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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., Oct 10, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- The "runaway bride" who fled her lavish wedding in Georgia last year has sued her former fiance, claiming he has been capitalizing on their story.
In court papers filed in Gwinnett County, Jennifer Wilbanks says John Mason got a power of attorney while she was in the hospital, sold the story for $500,000 to Regan Media and used the proceeds to buy a house, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. She wants her share of the money and a number of household items.
Wilbanks vanished last year and reappeared in Albuquerque four days later on the day she and Mason had been scheduled to tie the knot in Duluth, Ga. At first she claimed to have been abducted but she later pleaded guilty to lying to police and received a probationary sentence.
She also paid Duluth $13,000, about one-third of the cost of the police search for her.
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