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Mom who claimed she was kidnapped Site Web Enter your search and raped by four black men for two traumatic days and sent graphic 'hostage' pics to her boyfriend before her 'release' is jailed for inventing the story Leiha Artman was jailed for one year on Wednesday in Muskegon, Michigan The 25-year-old told police in March she was kidnapped and raped She claimed four 'black men' abducted her from the driveway of her home Her partner received a photograph of her bloody and gagged on March 27 Two days later he says he collected her from a street and she was 'beaten' He maintains she was raped but by someone other than those she irst blamed

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A mother has been jailed for making up an elaborate kidnap story claiming she was abducted and raped by four black men.

Leiha Artman from Muskegon, Michigan, Like Follow claimed she was abducted when the Daily Mail @dailymailuk men stopped to ask her for directions Follow +1 while she stood in the driveway of her Daily Mail Daily Mail home in March. DON'T MISS The 25-year-old said they threw her in Doting David Beckham the trunk of their car, beat and sexually looks delighted as he assaulted her. watches Harper, six, successfully whizz across the ice rink to During the two days she was missing, him during festive day out with Romeo, Cruz her boyfriend received photographs of and wife Victoria

her in which she appeared gagged, +5 bound and bleeding from the head. Shirtless Amir Khan Leiha Artman (above in a photograph sent to looks dramatically different as he shows She was sentenced to one year behind her boyfriend when she 'disappeared') was off his jungle weight bars on Wednesday after admitting to jailed on Wednesday after admitting to loss as it's revealed I'm making up an elaborate kidnap story A Celeb stars have lost SIX STONE collectively http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3839232/Mother-jailed-making-elaborate-kidnap-rape-story-included-photographs-sent-boyfriend-showing-gagged-bloody.html 1/36 12/9/2017 Muskegon mother jailed for making up elaborate kidnap and rape story against boyfriend | Daily Mail Online one count of making a false report of a felony. Yes she (Mc)Cann! Ferne looks every inch the doting mum as she MLive reports the woman was told she would not be put behind bars in exchange for treats baby daughter making the plea which, given her previous criminal record, carries a maximum Sunday to shopping trip... after dishing penalty of six years imprisonment. VERY intimate details about her labour

Her partner, who wished to remain anonymous, told DailyMail.com on Wednesday she had been coerced into making the plea and into fabricating the story. Sealed with a kiss! Scott Disick, 34, locks lips with girlfriend Sofia He maintained she was raped and beaten but not by the people she initially blamed. Richie, 19, as they pack on the PDA in Miami They are not shy about She made up the story in fear her real attacker would later punish her for flaunting their love life incriminating him, he said. I'm A Celebrity's Dennis Wise enjoys low- 'All I know is that I woke up to some very, very brutal pictures. key family reunion with his wife Claire and their children... after insisting 'She did make up a story saying it was four black men but, at the end of the day, she 'bullying' was did get really, really hurt by someone. down to editing

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The man collected Artman on March 29, two days after she said she was kidnapped, in a street near her mother's home. A heavily made-up Spice Girl, a rapper and an EastEnders icon: She phoned him after being dropped off by her captor, she said, to have him collect Geri Horner, Pro Green and Martine her. McCutcheon at Gordon, Gino and Fred's Great Christmas Roast SHARE THIS RELATED ARTICLES ARTICLE From your teenage UVA sexual assault Three Ohio teens 'steal niece to dad and the survivor claims 'Jackie' limousine at gunpoint' weird co-worker you in Rolling Stone... from National... drew in Secret Santa - the Christmas gift guide to help you please EVERYONE this year He said she was 'bleeding' and 'really hurt'. The pair visited a hospital, where he said AD FEATURE

she requested emergency contraception. I'm A Celebrity: Amir Khan becomes seventh Police interviewed her while she received treatment there. It is not clear whether person to be evicted from the jungle as he they believe she was attacked at all. FINALLY takes the blame for strawberry gate In the image sent to her boyfriend, Artman is seen gagged and with what appears to be blood pouring from her head. reveals the VERY intimate way she Text messages which accompanied the photograph demanded money for her discovered love rat husband Kieran Hayler release. He said none was exchanged. was having an affair with her best friend Jane Pountney

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