For the next three months, they remained in contact, before she said the groom invited her to a "white party" in Sydney in December, the court heard. She said after arriving at the venue she was "shocked" to learn the man had "organised a wedding".
The bride said she became uncomfortable and wanted to leave, but the groom told her "it was a simple prank".
"He told me that he's organising a prank wedding for his social media. To be precise, Instagram, because he wants to boost his content and wants to start monetising his Instagram page."
In court, footage of the ceremony was played, showing the couple exchanging vows and rings.
While the bride appeared to "enthusiastically" participate in the ceremony, she told the court it was "all an act".
"We had to act to make it look real," she said.
She said she only discovered the "sham" wedding was legal after he asked her to add his name to her application for permanent residency. She said the groom told her he was not a permanent resident and he had "organised the marriage to help him".
But the groom – who has 17,000 followers on Instagram but denied he was a social media influencer – disputed her version of events.
He testified that immediately after they met, he had told her he was bisexual, and that she was "cool with it" and moved into his home.
"Precisely why she would participate in a civil marriage and not in a church marriage ceremony went unexplored. It made no sense to me that she would."
Stupid boomer judge, she did it for the 'gram!
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"men" nowadays have to resort to such chicanery because they're too weak anf pathetic to use the wife sack
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wife sacks are for losers who can't lasso and hogtie a foid as she unsuspectingly exits a Starbucks
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They're all lassoing their boyfriends.
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Brokeback Mountain and its consequences have been a disaster for straggot foidkind
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Enjoy your r-slurred wife
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If you are r-slurred enough to fall for this you deserve to be scammed
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Exactly how
@Rad_juju and me got married 
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!poll_voters
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god why does she hate the gays so much jeez
communism will win
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Given that he's proven his criminal mind for tricking other people, shouldn't he get honorary Aussie citizenship anyway?
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like post on rdrama?
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are you "some girls" in this context bb or an outsider?
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If the only things anyone did were things people paid them to do, the only things that would ever get done are the things the wealthy find profitable. What a sad world that would be.
Some of us volunteer at parks.
Some of us volunteer at soup kitchens.
Some of us volunteer advice and knowledge.
Is this really that much different?
Yeah, Reddit is a for-profit company. It's still worth it to volunteer moderation duties to ensure that people have a corner to discuss and debate without having to worry about bullies. Sure, it would be nice to get a free subscription to Premium or something, but that's not going to be the main motivation.
I use uBlock Origin. This is my way of paying back the site. Well, that and all the awards I give away or generate.
And believe you me, I very much enjoy moderating bullies and keeping vulnerable populations safe from their bullying. Clicking "ban" on some random racist so they can't call someone names? Ohhhh that's payment enough.
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