Posted on 08/01/2025 3:37:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
UPDATE: A 36-year-old woman is being held on felony stalking charges in a bizarre case where a wedding was held without the groom present and without his knowledge.
Beverly Hills Police Chief Kory Martin expressed he’s never seen anything like this.
“I was here Friday evening when this came in. When I was talking to the lieutenant, I said, ‘I don’t I don’t think in 23 years I’ve ever heard of anybody who managed somehow to get married to someone who wasn’t present for a ceremony.'”
“At first, we were really considering that it may be some forged documents. However, once we made contact with the reverend who ended up signing the actual ceremony, showing that they were unified, he basically, you know, solidified the fact that, yeah, the groom was not present when that occurred,” he continued.
Kristin Marie Spearman was arrested and booked into the McLennan County Jail.
Chief Martin said his office was contacted by a 42-year-old man on Friday, who said that he found a package from his ex-girlfriend at his home which included a copy of a marriage certificate – showing he was married.
The victim told police he had been in a relationship with the suspect, and they got a marriage license around June 2, but broke up before a wedding took place. Chief Martin said the investigation determined that the woman convinced a pastor to certify the marriage without the groom being present. Chief Martin said she then went to the County Clerk’s Office and filed the certificate.
The Chief explained that he has spoken with the victim, who expressed that he’s going through a significant process to try and fix the situation, “I’ve talked to the victim, and he’s going through a significant process to try to have to fix this at this point, and so that’s a whole ‘nother situation….is not only the concern of, ‘What does that mean for my safety, my property,’ you know, which is a huge conversation in this, but also what I have to do to fix it, you know, and it’s looking like the process is going to be quite lengthy.”
Chief Martin explained how this situation has been a rare occurrence and how they’ve been handling it.
“I had to do some research on this, and you know, going through the family code and looking at the sections of marriage, there was only one caveat that I could locate, which was, you know, active military overseas unable to make it,” he explained. “You still had to have a proxy stand in, and that also has to be part of like the licensing itself, is all of that stuff has to be there — So the groom should have been there. A proxy wouldn’t have worked. And that should have been witnessed by the executive, you know, executing that and having that authority to actually witness that document.”
Chief Martin said that with the assistance of the Hewitt Police Department, the suspect was located at her residence near Hewitt. Police had obtained an arrest warrant for third-degree felony stalking, and Spearman was transported to the McLennan County Jail.
Chief Martin said his department was not releasing any information on who officiated the ceremony, as of Monday, as they move forward with the case.
They should also arrest the ‘reverend’.
Arrest the revrund an revoke his marriage privileges.
She’s after his money no doubt. He should sue and get hers.
Wow, I just found out there’s a Beverly Hills in Texas of all places. Who knew!
He should never be allowed to sign a marriage certificate again.
There was a Perry Mason plot, where an actor impersonated a wealthy older man, and "married" the wealthy man's younger female assistant in Las Vegas, and when he dies, she claims his estate. Since she worked with him every day, and was known to be his associate, the "marriage" is plausible.
Must have been one craaazy night in Vegas. And yes, I didn’t read the article.
Betcha it ain’t even close to being similar.
I tried to get a Jed Clampett joke out of that, but failed.
Modern women are really pulling out all the stops. Its why men are avoiding them in droves.
I know some religious groups strongly oppose divorce, and this is just my opinion, but I believe divorce is morally justified if you didn’t know you got married. ;-)
There’s a hit country song in this story, somewhere.
I don’t think any group would say this marriage was ever valid. If he gets a divorce he has an idiot attorney.
Bwhahahaha
"However, once we made contact with the reverend who ended up signing the actual ceremony, showing that they were unified, he basically, you know, solidified the fact that, yeah, the groom was not present when that occurred,” he continued. "
And the real reason for marriage licenses was because ....
And didn’t even get a honeymoon out of it. She’s definitely trying to screw him but in the worst way possible.
I saw Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe a very long time ago. I seem to remember there being a marriage conducted by proxies in it (which my father thought was ridiculous).
“Modern women are really pulling out all the stops. Its why men are avoiding them in droves.”
Yep, I certainly wanted nothing to do with them...but PLENTY of other countries with women who are NOT head cases, and it worked out fine for me.
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