On Facebook, wife learns of husband's 2nd wedding

[WI_DEM]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Dread of the unknown hung in the air as Lynn France typed two words into the search box on Facebook: the name of the woman with whom she believed her husband was having an affair.

Click. And there it was, the stuff of nightmares for any spouse, cuckolded or not. Wedding photos. At Walt Disney World, no less, featuring her husband literally dressed as Prince Charming. His new wife, a pretty blonde, was a glowing Sleeping Beauty, surrounded by footmen.

"I was numb with shock, to tell you the truth," says France, an occupational therapist from Westlake, a Cleveland suburb. "There was like an album of 200 pictures on there. Their whole wedding."


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[Raineyb]

1. So he put up evidence of his bigamy on Facebook?

What a moron!

[Quantess]

2. Nope, but his new wife did.

Or even, her friends posted the photos, and they tagged her in photos.

[Raineyb]

16. Don't you mean the woman with whom he's having an affair?

That would be more appropriate since he's still married to his wife This asshole should be in jail. Bigamy is still illegal last I checked. And then to just snatch the children and run? There are no words for how big an asshole this prick is.

[blondeatlast]

28. That's how I found out. She boasted of her new man and posted pictures.

I could have died. He was working in the Czech Republic and had only been there a few days--and swore he just fell madly in love with her at first sight.

I just went to his site and she was suggested as a "Friend." O. M. G.

[brendan120678]

3. No, the husband's "new" wife...

posted the photos and didn't have her albums set to Friends Only or private, it sounds like.

[Enrique]

18. if you're going to do that, make it private

and make sure to de-friend Wife A.

[xchrom]

4. Oh. My. God.

The power of The Trashy is strong with that man.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. And he took the kids?! What a nightmare! I am so sorry for this woman.

[Maru Kitteh]

21. I thought you meant he took them to the wedding - which would be bad enough . .

But come to find out - he kidnapped them? Holy shit. What a crazy son of a bitch.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. So much for a "secret" second life...

The first wife is a very sad case. She did not want to believe what was right in front of her face....

"In June 2009, against the advice of her attorneys, Lynn France dropped divorce proceedings when her husband came home and persuaded her to reconcile."

and then he took the two children..WOW!!!!!

If I were the first wife..and had the connections..I would consider putting out a contract on that asshole..

[Common Sense Party]

7. Is that a problem?

Oops. Excuse me, I have to go delete something...

[uncommon]

8. That whole story is really sad. And now he took the children and she doesn't know

where they are. That should not be legal. He should be arrested.

[joeybee12]

9. Sounds like some kidnapping charges need to be filed..n/t

[uncommon]

31. The article says she tried but the justice system apparently has no recourse when the kidnapper is

one of the parents.

[Xithras]

36. No can do until a court establishes custody.

When there is no custody agreement, either parent can legally take off with the kids without repercussions. Law enforcement won't get involved until a judge puts a custody order in place and the other parent violates it. Without a court order, both parents are considered to have full legal rights to the children (including the right to move them elsewhere).

If she has decent lawyers, she can get the kids back, but there are hoops she has to jump through first.

[snooper2]

30. She knows where they are, have been back and forth between Florida and Ohio

for over two years..

Apparently the state of Florida won't let the kids leave the state (per the husband's attorney) until this goes to court. And they have offered to fly her down to see them but she doesn't want to.

Husband says at one point the mom Lynn was under supervised visitation of the kids...

Whole story is fucked up...but it may not be what it seems...Will have to play out in court.

Watch the videos if you are really interested
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38535579/ns/today-today_people/

[uncommon]

32. Yeah it seemed like it might just be bad all over --

but it's still messed up that one parent can just take the kids hundreds of miles away.

[HipChick]

10. They reconciled after the second marriage...does this man have money because he sure has no scruple?

so don't know how much of a surprise that was

[LynneSin]

11. OMG I was floored when I read she took him back. It was like a soap opera from there...

because after she took him back - he kidnapped their son and returned to Florida with the son to live with his other wife.

I hope they throw the book at this asshole and he rots in jail. And that second wife hasn't gotten any great prize. If this man was willing to marry her while still married to someone else AND steal a child trust me - he'll be doing the same to her in a few years if he can.

[HipChick]

14. yep..lose 'em the same way you got em

I feel sorry for the kids, being torn from their mother like that...and I would be livid if some other woman was raising my kids, and posting damn photos on facebook

[BrklynLiberal]

15. THAT is the truth. How could she EVER trust him??????

[Beer Snob-50]

23. you never know what is going thru their minds

my sister is still married to a man whom left his first wife for my sister and then had a 18 yo girl living with them with whom he had a child. she has since moved back down south somewhere.

my sister started divorce proceedings but then backed out for some reason.

