California social media influencer convicted of faking shopping center kidnapping

A social media influencer's viral Instagram video and false police report that blamed a Latino couple for trying to kidnap her children has landed her in jail. 

Kathleen Sorenson, 31, was convicted by a jury in Sonoma County, California, for knowingly making a false report of attempted kidnap. 

Back in December 2020, Sorenson told police that a Petaluma couple tried to abduct her two kids from the parking lot of Michael's craft store, and then "went into great detail" about the supposed abduction in an Instagram video that she didn't tell police.

She also talked about the fake abduction case on local news outlets and pointed at a couple seen on the store's security cameras as the "kidnappers."

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