Southwest Ranches, Florida: Courtney Wilson and Shenita Jones invited family and friends to their “dream home and estate for their weekend wedding celebration: the ceremony Saturday, brunch on Sunday.
There was just one problem: The couple didn t own the 16,300-square-foot (1,500-square-meter) mansion and didn t have permission to use it.
The suburban Fort Lauderdale estate had everything: a bowling alley, swimming pool with a waterfall, hot tub, tennis courts, a gazebo and an 800-foot (240-meter) bar. Wilson said it was God s plan that the couple marry there.
But despite what the invitation inferred, the actual owner, Nathan Finkel, never gave them permission to hold the festivities there. He was stunned when Wilson showed up Saturday morning to set up and he called police, according to the South Florida SunSentinel.
Florida Couple Attempts to Hold Wedding in Vacant Mansion Passed Off as Their Own on Invitations
On 4/21/21 at 12:47 PM EDT
A couple in a suburban area of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, attempted to host their wedding at a vacant mansion that they falsely passed off as their own on Saturday, ultimately resulting in police intervention.
Courtney Wilson and Shenita Jones invited guests to a 16,313-square-foot home with nine bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, a bowling alley, a theater and an 800-square-foot bar, and labeled it our dream home on the wedding invitation,
This mansion was a perfect venue for their long-awaited wedding. But it wasn’t theirs. https://t.co/c1pViz52qkpic.twitter.com/OaS0Z4G1JW South Florida Sun Sentinel (@SunSentinel) April 21, 2021
But despite what the invitation inferred, the actual owner, Nathan Finkel, never gave them permission to hold the festivities there. He was stunned when Wilson showed up Saturday morning to set up and he called police, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
“I have people trespassing on my property,” Finkel told a 911 dispatcher. “And they keep harassing me, calling me. They say they’re having a wedding here and it’s God’s message. I don’t know what’s going on. All I want is (for) it to stop. And they’re sitting at my property right at the front gate right now.”
Courtney Wilson and Shenita Jones invited family and friends to their “dream home and estate” for their weekend wedding celebration: the ceremony Saturday, brunch on Sunday. There was just one problem: The couple didn’t own the 16,300-square-foot mansion and didn’t have permission to use it. The suburban Fort Lauderdale estate had everything: a bowling alley, […]
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By The Associated Press on April 21, 2021.
SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. – Courtney Wilson and Shenita Jones invited family and friends to their “dream home and estate” for their weekend wedding celebration: the ceremony Saturday, brunch on Sunday.
There was just one problem: The couple didn’t own the 16,300-square-foot (1,500-square-meter) mansion and didn’t have permission to use it.
The suburban Fort Lauderdale estate had everything: a bowling alley, swimming pool with a waterfall, hot tub, tennis courts, a gazebo and an 800-foot (240-meter) bar. Wilson said it was God’s plan that the couple marry there.