Pot, Please Meet The Kettle

I was shocked this morning to read that Jennifer Wilbanks, the "runaway bride" from back in May, is suing her ex-fiance for a half a million dollars, claiming that he defrauded her.  Now, I know I might have a slightly different world view than others, but does she not remember that she defrauded her fiance back in May when she skipped town a few days before their wedding and made up a big story about being kidnapped? 

In case you don't remember or if you've forgotten, Jennifer Wilbanks was engaged to be married to John Mason, and a few days before their wedding, she left her home in suburban Atlanta and ran off to Vegas and made up a big story about being kidnapped.  Her disappearance from Duluth, Georgia, sparked a nationwide search and major media coverage. On April 29, 2005, she called Mason from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and claimed falsely that she had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a Hispanic male and a white woman. She later turned up in Las Vegas, where she made more fraudulent calls.  Wilbanks' repeating of the false claims to investigating officers resulted in a felony indictment of giving false information to police, a charge that could have resulted in up to five years in prison. On June 2, 2005 Wilbanks pleaded no contest to the charge. As part of her plea bargain, she was sentenced to two years' probation and 120 hours of community service and was ordered to pay $2,250 in restitution to the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department. Also as part of the deal, a misdemeanor charge of filing a false police report was dismissed. Wilbanks' record will be expunged if she successfully completes probation.

Fast forward a year and a half, and now the skank (yes, I called her a "skank") is claiming that she has been defrauded.  WTF?  Wilbanks is seeking $250,000 as her share of a home she says Mason purchased with proceeds from $500,000 received for selling their story to Regan Media in New York.  She also wants $250,000 in punitive damages for alleged abuse of the power of attorney she granted for Mason to handle their financial affairs.

In my opinion, she doesn't deserve one red cent.  If anything, she should be forced to pay her fiance, the state of Georgia, and her friends and family punitive damages for the pain and suffering that she put them through.  For those few days back in April of 2005, she put her family and friends through hell, making them think that she had been kidnapped and assaulted.  And she did it all because she wasn't quite ready to be married.  She should be out on a chain gang somewhere in rural Georgia busting up rocks with a sledge hammer.  If by some slim chance that she gets any money out of this lawsuit, I hope to goodness she uses it to pay for plastic surgery for an eye job.