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Runaway bride is suing her former fiance

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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (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.

Posted 10/10/06 9:07 AM
 
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shes a royal nutcase

Posted 10/10/06 9:08 AM
 

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Posted 10/10/06 9:08 AM
 

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she really is crazy! Chat Icon

Posted 10/10/06 9:09 AM
 

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she got $500K for sharing her story!!! hmmmm.....gives me a few ideas Chat Icon

she needs mental help.

Posted 10/10/06 9:11 AM
 

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yeah she is a whack job

Posted 10/10/06 9:13 AM
 

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she's gotta get off that crack pipe Chat Icon

Posted 10/10/06 9:13 AM
 

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Posted 10/10/06 9:14 AM
 

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Me too - what a nut

Posted 10/10/06 9:16 AM
 

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Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks smiles as she takes a break from mowing the lawn of a government building in Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 9, 2005.

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Posted 10/10/06 9:18 AM
 

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I hope she gets NOTHING!!!!Chat Icon

Posted 10/10/06 9:20 AM
 

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you'd think after all that negative publicity, she'd find a rock to hide under

Posted 10/10/06 9:25 AM
 

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she's a freakin' mess

Posted 10/10/06 9:33 AM
 

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I'm sure he'll be countering that he sold HIS story, not hers.

Posted 10/10/06 9:37 AM
 

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Hmmm...looks like someone was out of the news for too long.... Chat Icon

Posted 10/10/06 2:13 PM
 

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I give it a big Chat Icon

Posted 10/10/06 9:25 PM
 

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Shes nuts!Chat Icon

Posted 10/10/06 9:28 PM
 

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I found this picture very funny Chat Icon

Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks smiles as she takes a break from mowing the lawn of a government building in Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 9, 2005.

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thats it..i'm convinced she's an alien

look at those ears!! Chat Icon they're NOT of this earth!!!!! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 10/10/06 9:28 PM
 

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I found this picture very funny Chat Icon

Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks smiles as she takes a break from mowing the lawn of a government building in Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 9, 2005.

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thats it..i'm convinced she's an alien

look at those ears!! Chat Icon they're NOT of this earth!!!!! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

PIMP!!! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 10/10/06 9:29 PM
 

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She's a wackjob. Her eyes scare me.

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