'I am deeply ashamed of myself for my behavior,' Papini said in a statement.
, has admitted to the charges and will plead guilty, the U.S. Attorney's office said in a statement Tuesday. Papini will plead guilty to"making materially false statements to FBI agents about the circumstances of her disappearance and committing mail fraud based on her being a kidnapping victim," U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert said.
"I am deeply ashamed of myself for my behavior and so very sorry for the pain I've caused my family, my friends, all the good people who needlessly suffered because of my story and those who worked so hard to try to help me," Papini said in a statement released by her attorney."I will work the rest of my life to make amends for what I have done."Defense attorney William Portanova told The Associated Press he's not sure why his client did what she did.
She is scheduled to be arraigned on those charges Wednesday and will likely enter the guilty pleas next week, Portanova said. She was still making false statements as recently as August 2020, when prosecutors said a federal agent and a Shasta County sheriff's detective showed her evidence indicating she had not been abducted and warned her that it was a crime to lie to a federal agent.
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