First this headline from USA Today today:
" ‘Runaway bride’ sues ex-fiancee for $500,000
Jennifer Wilbanks, who became known as the "runaway bride" after taking off just days before her lavish wedding in 2005, is suing her former fiance for $500,000.
Wilbanks and John Mason broke up for good in May, about a year after her excursion to Las Vegas and New Mexico made international headlines while hundreds of friends and family members searched for her back home in suburban Atlanta... Wilbanks seeks $250,000 as her share of a home Mason purchased ...with proceeds from $500,000 received for selling their story to an agent, plus $250,000 in punitive damages for allegedly abusing the power of attorney she granted for him to handle their financial affairs."
All right, let's recap: This whacko bride skipped town four days before her wedding. Hundreds of police and volunteers searched for her for three days before she called home from Albuquerque, lying through her teeth, claiming to have been abducted and sexually assaulted.
She later recanted and pleaded no contest to telling police a phony story. A FELONY, by the way. She was sentenced to two years' probation and performed community service that included mowing the lawns of public buildings in her wedding dress.
Okay. Just kidding about the dress part. But here's the thing: Aside from that fact that the groom dodged a BIG ol' crazy bullet, they made a Half Million Dollars selling their story??? I think he should get the whole thing! Not just because he put up with the bug-eyed psycho bee-ahtch, but because she committed a crime. The Son of Sam Law was designed to keep criminals from profiting from their crimes by selling their stories. Ok, it wasn't like she WAS the Son of Sam. She didn't go shooting people making out in cars or anything. But the law does not quantify the heinousness of the crime. So how is it that she got a DIME out of that mess?
AND what of the milions of people who PRAYED for her safe return when the media was reporting that she had been "kidnapped." Personally, I want my prayer back. I am a big believer in the power of prayer. Granted, it may be inappropriate to consider the value of prayer monetarily, but let's anyway. What if she had to pay back everyone who prayed for her? How much were those prayers worth? Personally, I'll take ten bucks. Cuz mine wasn't a real on-my-knees, hail-Mary, rosary-in-hand kind of prayer. Mine was really more a prayer in passing, which I figure for about ten bucks. Now if I'd just given her a good ole southern "bless her heart," I'd settle for about a buck-fifty.
" ‘Runaway bride’ sues ex-fiancee for $500,000
Jennifer Wilbanks, who became known as the "runaway bride" after taking off just days before her lavish wedding in 2005, is suing her former fiance for $500,000.
Wilbanks and John Mason broke up for good in May, about a year after her excursion to Las Vegas and New Mexico made international headlines while hundreds of friends and family members searched for her back home in suburban Atlanta... Wilbanks seeks $250,000 as her share of a home Mason purchased ...with proceeds from $500,000 received for selling their story to an agent, plus $250,000 in punitive damages for allegedly abusing the power of attorney she granted for him to handle their financial affairs."
All right, let's recap: This whacko bride skipped town four days before her wedding. Hundreds of police and volunteers searched for her for three days before she called home from Albuquerque, lying through her teeth, claiming to have been abducted and sexually assaulted.
She later recanted and pleaded no contest to telling police a phony story. A FELONY, by the way. She was sentenced to two years' probation and performed community service that included mowing the lawns of public buildings in her wedding dress.
Okay. Just kidding about the dress part. But here's the thing: Aside from that fact that the groom dodged a BIG ol' crazy bullet, they made a Half Million Dollars selling their story??? I think he should get the whole thing! Not just because he put up with the bug-eyed psycho bee-ahtch, but because she committed a crime. The Son of Sam Law was designed to keep criminals from profiting from their crimes by selling their stories. Ok, it wasn't like she WAS the Son of Sam. She didn't go shooting people making out in cars or anything. But the law does not quantify the heinousness of the crime. So how is it that she got a DIME out of that mess?
AND what of the milions of people who PRAYED for her safe return when the media was reporting that she had been "kidnapped." Personally, I want my prayer back. I am a big believer in the power of prayer. Granted, it may be inappropriate to consider the value of prayer monetarily, but let's anyway. What if she had to pay back everyone who prayed for her? How much were those prayers worth? Personally, I'll take ten bucks. Cuz mine wasn't a real on-my-knees, hail-Mary, rosary-in-hand kind of prayer. Mine was really more a prayer in passing, which I figure for about ten bucks. Now if I'd just given her a good ole southern "bless her heart," I'd settle for about a buck-fifty.
First of all, thank you for not posting a picture of this creepy looking person. Secondly, if people are able to benefit on running out on a marriage, when I want my day in the spotlight. I wasn't the runner, only the one left behind. What a waste of time an energy for this woman.
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