A couple from Florida wanted to throw a lavish wedding at a ‘vacant mansion’ and told their family and friends that it was their home only to be confronted by police and the furious owner.
Courtney Wilson and Shenita Jones planned to get married at the $5.7 million mansion with 7.2 acres of land in Southwest Ranches as they thought that it was vacant.
But according to the Sun Sentinel, the property is currently owned by the heir of a lucrative IHOP restaurant franchise.
Their wedding website invited family and friends to join them for a lavish ceremony at their ‘dream home.’ They even called the mansion ‘The Wilson Estate.’
“It is our honor to welcome you into our dream home and Estate, to share this special occasion with us,” the website reads.
“We are excited to celebrate our wedding night with you and look forward to a wonderful evening of celebration, exquisite feast and dancing. At our Royal Extravaganza!”
The owner of the property, Nathan Finkel, knew nothing about the wedding until Wilson suddenly arrived.
Finkel immediately called 911 and told the dispatcher that a lot of people were ‘trespassing’ on his property.
The 16,313 square foot home features nine bedrooms, a grand ballroom, movie theater, two-story gentleman’s bar, tennis court, dance studio, pool, and two-lane bowling alley.
The wedding day did not go as planned as Finkel called the police and reported that people were trespassing and telling him that it was ‘God’s message’ that they should tie the knot on his property.
“I have people trespassing on my property,” Finkel told the 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.”
Cops responded to the scene and told the couple to leave ‘and not to come back.’
No charges were brought against them.
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