A New J-Low: Jennifer Wilbanks Wants Her Dough
If this had been in the news yesterday, I’d have added it to the ABCs of Bad Taste. Jennifer Wilbanks, the bug-eyed bride, is back in the news again.
Remember her? The one that had a whole town (and later the entire nation) bambozzled when she got cold feet and ran from her wedding — faking her kidnapping, sexual assualt, and later telling the world she’s made it all up?
Now the uber-bridezilla is suing the dope who stood by her throughout the ordeal. Here’s a snip from today’s AP:
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.
Mason has until Oct. 22 to respond to the lawsuit, filed last month in Gwinnett County’s Superior Court. The suit, Wilbanks vs. JCM Consulting et al, was filed Sept. 13, according to court records.
In it, Wilbanks seeks $250,000 as her share of a home Mason purchased through the partnership 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, according to Atlanta television station WAGA, which reported on the lawsuit Monday night.
She also seeks the return of personal property she claims he has kept.
Wilbanks disappeared four days before her April 30, 2005, wedding. Hundreds of police and volunteers searched for her for three days before she called Mason from Albuquerque, claiming to have been abducted and sexually assaulted.
She later recanted, saying she fled because of unspecified personal issues, and pleaded no contest to telling police a phony story.
She was sentenced to two years’ probation and performed community service that included mowing the lawns of public buildings.
I wonder if she returned all the wedding gifts? Wonder if she edged the lawns or just pretended to? Wonder if she’s really suing?
But most of all, I wonder how happy John Mason is every morning, knowing that he doesn’t have to turn to see her vacant stare — or wonder if she’s in the bathroom or on a bus somewhere?
Me? I’m sitting on the groom’s side.
October 10th, 2006 at 9:14 am
Wow – this woman needs to get a life. She apparently has all the time in the world to come up with outrageous ideas. Maybe she needs to write a book with all that creativity!
I feel so bad for John Mason. The guy just can’t shake her. She keeps popping up like a nasty little weed!
October 10th, 2006 at 9:23 am
THE EYES! The picture you all put with this story just is the cherry on top of this story. WHAT THE….? (as a nurse I am just guessing crystal meth or maybe just a few days without psyche meds….but it is NOT A NORMAL FACIAL EXPRESSION).
Consider three more guests on the groom’s side. My husband and son won’t have a choice….I am dragging them along too!
October 10th, 2006 at 9:39 am
This woman just doesn’t give it up, does she? She wasted a large chunck of taxpayer’s money during the wild goosechase she prompted. She doesn’t deserve a penny from John.
Poor poor John.
It would be worth half a million bucks to get rid of her, though…….
October 10th, 2006 at 10:26 am
This nut-job should never, ever, see a penny of that money – it should go to all the agencies who put in all that time and effort looking for her sorry, lame, pathetic, zombie ass!!
October 10th, 2006 at 11:03 am
UN-FRICKIN-BELIEVABLE! What a nutcase. And the pic, a new winner for the smoking gun. It’s like one of those Tom and Jerry’s where they’re really sleepy and have to use toothpicks to keep their eyes open.
I hope they laugh her out of court.
October 10th, 2006 at 11:24 am
She’s a waste of space! All my sympathy is with the ex-fiance. If she wins, i hope the police sue her for the money expended on the ’search’ for her. Fiz. xxx
October 10th, 2006 at 11:56 am
This person has no conscience. Any money that is made on this pathetic story should go to all the resources and man hours that searched for her sorry -ss. Unfortunately no amount of money will fix the heartache she caused for so many. She should be ashamed, but then I will refer to my first sentence.
October 10th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
Hey ya’ll check this URL out on CNN. Her eyes are the same in every pic, how could she get anyone to marry her in the first place. Chick should have married John, she’ll have a rough time finding someone that will put up with those eyes.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/10/10/runaway.bride.ap/index.html
October 10th, 2006 at 12:49 pm
Wow, she has a lot of nerve I think… but why call the stood-up groom a dope? He’s been through enough already. If he makes some money out of this, I think he deserves it.
October 10th, 2006 at 12:50 pm
If she wins any cash it should go to the Police & Fire Departments & volunteers that spent big dollars looking for her. She has to be the most selfish person. I wish her the worst of luck!
October 10th, 2006 at 1:06 pm
Why on earth are her eyes SO open!? I would think that would hurt after a while. She needs to just let it all go and leave the poor guy alone to live his life. God, DID he dodge a MAJOR bullet, or what?!
October 10th, 2006 at 1:13 pm
hey guys…try this….go back to the top and look at her picture again…ok…now everyone do the same thing with your own eyes!
Damn! I have a migraine coming on now!
(aside…as a nurse she would be an easy one to do an eye assessment on!)
October 10th, 2006 at 2:03 pm
I just heard from someone in the know, and I don’t know how true it is, but the story coming out of Georgia this afternoon is that Runaway Bridezilla (Jennifer Wilbanks), left her hubby for another woman.
