Runaway bride's former groom now married

ATLANTA - The man who was set to marry the runaway bride has finally tied the knot, to someone else.

John Mason's father, Claude Mason, tells People magazine his 35-year-old son married Shelley Martin last Saturday in a quiet ceremony at his parents' Duluth, Georgia, home.

The elder Mason officiated the ceremony and says he's ``very happy'' for his son.

In 2005, John Mason's then-fiance Jennifer Wilbanks disappeared just days before their wedding. She turned up a few days later in New Mexico claiming she had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted. She later admitted the story was a fake.
Wilbanks served two years probation over the episode and performed community service.

Wilbanks and Mason ended their engagement and sued each other. Those suits were later dropped.