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<p>The first rule of wedding planning: make sure you have permission to use the wedding venue.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/bride-groom-crashers-illegal-wedding-130c7270d0d206f61e08f1b197779815">Florida Man Courtney Wilson and Florida Woman Shenita Jones</a> invited friends and family to join them for a wedding ceremony at a 16,313-square-foot home they referred to as &quot;the Wilson&#39;s estate.&quot;</p><p>The problem was, it was somebody else&#39;s estate, and they didn&#39;t have permission to use it.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Zola" data-attribution-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20210421175401if_/https://www.zola.com/wedding/shenitaandcourtney/event" height="825" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2021-04-21-at-45247-pm-pyRKaC.jpg" width="1920" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210421175401if_/https://www.zola.com/wedding/shenitaandcourtney/event">Zola</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><p>An <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210421175401if_/https://www.zola.com/wedding/shenitaandcourtney/event">archived version of their Zola wedding website</a> (it has since been taken down) shows that they planned to have people at &quot;The Wilson&#39;s Estate&quot; for the wedding on Saturday, and also welcome people &quot;back to [their] home&quot; for a Sunday brunch.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Zola" data-attribution-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20210421175401if_/https://www.zola.com/wedding/shenitaandcourtney/event" height="741" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2021-04-21-at-45445-pm-5jNxG0.jpg" width="1920" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210421175401if_/https://www.zola.com/wedding/shenitaandcourtney/event">Zola</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The <a href="https://apnews.com/article/bride-groom-crashers-illegal-wedding-130c7270d0d206f61e08f1b197779815"><em>Associated Press</em></a><i> </i>reports that &quot;the suburban Fort Lauderdale estate had everything: a bowling alley, swimming pool with a waterfall, hot tub, tennis courts, a gazebo and an 800-foot (240-meter) bar,&quot; and &quot;Wilson said it was God&rsquo;s plan that the couple marry there.&quot;</p><p>Unfortunately, God hadn&#39;t alerted the actual owner, Nathan Finkel, who called the police on Saturday morning when the groom and another person arrived at the property to set up for the wedding.</p><p>&quot;I have people trespassing on my property,&quot; Finkel told a 911 dispatcher, per the <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/southwest-ranches/fl-ne-wedding-caper-mansion-20210421-ayznwcbcrzdg3keyno2isfba3e-story.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Breaking%20News%20Alerts&amp;utm_content=1491619007044#nws=true"><em>South Florida Sun-Sentinel</em>.</a> &quot;And they keep harassing me, calling me. They say they&rsquo;re having a wedding here and it&rsquo;s God&rsquo;s message. I don&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s going on. All I want is (for) it to stop. And they&rsquo;re sitting at my property right at the front gate right now.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Two police officers showed up and told Wilson to leave. He did, and was not charged with a crime. When reporters approached him for comment, he said, &quot;I don&#39;t want to talk about it.&quot;</p><p>The bride and the guests never made it to the venue.</p><p>Accoding to the <em>Sun-Sentinel, </em>the groom had checked out the mansion several times weeks agom pretending to be the buyer.</p><p>&quot;A few months later this guy asked Nathan if he could use Nathan&rsquo;s backyard for his wedding,&quot; Town Attorney Kevin Poliakoff said. &quot;Nathan said no.&quot;</p><p>They sent the invitations anyway.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Couple busted on wedding day trying to sneak into venue they claimed was their house.

The first rule of wedding planning: make sure you have permission to use the wedding venue.Florida Man Courtney Wilson and Florida Woman Shenita Jones invited friends and family to join them for a wedding ceremony at a 16,313-square-foot home they referred to as &quot;the Wilson&#39;s estate.&quot;The problem was, it was somebody else&#39;s estate, and they didn&#39;t have permission to use it.Zola An archived version of their Zola wedding website (it has since been taken down) shows that they planned to have people at &quot;The Wilson&#39;s Estate&quot; for the wedding on Saturday, and also welcome people &quot;back to [their] home&quot; for a Sunday brunch.ZolaThe Associated Press reports that &quot;the suburban Fort Lauderdale estate had everything: a bowling alley, swimming pool with a waterfall, hot tub, tennis courts, a gazebo and an 800-foot (240-meter) bar,&quot; and &quot;Wilson said it was God&rsquo;s plan that the couple marry there.&quot;Unfortunately, God hadn&#39;t alerted the actual owner, Nathan Finkel, who called the police on Saturday morning when the groom and another person arrived at the property to set up for the wedding.&quot;I have people trespassing on my property,&quot; Finkel told a 911 dispatcher, per the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. &quot;And they keep harassing me, calling me. They say they&rsquo;re having a wedding here and it&rsquo;s God&rsquo;s message. I don&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s going on. All I want is (for) it to stop. And they&rsquo;re sitting at my property right at the front gate right now.&quot;Two police officers showed up and told Wilson to leave. He did, and was not charged with a crime. When reporters approached him for comment, he said, &quot;I don&#39;t want to talk about it.&quot;The bride and the guests never made it to the venue.Accoding to the Sun-Sentinel, the groom had checked out the mansion several times weeks agom pretending to be the buyer.&quot;A few months later this guy asked Nathan if he could use Nathan&rsquo;s backyard for his wedding,&quot; Town Attorney Kevin Poliakoff said. &quot;Nathan said no.&quot;They sent the invitations anyway.

The first rule of wedding planning: make sure you have permission to use the wedding venue.  Florida Man Courtney Wilson and Florida Woman Shenita Jones invited friends and family to join them for a wedding ceremony at a 16,313-square-foot...