AN American woman dubbed the “runaway bride” when she faked her own kidnapping days before her lavish wedding last year is suing her former fiance for $500,000 (€398,810).

RUNAWAY bride Jennifer Wilbanks made a deal with a company that is pitching a movie about her life to networks - annoying officials who spent thousands of dollars searching for her.

THE bride-to-be who skipped town just days before her lavish wedding was indicted on charges she told police a phony story about being kidnapped and sexually assaulted.

HER would-be husband may forgive her, but police are nowhere near as forgiving and may sue the runaway bride who skipped town days before her wedding falsely claiming she had been abducted.