Runaway Bride Runs to Court

Jennifer Wilbanks dubbed the "Runaway Bride" when she faked her own kidnapping for three days on the eve of her lavish wedding is suing her former fiancé for $500,000. Wilbanks's former fiancé John Mason, has until Oct. 22 to respond to the lawsuit Wilbanks filed Sept. 13 in Georgia's Gwinnett County's Superior Court, the Associated Press reports.

Wilbanks asks for

• $250,000, which she says is her share of a home Mason purchased with proceeds from $500,000 he received after selling their story to an agent.
• She also wants $250,000 in punitive damages, claiming that Mason allegedly abused the power of attorney she granted for him to handle their finances, according to Atlanta FOX TV station WAGA.
• Wilbanks wants to see Mason's bank statements and seeks the return of personal property she claims is still in Mason's possession. Including a kitchen table and the comforter of the bed
• She claims that she is owed money that had been earmarked for the couple's honeymoon that never happened.

After her mad dash outta town, faking her own disappearance and blaming a Latino man for kidnapping her, Mason quickly took Wilbanks back, with the couple even moving into a large new home in an Atlanta suburb and talking about taking a second run at marriage. However, in May of this year PEOPLE reported that Mason came to his senses and let it be known that he was not marrying that - woman. Wilbanks told the magazine, "I'm not confirming or denying the breakup. John and I have some things to work out." Mason's family and friends said that the split was permanent. "I think John realized there were some fundamental differences in their personalities that he wasn't going to be able to deal with," a friend of Mason, who runs his family's Duluth medical-care business, told PEOPLE.