A “mother influencer” in Northern California has been sentenced for falsely accusing a Latino couple of seeking to kidnap her kids.
Katie Sorensen was once sentenced Thursday to 30 days in prison and 60 days of labor unlock for creating a false document of against the law, in line with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
She was once additionally ordered to finish 12 months of probation “all over which period she was once ordered to don’t have any social media presence, put up to warrantless seek and seizure, to incorporate her digital units, whole a 4-hour implicit bias coaching, in addition to more than a few fines and costs,” in line with CBS Information.
The 31-year-old was once convicted in April in reference to an incident in December 2020, when she posted a video that alleged a person and lady attempted to kidnap her two kids within the parking space of a Michaels crafts retailer in Petaluma, California.
The accused couple, Sadie Vega-Martinez and Eddie Martinez, had been later cleared of any wrongdoing, and an investigation “produced no proof” to make stronger Sorensen’s allegations.
“Ms. Sorensen’s document was once decided to be false and resoundingly contradicted through the accused couple in addition to retailer video that was once bought,” prosecutors stated.
Earlier than the incident, Sorensen had a presence on social media as a mother influencer on her @motherhoodessentials Instagram account and in addition posting QAnon conspiracy theories, in line with KPIX-TV, a CBS associate within the San Francisco Bay Space.
Sorensen’s movies at the faux kidnapping try had been seen greater than 4 million instances however have since been deleted.
Sadie Vega-Martinez instructed Elle mag in April that she’s proud of the decision.
“After [Sorensen] have shyed away from responsibility for years, after which listening to she was once discovered accountable and walked out in handcuffs… sure, justice was once served,” Vega-Martinez instructed Elle.
