US ‘runaway bride’ sues former fiance

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).

Jennifer Wilbanks made headlines across the world when she took a trip to Las Vegas and New Mexico while hundreds of police and volunteers searched for her back home in suburban Atlanta, Georgia.

She and John Mason split up for good in May this year. Now she is claiming he defrauded her out of her share of their assets, including a ladder, a gold sofa and wedding presents.