Court annuls marriage because bride thought it was just an Instagram stunt | National & World [Video]

(CNN) — An Australian judge has annulled the marriage of a Melbourne couple after the bride told the court that she took part in the wedding ceremony believing it was a social media “prank.”

According to documents published by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, the woman in her 20s met the man in his 30s on a dating platform in September 2023. They met in person the following day and started dating.

They cannot be named as the identities of those involved in family law proceedings in Australia are protected.

The woman told the family court that they started planning a trip to Sydney in October that year, as the man said he wanted to take her there in December.

She said the man proposed to her in late December and she accepted. Two days later they got married in a ceremony in Sydney – but the woman believed the wedding …