Katie Sorensen is a white woman from California, United States. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She hails from Sonoma, Sonoma County, California. _(a)
2. She previously went by Kathleen Sorensen. _(b)
3. In 2016, she gave birth to a son. _(c)
4. In 2019, she gave birth to a daughter. _(c)
5. On December 7, 2020, she went to a Michaels craft store in Petaluma, Sonoma County with her two children. That day, she encountered Latino couple and Petaluma residents Eduardo “Eddie” Martinez and Sadie Vega Martinez, who went to that craft store that day to buy a decorative baby Jesus. _(a)(b)
6. On December 13, 2020, she took to Instagram to share two videos of herself accusing Eddie and Sadie of trying to kidnap her two children at the Michaels in Petaluma on December 7, 2020. She reported her claims to police. The videos were viewed more than 4 million times before they were deleted. It increased her Instagram followers from around 6,000 to around 80,000. Her Instagram account @motherhoodessentials_ became private after the two videos she posted on December 13, 2020 were deleted. _(a)(b)(d)(e)
7. On December 17, 2020, law enforcement officials in Petaluma said there was no evidence to support her kidnapping claim. _(f)
8. Sonoma County district attorney Jill Ravitch charged her with giving false information to a police officer and giving false information to a police dispatcher, Sonoma County prosecutors confirmed on April 29, 2021. _(a)(b)(e)
9. Represented by Charles Dresow of Marin County, California, she was arraigned at 8:30 a.m. on May 13, 2021. _(a)(b)
10. She was 31 years old when she was found guilty on April 26, 2023 of one count of making a false report of a crime in a courtroom in Sonoma County. Her bail was set at $100,000. _(g)

_SOURCES:

• _{a. Petaluma Argus-Courier}
• _{b. E! News}
• _{c. KTVU}
• _{d. Katie Sorensen}
• _{e. KTVU}
• _{f. Sonoma Index-Tribune}
• _{g. KTVU}