri made new claims about her ex-husband and sister in the docuseries “Caught in the Lie“. In this series, she implicated her ex, James Reyes, who she had admitted to having an emotional affair with during her marriage to Keith, as her alleged abductor.
In the gripping narrative of my life, I clarified a crucial detail to the authorities: My account of being taken by two Hispanic women wasn’t accurate. The truth unfolded as a harrowing ordeal – I was, in fact, abducted and held captive for 22 days by my former boyfriend.
In the document, she stated, “I didn’t give him permission,” contradicting her earlier claims to authorities about willingly staying with him. Yet, he still acted in a way that caused those injuries – the bites on my legs, the footprint on my back, the brand, and the burns to my skin. I am making it clear: there was no agreement or permission for such actions.
As an ardent admirer, I’m compelled to set the record straight about the allegations against James. Contrary to Sherri’s claims, he maintains his innocence and has no connection to the kidnapping incident. In the 2022 criminal complaint filed by the U.S. government, James asserted that he didn’t cause any burns on her arm during their encounter. He also disclosed that Sherri asked him to inflict other injuries, but he insisted he never physically harmed her directly. In one instance, he explained that she asked him to “bank a puck” off her leg, which he did, albeit gently.
TopMob News previously reached out to James for comment and has not yet heard back.
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2025-06-11 20:47