Facebook-assisted news of infidelity and other evidence that can effectively end a marriage and help divorce attorneys in Chicago win their case are nothing new. But Cleveland woman Lynn France's Facebook discovery that her husband married another woman, as reported by the Associated Press, certainly is newsworthy.
The wife and mother of two young children already suspected her husband, John France, was having an affair. She searched for the suspected other woman on Facebook and saw wedding pictures of her estranged husband and his new wife at Walt Disney World:
"I was numb with shock, to tell you the truth. There was like an album of 200 pictures on there. Their whole wedding."
And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
John France says he wasn't actually cheating and claims his marriage to Lynn France was not valid from the start. Their wedding was coordinated through a hotel in Italy but the basis for his claim was not made clear in the article. Even if it is determined to have been invalid, he'll still have to answer questions as to his own involvement in the allegedly fraudulent union.
Besides the fact that they have two young kids, Lynn France said he left for what she believes was one of his liaisons (he claims it was a business trip) on the day his newborn, second son came home from the hospital. John France attempted to make his case on NBC's "Today" show, hoping the viewing public would sympathize with his legal claims:
"I don't think I was cheating. If you have a marriage that's not right from the beginning, it's not right at the end."
Lynne France probably had another idea of what's "not right." She divorced him but dropped the proceedings last June, against the advice of her lawyers, when he returned to Cleveland and begged forgiveness.
But while she was cleaning the house just three months ago, John France took their kids and drove off; she hasn't seen her sons since. He took the boys to live with his new wife in Florida and is seeking custody of the boys. She claims the only way she can see her boys is on the other woman's Facebook account.
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