A white California "mom influencer" has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for fabricating a story about a Latino couple trying to kidnap her children.
Katie Sorensen was convicted in April of making a false report of a crime after her December 2020 social media post that alleged a man and woman tried to kidnap her two children in the parking lot of a Michaels craft store in Petaluma, about 40 miles north of San Francisco.
The accused couple were ultimately cleared by authorities of any wrongdoing. The district attorney’s office said in April that Sorensen's report to police was false and "resoundingly contradicted by the accused couple as well as store video that was obtained."
Judge Laura Passaglia on Thursday ordered Sorensen to serve 90 days in jail, 60 of which could be served on a work-release program, a news release states. She was immediately taken into custody Thursday.
Sonoma County District Attorney Carla Rodriguez said the sentence was fair.
"Our hope is that this measure of accountability will help provide some closure to the couple that was falsely accused of having attempted to kidnap two young children," Rodriguez said in a statement.
Sorensen's attorney, Charles Dresow, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
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