SHERRI Papini was seen rushing out of a California jail Tuesday after being released by a federal judge on a $120,000 bond.
Video caught the 39-year-old mother leaving the Sacramento County Jail in a gray hoodie covering her hair while wearing a facemask.
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Once she’s in the arms of her family, Papini’s face was covered by clothing and is seen running to evade reporters’ questions until she is put into a car.
As part of the conditions for her release, Papini must surrender her passport and firearms, restrict her travel to the eastern district of California and undergo psychiatric treatment.
Prosecutors argued that Papini was a flight risk and that “even putting an ankle bracelet on her” wouldn’t be able to ensure her appearance in court.
It was also alleged that Papini “resisted arrest” as the mother was taken into custody on March 3 on charges of making false statements to police and engaging in mail fraud.
However, Papini’s attorney Michael Borges stated that the mother was at a piano lesson with her children when she was arrested.
Borges argued that officers lured Papini out of where the lesson was being held under “a ruse about her vehicle.”
“She was grabbed after being told she was under arrest. She took a few steps toward her children and was forcibly detained,” said Borges.
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Papini had been held at the Sacramento County Jail for nearly a week before the judge ruled her release.
Prosecutors accuse the 39-year-old mother of planning a sophisticated and elaborate ruse when she allegedly faked her own abduction, staying at an ex-boyfriend’s house instead.
The mom-of-two vanished while out jogging in Redding, California on November 2, 2016, but mysteriously reappeared 22 days later on Thanksgiving Day, claiming to have been abducted and held captive by two gun-wielding Hispanic women.
No arrests were ever made in the case with police struggling to identify a motive for the seemingly random crime.
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