Florida Man Accused of Bigamy
Posted By Ellerin Hutchinson on Aug 6, 2010 12:00pm PDT
In perhaps one of the oddest divorce stories of the year, a Florida man is currently facing accusations of bigamy for allegedly having two wives at the same time. John France, 62 years-old, married Lynn France on that coast of Italy in 2005 before moving back into their home in Westlake. John claims that when he looked into divorce in later years, he found that authorities never filed the papers and the marriage was not legitimate.
Lynn, however, has another story. She says that the marriage was perfectly fine and it was only through Facebook photos that she watched her husband's affair to Amanda Weisal France, 25-years-old, unfold. She had no idea he had married again until she logged on one day to find that the two had wed in a "fairy tale" wedding at Disney World. Beyond these charges, she is also charging John with taking their two sons away without permission, although he claims there was nothing illegal about it.
The two are now meeting in court, battling over the legitimacy of their marriage and child custody.
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