Tue 10 Oct 2006
Well, it’s pretty amazing. You may remember the story of Jennifer Wilbanks, better known as the “runaway bride”, for taking flight when she was supposed to be out for a jog. Days later she turned up in New Mexico, told a fake story about being kidnapped and raped, but eventually just admitted that she went on the run because of stress related to her upcoming wedding.
Today we hear that Ms. Wilbanks has filed a lawsuit for $500,000 against her former finance, John Mason. It’s pretty amazing that running away from your wedding, worrying your family and friends, and wasting the time of police in two parts of the country can be heavily rewarded, since she apparently received the cool half million in exchange for selling her story.
Of course, I just told you the whole story, so I’m not sure exactly what the money was actually for… who would really want to read more about that?
But anyway, it sounds like we finally have the answer to why John Mason took her back after her infamous run, a relationship which apparently just ended earlier this year. Based on the lawsuit, it would seem that he figured out how to get control of the money for himself. Don’t know what this says about him… but I guess some measure of revenge is sweet.
