A “mom influencer” in Northern California has been sentenced for falsely accusing a Latino couple of trying to kidnap her children. Katie Sorensen was sentenced Thursday to 30 days in jail and 60 days ... Kathleen "Katie" Sorensen, a white mother of two, made an Instagram video in which she made up a story about Sadie Vega-Martinez and Eddie Martinez — a Hispanic couple who she did not know — trying to kidnap her then 4-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter.
That went viral in December 2020. 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... Katie Sorensen appeared in two Instagram videos late last month: one addressing the case and a second acknowledging criticism directed toward her. In the first video, she defends herself while...
katie sorensen, One year later, Katie Sorensen, the woman who accused the Martinez family of attempted kidnapping, was convicted of a making a false report of a crime. According to court records obtained by... Katie Sorensen was convicted of making a false police report after claiming on Instagram in 2020 that a Latino couple tried to kidnap her kids in the Bay Area. Katie Sorensen was sentenced to serve 90 days in county jail, 60 of which could be on a work release program, for knowingly making a false report of a crime, the Sonoma County DA’s office... Kathleen Sorensen, 31, formerly of Sonoma, was taken into custody after the jury returned a guilty verdict, according to an April 27 press release from the Sonoma County District Attorney's...
