One of many males competing on Season 48 of Survivor has historical past with Sherri Papini, the lady who admitted to orchestrating a kidnapping hoax in 2016. Shauhin Davari revealed in 2022 that he really dated Papini years in the past.
On the time, Davari informed Inside Version that Papini was a “compulsive liar,” including, “She wouldn’t speak to you for 3 or 4 days, after which rapidly there’d be some fantastical story about what occurred.” He mentioned their relationship occurred when he was simply 15 years outdated. Papini was 20 on the time.
“Looking back, certain, tons of pink flags,” he admitted. “That she was a counselor that was going out with a 15-year-old.”
Within the interview, Davari detailed a few of Papini’s alleged lies. As a result of the then-teenager was an avid surfer, Papini allegedly claimed to additionally love the game. “There was at all times an excuse as to why she couldn’t go surf,” Davari recalled. “And she or he needed to have her surfboard that was at her home, however she didn’t have any photos.”
Davari additionally accused his ex of “faking a coronary heart situation,” which he ultimately found out wasn’t actual.
Papini made headlines in 2016 after her husband reported her lacking after she went out for a jog. Three weeks later, she was discovered bruised and branded. Papini claimed that she had been kidnapped by two Hispanic ladies, however later admitted that the entire ordeal was a hoax. In actual fact, she was really at an ex-boyfriend’s home on the time. Davari mentioned he was skeptical from the start.
“I used to be like, ‘There’s no means. She’s tremendous. I promise you she’s tremendous. There’s simply no likelihood that she obtained kidnapped,’” he shared. He was additionally dealing with an inflow of questions on whether or not he was the ex Papini had gone to see. “I need to cease folks from pondering I’m the man who hid her or helped or had any contact along with her,” Davari insisted.
After a prolonged investigation, Papini was arrested in March 2022. She struck a plea settlement by pleading responsible to at least one depend of creating false statements and one depend of mail fraud. Papini was sentenced to 18 months in jail. She accomplished her sentence in August 2023. In the meantime, Davari will compete on the upcoming season of Survivor.
Survivor, Season 48 Premiere, Wednesday, February 26, 8/7c, CBS