TAMPA, Fla. — A woman accused of faking a pregnancy and stealing a baby to fool her baseball player husband into thinking he was the father has pleaded guilty.

Amalia Tabata-Pereira, 44, pleaded guilty in Hillsborough Circuit Court on Wednesday on charges of kidnapping, interference with custody and impersonating a public officer.

In March of 2009, Tabata-Pereira, is married to Pirates outfielder Jose Tabata, posed as an immigration official and threatened a migrant worker and her boyfriend with deportation if they didn't give their baby girl to Pereira, prosecutors say. The mother complied, then contacted police six hours later to report a kidnapping.

Tabata-Pereira will be sentenced Sept. 30.

A Pirates spokesman says Tabata is working complete their pending divorce.