<p>After realising the social media ‘prank,’ a woman took part in with her boyfriend was a real wedding, she got an annulment.</p>
<p>According to a BBC report, the woman’s partner was a social media influencer and had convinced her to participate in a to take part in a social media stunt for his Instagram account. She later realised it was a genuine wedding when tried to use it to gain permanent residency in Australia.</p>
<p>In September 2023, the woman had met her partner on an online dating platform. The two lived in Melbourne at the time and saw each other regularly. In December that year, the man proposed to the woman and she accepted.</p>
<p>The two attended the event in Sydney, she was told to pack a white dress as it would be a “white party” – that the guests have to wear all-white clothing. Since the trip had been pre-planned and they had previously attended a white party in Queensland, she “never suspected, like, anything fishy.” She emphasised that the dress she wore was not a wedding dress, CNN cited court documents.</p>
<p>But when they arrive at the location she is “furious” to find that nobody else in white. When she asked the man what was happening, he “pulled me aside, and he told me that he’s organising a prank wedding for his social media, to be precise, Instagram, because he wants to boost his content, and wants to start monetising his Instagram page,” the court heard.</p>
<p>She said she had accepted his explanation as “he was a social media person” who had more than 17,000 followers on Instagram. She also believed that a civil marriage would be valid only if it were held in a court. She called a friend to ask for advice on what was happening, her friend told her that they couldn’t legally get married unless they filed a notice of intention to marry, CNN cited court documents. After she felt reassured, she went ahead with the “prank”. She said she was happy at that time to “play along” to “make it look real”.</p>
<p>The two exchanged vows and kissed in front of the camera. As per the report, none of the bride’s family or friends were in attendance – the only people present were a photographer and a friend of the photographer.</p>
<p>According to BBC, two months later, the man asked her to add him as a dependant in her application for permanent residency in Australia. As the two are foreigners. When she explained that she couldn’t do that as they were technically not married, which is when he revealed that the Sydney wedding was genuine.</p>
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<p>As per the report, the woman found a marriage certificate and discovered a notice of intended marriage which had been filed the month before their Sydney trip – before they even got engaged – which she said she did not sign. The signature on the document had no resemblance to her signature.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the man claimed they had “both agreed to these circumstances” and that following his proposal the woman had agreed to marry him at an “intimate ceremony” in Sydney.</p>
<p>The judge ruled that the woman was “mistaken about the nature of the ceremony performed” and “did not provide real consent to her participation” in the marriage. In October 2024, the marriage was annulled.</p>
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