Carlee Russell.Photo:HOOVER (AL) POLICE DEPARTMENTExperts tell PEOPLE that whileCarlee Russell’s tale of being kidnapped turned out to be a hoax, most kidnapping claims aren’t — and they worry the high-profile nature of Russell’s case might result in the public hesitating to believe legitimate claims, especially those from Black women.Overwhelmingly, the experts add, the majority of women whose cases are not covered, and whose stories are not believed, are Black women.“There’s so many Black women and young girls that are missing....

Carlee Russell mugshot.Photo:Hoover Police Department Hoover Police Department Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, the woman who went missing after claiming she was kidnapped, has been found guilty. On July 28,Carlee Russellwas charged with two misdemeanors — false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident — after orchestrating akidnapping hoax. The 25-year-old nursing student appeared at the Hoover, Ala. Municipal Court on Wednesday afternoon, after pleading not guilty. During her court appearance, Judge Thomas Brad Bishop found Russell guilty of both misdemeanor charges,NBC 15reported....

Photo:HOOVER (AL) POLICE DEPARTMENT HOOVER (AL) POLICE DEPARTMENT Angela Harris, whose daughter Aniah Blanchard was abducted and murdered in 2020, says she has zero regrets for leading the charge to findCarlee Russelland bring her home safely. Harris has made it her mission to help other families search for their missing loved ones and she says that she would help search for Russell all over again in a heartbeat despite feeling “shocked” days after hearing facts from Hoover police in Alabama that has cast doubt on Russell’s abduction story....

Local police didn’t say Russell’s alleged kidnapping was a hoax, but called her behavior and internet search activity in the days leading up to her disappearance “strange,” adding that police haven’t been granted a follow-up interview with her about the incident. “She’s not ready to talk, is what we’ve been told,” Hoover police chief Nick Derzis told reporters at a press conference. Derzis said investigators found that prior to her disappearance, Russell had searched for whether or not you “have to pay for an Amber Alert” and what the maximum age for an Amber Alert is....

Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who mysteriously vanished after calling 911 last week, sent three tweets within the hour before she disappeared. Russell, 25, went missing for 49 hours after she called 911 to report seeing a toddler walking barefoot along I-495 last Thursday night. The nursing student later told police that after she got out of the car to check on the child, a man “came out of the trees” and abducted her....

Carlee Russell.Photo:Hoover Police Dept/Twitter Hoover Police Dept/Twitter Carlee Russellis “doing better” as she awaits the decision from Alabama authorities on whether she’ll face criminal charges for faking her own kidnapping earlier this month. “She’s doing better, but she’s still dealing with some things,” her attorney Emory Anthonytoldreporters Wednesday. The 25-year-old nursing student admitted Mondaythat she lied about her purported kidnapping, which sparked national headlines as local, state, and federal investigators launched a two-day, statewide search....

Photo:Thomar Latrell Simmons/Instagram Thomar Latrell Simmons/Instagram Carlee Russell’s boyfriend is pleading with people to not bully her amid speculation about her abduction claims. Thomar Latrell Simmonsis dating Russell, who mysteriously vanished for 49 hours last week, and spoke withThe New York Poston Saturday about suspicions tied to her disappearance. “The only thing I can say is, I want everyone to stop bullying her. I know what it seems like what she did....

Carlee Russell and ex-boyfriend Thomar Latrell Simmons.Photo:Thomar Latrell Simmons/Instagram Thomar Latrell Simmons/Instagram Carlee Russell’s now ex-boyfriend has revealed the pair had a “little argument” before she faked her own abduction. In July, Russell, 25, wascharged with two misdemeanors— false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident — over the kidnapping hoax, which made headlines when she seemingly disappeared after calling 911 to report a child walking on the interstate in Hoover, Alabama....

Shortly afterCarlee Russelladmitted through her attorney that she lied about being kidnapped in Alabama earlier this month, her now ex-boyfriend says he’s “disgusted” about the situation.Russell, a 25-year-old nursing student, admitted in a statement from her attorney, Emory Anthony, that “there was no kidnapping on July 13.” The admission ended more than a week of speculation after Russell mysteriously vanished for 49 hours, only to reappear at her parents’ house on foot....

Carli Lloyd.Photo: Omar Vega/Getty Images Carli Lloyd is leaving it all on the pitch. The superstar athlete will be retiring from professional soccer, she announced with help from U.S. Soccer on Monday. The 39-year-old will play in four fall friendly matches for the U.S. women’s national soccer team this September and October, and finish out the remainder of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season with the NJ/NY Gotham FC before her retirement....

Carli Lloyd.Photo:Ira L. Black - Corbis/Getty Ira L. Black - Corbis/Getty Carli Lloyd meant what she said.The 41-year-old retired soccer star was unapologetic ina new interviewwithThe Athleticon Tuesday, telling the outlet she was “the only one brave enough to say it how it is" afterblasting the United States Women’s National Teambefore — and after — they wereknocked out of this year’s Women’s World Cup. The team’s exit from the World Cup in the Round of 16 was the earliest the U....

Carli Lloyd.Photo: Omar Vega/Getty Images “Would they have been a part of it? Would I have rekindled the relationship with them? I don’t know,“Lloyd toldTodayon Monday, later adding, “I’m just happy now that we are in the place that we are, and everybody feels good about it.” Lloyd first discussed the family dynamic in her 2016 bookWhen Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer Worldand revealed that she had not been in contact with her family since her father threw her out of the house in 2008 and was not invited to her sister’s wedding....

Photo: Douglas P. DeFelice/GettyColorCarli Lloydunimpressed about the U.S. women’s play so far at the World Cup.After a 0-0 tie with Portugal,the USWNT narrowly advancedto the group round of 16 on Tuesday.But the retired soccer star, 41, did not hold back in her post-game analysis, saying that the team is “spiraling on the world stage.”“Today was uninspiring. Disappointing,” Lloyd, a commentator for the World Cup, said on Fox Sports. “They don’t look fit....