[BrklynLiberal]

26. It is very sad that so many women have such low self-esteem that they put up with such crap.

I know of a few cases that would fall into a similar category

[snooper2]

33. The Today show interviewed both sides, will have to play out in court

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38535579/ns/today-today_people/

Nothing is what it seems with all these goofballs. He says that she knew about the other lady and knew they were getting married 2 years ago. Kids have been back and forth staying with both of them.

[depakid]

12. Just when you think that facebook has already outed the stupidest

Another one comes along and proves you wrong!

:rofl:

Between facebook and twitter- it's hard to find another innovation that's been more useful for finding out who's an idiot or person of poor character since the printing press.

[JVS]

13. Note to self: use block function in such a situation

[BrklynLiberal]

17. uck! Check out this guy and his "new" wife...First wife too. Wedding pics for both.

He MUST have money..He sure does not appear to have much else...

And sorry,but that new wife appears to be as dumb as a box of rocks...and that is an insult to rocks.

First wife gets no kudos since she took him back AFTER knowing about second wedding...

Idiots..one and all. The saddest part...the kids.


http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38572863/ns/today-today_people/

[Maru Kitteh]

35. Where? Couldn't find them. n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

38. After the initial video, there is another interview with the newlyweds.

duh..sorry forgot to put in the link. What a dummy!!!

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38572863/ns/today-today_people/

[cbdo2007]

19. Oh come on....I'm sure she knew a lot more that they aren't telling us.

If I'm 5 minutes late coming home from work my wife is like, "what took you so long?" and then we spend the entire evening making dinner and taking care of the kids and stuff and it's pretty much like that all day every day.

This wasn't just out of the blue, she knew he was cheating and he's done it before and it's not like she was totally in the dark the whole time and this was a big shock. Who knows, they may have been separated the whole time and this is just her way to shame him cause she's jealous.

[BrklynLiberal]

20. Wow..you are turly a man with an empathetic heart. A real catch.

[cbdo2007]

25. Nope...I read the whole story and I was right. Their marriage was over long before she

found the Facebook pics, and she's having trouble moving on. She even confronted the women in a hotel once and she told her they were engaged. Sure, it makes a great story, "Woman learns about husbands second marriage on Facebook" but most fiction makes great stories.

Hey, I'm empathetic but I can definitely spot bullshit when I see it and I'm not going to swaddle a lump of bullshit and rock it to sleep just for the sake of empathy.

[BrklynLiberal]

27. and the bigamy is totally irrelevant?

[Xithras]

37. IF he's right, the first marriage may have been invalid. No bigamy.

Apparently they were "married" in an Italian hotel, and he's claiming that the proper paperwork was never filed so he was never legally married to her in the first place. Because Ohio doesn't recognize common law marriages, he's already asked the court to recognize that the first marriage was never really a marriage at all.

He's still a huge prick, but if he's right, it makes some of what he did a little more comprehensible.

[HipChick]

40. This looks like a legal marriage certificate to me

of course I'm not an lawyer..his legal filings ie IRS,banks state he's married

http://abcnews.go.com/images/US/Apostille_10804.pdf

[Xithras]

42. Her too. That's something the court will have to decide.

Her supposedly has affidavits proving that the marriage wasn't legal under Italian law. A judge will have to make that call.

[BrklynLiberal]

41. Comprehensible for a narcissistic psychopath.

[WI_DEM]

34. Yes, but if the husband didn't actually go thru with a divorce, it's not quite over.

[PCIntern]

22. Watched the TODAY show...

normally I don't do this but...

He's a fucking sociopath...probably learned how to lie like that from Bush 43 crowd...

"Marriage is not valid"...such horseshit...

[Froward69]

24. A friend of mine used Facebook to learn of his Ex's

New Husband... then got back 2 years of fraudulent alimony payments. he actually only owed her two months.(from the divorce to her new marriage) the judge gave him 2years interest too.

sometimes Justice does happen.

[Johonny]

29. To quote Tom Servo "Oh great this guys married and I can't even get a date"

[AngryOldDem]

39. This bullshit was on Today for two days.

To me it's turning into a "he said/she said". Today should never have gone there -- there are more than enough other topics worthy of the 10 minutes the show spent on this couple. But I guess shit like this sells. It just bores me to tears.

[Maru Kitteh]

43. Yeah. Psychopaths that defraud women and steal their children are SO BORING.

Today should send you a handwritten apology for not entertaining you properly.