Has anybody else heard this? It seems to make sense … maybe that’s why the book never came out–those titillating, salacious skeletons.
October 10th, 2006 at 2:10 pm
As much as I hate to say this… she is more than likely going to win something. Or court system dose not take into consideration common sense. If John Mason has indeed put himself in a situation that makes him responsible for the distribution of $500,000 and has not done what the power of attorney states, then it’s his fault for keeping her in his life.
I share the same outlook as everyone on this blog. She deserves nothing and is entitled to nothing as far as I am concerned. But the law is blind to such thoughts.
NEXT TIME: DON’T LEAVE A PAPER TRAIL!
October 10th, 2006 at 5:19 pm
Geesh…I thought Greta VanS had a bad face lift…how does this woman close her eyes to sleep???!!!
She shouldn’t get a penny and as everyone else if she did it should immediately got to the police and search teams etc but unfortunately I have to agree with ChrisK…hopefully, somehow she will lose though…I am still rootin’ for John though even though it would be worth all that money just to be rid of this crazy witch…
October 10th, 2006 at 8:39 pm
It’s poetic justice that John put that selfish narcissist in her place. I can’t believe she is suing him for pain and suffering, asking $250,000,
for that! That speaks volumes to her depravity. She is a wretch. It’s nice to see this bad person on the receiving end of the shaft, for a change!
October 10th, 2006 at 9:44 pm
I am in total agreement with ChrisK and Michele. All I can say to John is if you believe in God, ‘Vengence is Mine!’ saith the Lord. It may not be in the timely manner we want, but it will come. I wish I could say more.
October 10th, 2006 at 9:51 pm
I think Jennifer Wilbanks lived another life before this one – she was a deer and got caught in the headlights of a car.
October 10th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
Lol at Lauren.
Makes my eyes hurt to look at the picture.
October 10th, 2006 at 11:14 pm
The eyes are a result of plastic surgery gone bad. I remember it from when she was in the news the first time. By the way…what is this “go stuff the ballot elsewhere”? This was the first time I tried to vote for what to do with Wilbanks money, your poll is bogus.
October 11th, 2006 at 6:16 am
Colette:
Relax. Our poll is not “bogus.” But our server sometimes goes haywire and, as a result, our site begins acting strangely. Please try to vote again, and if you continue to have a problem, simply let us know. That “go stuff your ballot …” is not on our end; it’s part of the polling program.
October 11th, 2006 at 8:11 am
She’s kinda cute, in that “I’m the bug-eyed psycho your mother always warned you about” kinda way.
October 11th, 2006 at 10:29 am
Haha Bill! That was funny!
October 11th, 2006 at 10:45 am
LOL! Thanks for that laugh out loud moment, Bill!
October 11th, 2006 at 11:35 am
Matt – hadn’t heard anything about her being gay, but your question brought to mind her story when the police questioned her. Awfully graphic for a sweet little Georgia peach to come up with…
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0513051wilbanks2.html
October 12th, 2006 at 10:01 am
http://thyroid.about.com/od/newscontroversies/a/runawaybride.htm
This actually could explain a lot.
October 12th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
oh lord. you had to go the lesbian way didn’t you. Her eyes are WEIRD! The boyfriend is a dope because the moment they were reunited he put the ring back on her finger no questions asked. Any money should first repay the people for their wasted time, and then to him for putting up with her for so long, etc. Her family is loaded. She is entitled to nothing. She ran out on the wedding not him.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:55 am
JW is a NON-Issue to me, I have more important things to waste my energy on [giggle], but I must admit Melissa’s link to Hyperthyroidism is pretty clinical and has great points.
The article points out “signs” that clearly show if JW isn’t psychotic enough on her own-Graves may be a small part of the puzzle that needs figured into the equation.
Cricket
October 14th, 2006 at 9:23 am
Gee, this girl has real emotional issues. Seems to me like her fiance should be suing her for emotional distress and breach of contract since she failed to marry him.
He may also try suing for defamation of character since now the whole world knows he was about to marry a nut case.
I guess some people just need to get their 5 minutes claim to fame regarless of what it takes.
Nelly
October 17th, 2006 at 8:40 am
Melissa, thanks for the link. It looks like something she should check out.
Jeanne, I didn’t know that he put the ring back on her finger when she came back. That is pretty dopey. I stand corrected on that. LOL
September 19th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Has anybody seen this women’s Eyes!! She looks like a METH FREAK!! Maybe that could be part of it? But That’s just how this one thinks!!
December 28th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
That dumb look on her face says it all. What do you expect from someone with such a dumbass look like that on their face? I would have dumped her in public. He forgave that crab picking tuna queen, so they obviously make a great couple.
February 20th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Hey,
I am in a domestic violence shelter/Jail! I think the woman may work here!!!! Lord help us all. She has a kid too!!!!!!! May just be a look alike but not likely. Seeking refuge elsewhere.
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