{"id":474422,"date":"2021-05-05T12:51:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T16:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=474422"},"modified":"2021-05-05T12:51:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T16:51:30","slug":"white-instagram-influencer-charged-with-lying-after-accusing-latino-couple-of-trying-to-kidnap-her-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-instagram-influencer-charged-with-lying-after-accusing-latino-couple-of-trying-to-kidnap-her-children\/","title":{"rendered":"White Instagram Influencer Charged With Lying After Accusing Latino Couple Of Trying To Kidnap Her Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-instagram-influencer-charged-with-lying-after-accusing-latino-couple-of-trying-to-kidnap-her-children%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=474422&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1295941140-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The white Instagram \u201cmommy influencer\u201d who in December accused a Latino couple of trying to kidnap her children has been charged with allegedly lying to cops about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/sonoma-influencer-katie-sorensen-charged-with-false-kidnap-claim-against-latino-couple-eduardo-sadie-martinez\">reported<\/a> that Katie Sorenson of Sonoma County in California was charged with two misdemeanor counts for allegedly lying about a Latino couple following her around a Michael\u2019s craft store and attempting to kidnap her children. The accused couple, Eduardo and Sadie Martinez, insisted at the time of Sorenson\u2019s allegations that race played a role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat news for us all but mostly for my cousin, Sadie Vega-Martinez and her husband Eddie,\u201d a family member\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/erikamgarcia\/posts\/10226027985949358\">wrote on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0following the charges, according to the Beast. \u201cThey were falsely accused by this \u2018influencer\u2019 of trying to kidnap her kids at a local Michaels store. A major allegation! She obviously didn\u2019t know who she was messing with\u2026 my cousin. Prima, I\u2019m so glad you persisted! There absolutely need to be consequences for attention seeking \u2018influencers\u2019 that make up drama for likes and views on social\u2026 Can you imagine this happening to YOU? It totally could. And it\u2019s unreal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sorenson made the allegations late last year, claiming in an Instagram post that her \u201cchildren were the targets of attempted kidnap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/california-police-mom-influencer-kidnap-latino\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that Sorensen accused the Martinez\u2019s of trying to kidnap her children from the craft store. Sorensen regularly posts on social media about her kids, and her allegations ended up pushing her number of followers on Instagram from 6,000 to more than 80,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice said she reported that she was followed by a couple as she pushed\u00a0her children in a stroller through a parking lot outside the store,\u201d Fox reported. \u201cShe said the pair made comments about the appearance of the children and lingered near her vehicle as she placed them\u00a0inside. At the time, Sorensen said she didn\u2019t want anyone arrested, but\u00a0instead wanted to draw attention to the couple\u2019s behavior, police said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sorensen posted a video on social media a week after the alleged incident where she \u201cincluded information that had not been initially presented\u201d to police, the PPD said.<\/p>\n<p>Sorensen also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/california-police-mom-influencer-kidnap-latino\">spoke<\/a>\u00a0to KTVU-TV about the alleged incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw these people, they didn\u2019t look necessarily clean-cut,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cI felt uncomfortable around them, and instead of making them uncomfortable with my discomfort, I chose to remain in my discomfort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She claimed the man had looked at her when she was outside the store, and that he and his wife followed her around the store and were describing her children to someone while on the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard them talking about the features of my children, but I was totally paralyzed with fear,\u201d Sorensen told the outlet. \u201cI just couldn\u2019t bring myself to say anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She claimed the couple followed her around the store and stood behind her in line even though they didn\u2019t buy anything, and then followed her through the parking lot to her SUV. She said there was a white van parked next to her vehicle, which was far from the store. She claimed the couple took a few steps toward her but then stepped back, saying the only explanation for this was that they \u201cwere just building the courage\u201d for the kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p>Sorensen claimed the man reached for the stroller, but an older man was nearby, \u201csaw what was going on, and I just yelled for help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She then said the couple drove off in a car but another person came up behind her, possibly getting out of that white van.<\/p>\n<p>The Martinez family said they went to Michael\u2019s to buy decorations for a Nativity scene and \u201cfully cooperated\u201d with police. At the time, police said \u201cthe investigation has produced no evidence or witnesses corroborating the account provided by the reporting party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvidence gathered has served to support the account provided by the couple from the store,\u201d the police department added.<\/p>\n<p>The couple spoke to reporters about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it. It\u2019s like we\u2019re literally guilty of being brown while shopping,\u201d Sadie said.\u00a0\u201cOne of my kids wanted to go there to buy stuff to make hot chocolate balls and I just don\u2019t feel comfortable. I feel like I have a target on my back, now that our image is out on the internet. Who\u2019s to say some crazy person is not gonna come for us?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police eventually cleared the couple, noting the \u201cinconsistencies\u201d in Sorensen\u2019s story, such as her claim the couple didn\u2019t buy anything even though surveillance footage shows that to be false.<\/p>\n<p>Sorensen faces a maximum of six months in jail for each of the misdemeanor counts. She is unlikely to be sentenced to the full time if found guilty.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The white Instagram \u201cmommy influencer\u201d who in December accused a Latino couple of trying to kidnap her children has been charged with allegedly lying to cops about the incident.The Daily &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277370,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1295941140-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"White Instagram Influencer Charged With Lying After Accusing Latino Couple Of Trying To Kidnap Her Children","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-474422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1295941140-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"White Instagram Influencer Charged With Lying After Accusing Latino Couple Of Trying To Kidnap Her Children","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}