California social media influencer mother will get 90 days in prison for faking kidnapping of kids

A California social media influencer who falsely blamed a Latino couple for seeking to kidnap her two youngsters on a viral Instagram video was once sentenced to 90 days in prison, prosecutors mentioned Thursday. 

On Dec. 7, 2020, Kathleen ‘Katie’ Sorensen, 31, accused the couple of seeking to kidnap her youngsters at a Michaels arts and craft retailer in Sonoma County and filed a false police record. 

“Ms. Sorensen has been held in charge of her crime, and we consider the Pass judgement on passed down an excellent sentence,” District Lawyer Carla Rodriguez mentioned in a observation. “Our hope is this measure of responsibility will lend a hand supply some closure to the couple that was once falsely accused of getting tried to kidnap two small children.”

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As a part of her sentence, Sorensen can be allowed to serve 60 days of her prison time in a piece liberate program. She was once additionally put on three hundred and sixty five days probation, all through which she can be banned from having a social media presence. 

At the day of the false record, Sorenson instructed police {that a} Petaluma couple attempted to abduct her two youngsters from the car parking zone of the Michael’s craft retailer. Per week later, she posted an Instagram video by which she went into “nice element” in regards to the alleged close to abduction. 

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The video went viral and Sorensen gave the impression on a neighborhood information program. She then falsely implicated the couple, which was once contradicted all through a police investigation, prosecutors mentioned.