Jennifer Wilbanks, you are famous

May 7, 2005Posted By weddings

Like it or not, Jennifer Wilbanks has officially reached celebrity status. Today, she is the top referring search term for this site, so we decided to make you all happy and give you everything you need to know about Jennifer Wilbanks

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E-bays hottest item is going for over $15,000.00 - it's Jennifer Wilbanks on Toast:

Jennifer Wilbanks found on my morning breakfast toast. I still think her fiance did it !!! This is the one and only Toast Depicting The Scam Artict of the year Jennifer Wilbanks. Look at the eyes its her. Dont be fooled by others. Sold to high bidder shipping priority$3.85 Ebay tossed me off but im back!!! Just like Jen. There is comedy all over this auction.

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Other e-bay items include high school yearbooks, unshipped wedding gifts, bumper stickers, her exclusive "alien abduction story", t-shirts, wedding invitations, and yes... Jennifer Wilbanks toilet paper. I think it's safe to assume she'll be taking on her husbands name after the wedding.

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In the news:
At the washington post: Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks apologized Thursday for disappearing just before her wedding day, and insisted cryptically that her flight was prompted not by cold feet, but by "a host of compelling issues, which seemed out of control."

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But the president of the group Hispanics Across America backed down from his threat to protest outside her home.

The group's president, Fernando Mateo, said members were satisfied with her general apology.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/05/AR2005050500531.html

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From SFGate:
A better solution would be for Wilbanks to start immediately repaying the costs incurred by law enforcement and others for her foolish prank.

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She needs to come out and face it," said Ron Harris, owner of The Soda Shop in this Atlanta suburb, where most patrons were annoyed Wilbanks has been back in Georgia since Saturday but hasn't said a word about her disappearance.

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I don't know why, but this nonsensical understanding of forgiveness -- as if it should be given instantly, regardless of circumstances -- seems to be popular among a growing faction of Americans, on the left and the right, who are caught up in a mania for forgiving.

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"We feel for her struggles," wrote one literary critic, "but for all that, the impression she leaves on our mind is that of a decidedly vulgar-minded woman -- one whom we should not care for as an acquaintance, whom we should not seek as a friend."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/03/AR2005050301281.html
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The guilt she is dealing with "has got to be consequence enough to me," Mason said Monday in an interview with Fox News'"Hannity & Colmes" show.

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Asked if he would be concerned if the couple heads into another big wedding, Claude Mason said: "I have mixed emotions about that.

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TRANSLATING JENNIFER WILBANKS’ STATEMENT
At this time, I cannot explain fully what happened to me last week.

I AM SANE, NOT INSANE. THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAS NOT YET EXPIRED, THE BOOK AND MOVIE DEALS HAVE NOT YET BEEN FINALIZED AND I'M NOT STUPID ENOUGH TO BRAG ABOUT HOAXING EVERYONE.

http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_8130.shtml
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Jennifer Wilbanks retains attorney
Now a former district attorney said she will represent Wilbanks. The woman hasn't been charged with a crime, but prosecutors have said they are investigating the matter. And the mayor of her home town has suggested Wilbanks could be sued for the cost of the search effort.

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