{"id":317698,"date":"2021-08-07T02:44:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T23:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/irl-runaway-bride-finally-got-married-then-divorced\/"},"modified":"2021-08-07T02:44:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T23:44:10","slug":"irl-runaway-bride-finally-got-married-then-divorced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/irl-runaway-bride-finally-got-married-then-divorced\/","title":{"rendered":"#IRL ‘Runaway Bride’ Finally Got Married — Then Divorced!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#IRL ‘Runaway Bride’ Finally Got Married — Then Divorced!
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\nRunaway Bride<\/em> is more than a\u00a0Julia Roberts<\/strong> movie!<\/p>\n

For those who don\u2019t remember this strange true crime tale from the mid-2000s,\u00a0Jennifer Wilbanks<\/strong> became an IRL version of the rom com when she split before her enormous wedding. Only in real life, there was a lot more crime involved.<\/p>\n

The 2005 ceremony was prepped to go, with over 600 invited guests to the Georgia venue. But just a couple days before the nuptials were set to take place, Jennifer disapp<\/a>eared. And by that we mean she actually<\/em> disappeared \u2014 her family, who insisted she wasn\u2019t the type to run off, filed a missing person report \u2014 leading to a nationwide search.<\/p>\n

Related: Julia Roberts Really Did Leave Kiefer Sutherland At The Altar<\/strong><\/p>\n

She was finally found three days later, nearly all the way on the other side of the country in Albuquerque, New Mexico. To explain her disappearance, she claimed to have been kidnapped while on a jog and later sexually assaulted by a couple \u2014 a white woman and a Latino man.<\/p>\n

However, that story was total BS. She later copped to making the whole thing up, having just left to deal with \u201cpersonal issues.\u201d The wedding was called off, naturally, and fianc\u00e9 John Mason<\/strong> left her.<\/p>\n

But of course there were also the legal consequences. After all, you can\u2019t just make up a sexual assault (and it had to be by a Latino, too \u2014 the type of thing that foments racist sentiments!).<\/p>\n

After pleading guilty to one felony count of making a false statement<\/em>, Wilbanks got two years probation, 120 hours of community service, and mandatory counseling. Oh, and she had to pay about $16k for all the costs authorities had spent looking for her.<\/p>\n

And, well, that was that. The viral story had taken its final twist and was forgotten. After all, it was 2005 \u2014\u00a0Prince William<\/strong> was dressing as a Nazi, Brad Pitt<\/strong> was leaving Jennifer Aniston<\/strong> for\u00a0Angelina Jolie<\/strong>, we were busy.<\/p>\n

But it wasn\u2019t over for Jennifer. Her story continued, and as it turns out, just a few years later, in 201o, she really did get married, going through with the whole thing with a landscaper named Greg Hutson<\/strong>. But the happiness was not to last.<\/p>\n

Like many couples, they did not survive the stress of a year of pandemic and lockdown. Just this past March, as People<\/em> learned on Thursday from online court records, her husband filed for divorce. The split was finalized just 30 days later.<\/p>\n

So hey, if you\u2019ve ever wondered what happened to the real-life so-called \u201cRunaway Bride,\u201d she did live happily \u2014 just not ever after<\/em>.<\/p>\n

[Image via Paramount\/YouTube<\/a>.]<\/em>\n<\/div>\n

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