‘Mom Influencer’ Sentenced for False Kidnapping Report
A California woman and Instagram “mom influencer” who falsely reported and posted online that a couple had attempted to kidnap her two young children in 2020 was sentenced Thursday to 90 days in jail, prosecutors said.
A Sonoma County Superior Court judge sentenced the woman, Katie Sorensen, 30, the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office said in a statemen. She was convicted in April of making a false report, a misdemeanor.
The district attorney, Carla Rodriguez, said that 60 of the 90 days could be served on a work-release program.
Ms. Sorensen was also sentenced to 12 months of informal probation. During this time, she was ordered to have no social media presence, to submit to warrantless search and seizure of her electronic devices and to complete a four-hour implicit bias training program, in addition to paying various fines and fees, the district attorney said. Ms. Sorensen had faced a maximum sentence of six months in jail.
Source: The New York Times
