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[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 90 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The woman later found their marriage certificate, and discovered a notice of intended marriage which had been filed the month before their Sydney trip - before they even got engaged - which she said she did not sign. According to the court documents, the signature on the notice bears little resemblance to the woman's.

Straight up fraud here, simply in the context of the influencer culture.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ya let's commit a felony for views!

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think we're deeply into the period where people suspect social media events may be staged, or at least should. She may not be somebody I'd want to hang out with, but she's undeniably a victim here if the paragraph I quoted accurately describes what happened.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

Fraud, yes, but it certainly does seem that she overlooked a whole lot of red flags on the way.

[–] cyberfae@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a piece of shit! That guy had no right to do what he did. Sad it took so long for the marriage to be annulled.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago

Pretty funny though

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 35 points 1 year ago

So he basically convinced her to put on a play in the role as the bride. She checked to make sure it wouldn't be legally binding, found out it wouldn't unless she had already signed a document. cool. she does the play and then finds out he faked her signature. was he inspired by count olaf?

she just had someone she loved and trusted commit fraud. awful, awful man.

[–] cornshark@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Wtf is this Count Olaf shit

She had already agreed to marry him. What was the point of the fake wedding? He could have just had a real one

[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would you do that to yourself lol?

You're asking for her to revenge fuck anyone that'll crush your soul

Kind of weird thing to jump to instead of just breaking up but I guess that's an option too