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Sherri Papini, real-life 'Gone Girl' accused of faking her own kidnapping in 2016, now says it was all real The four-part docuseries premieres on HBO Max on Monday. Does it finally tell the truth about what happened in November 2016?
Sherri Papini, who was originally called "the new Gone Girl " when she went missing in 2016, changed her story in May 2025 and claimed that she did not fake her kidnapping after pleading guilty to doing so. Instead, she alleged that her then-boyfriend, James Reyes, had "abducted" her.