Melbourne: Bride thought he was playing on video for Instagram but marriage was real

A couple in Australia was cancelled, as it turned out that the ceremony took place normally, while the bride thought it was for the needs of a video for Instagram. Specifically the bride told the court that she believed that the marriage that took place in Melbourne was but a “trick” for social media to increase the followers in the groom’s. CORVERSE As the judge reports, the judge cancelled the December 2023 marriage after finding that the bride “believed she was playing at a social media event” rather than at a real wedding ceremony. The bride said she met the groom in a dating app in September 2023. She was about 25 and he was about ten years older. For the next three months, they kept in touch, before saying that the groom invited her to a “white party” in Sydney in December, according to the court. CORVERSE He said that after reaching the site he was “shocked” when he learned that the man “organized an entire marriage”. The bride then mentioned that she felt uncomfortable and wanted to leave, but her son-in-law said “it was just a prank.” “When I got there and didn’t see anyone in white” and asked him: “What’s going on?” he told the court. “He told me he is organizing a wedding – a prank for his social media. In fact, Instagram, because it wants to enhance its content and wants to start creating revenue from its Instagram page.” In court footage appeared from the ceremony with the couple exchanging vows and rings. While the bride seems “enthusiastic”, she told the court that “it was all theater”. “We had to make it look real,” he said. How he discovered the truth He also said he discovered that the “fake” marriage was legal only after asking her to add his name to her application for permanent residence. She said her son-in-law said he was not a permanent resident and that “he organized the marriage to help him.” The bride went on to say that she was furious and that she would not marry without her parents’ permission and without their presence, nor without a wedding dress or wedding party. But the groom – who has 17,000 followers on Instagram but denied being influencer – questioned her version of the events. He testified that immediately after they met, he had told her it was bisexual and moved into his home. The groom’s version told the court that he had proposed to her the day before the wedding. The bride did not include the proposal in her affidavit, but did not deny it in court. However, he could not explain why the marriage had to take place so soon after the proposal or why they got married in Sydney instead of Melbourne. The court was also reported to have signed a marriage intention agreement on November 20, weeks prior to the proposal. The groom said the marriage was meant to be in “very narrow circle” and would follow a “official” wedding ceremony in their country at a later date and that “both agreed to these conditions.” But the judge rejected his claims and stressed that since the bride is religious it makes no sense to make political marriage instead of religious. Information from Guardian