Anyone seen this news story? WTF? **Content warning**

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l4z2z7rk4o

I’ve just read this on the BBC news website.
I mean, what the hell is that about.

Has anyone seen this story anywhere else?

I feel as if there’s a lot more to this story than is being reported. It’s just so weird.

Very bizarre.

The cost of the event was well in excess of €100,000, and it was due to be filmed and streamed.

Is this how it was going to be funded? To whom? Other paedophiles? And why?

Apparently the girl is in good health and shows no signs of being molested.

I agree. Same as the story about the British lady who died in Turkey and they found her heart missing when they did an autopsy in the UK. Both these stories only seem to have been covered by the tabloids not the more reputable news companies so feels a bit like they're missing out some details to make the stories sound like something they're not.

The Telegraph has more details.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/23/british-man-arrested-fake-wedding-nine-year-old-disneyland/

Archived version - https://archive.ph/1Gqq0

This is very bizarre. The sums involved are huge!

Omg

From the headline I thought it was a dad giving his daughter a pretend wedding to him, like mitch and cam with their daughter in modern family - very weird but not sexual

I'm disgusted

This post could do with a trigger warning though, op x

Thank you, that article gives more detail.

So looks like he’s someone trying to get social media famous with weird stunts who is also a convicted sex offender.

Where does he get the money for these stunts from I wonder, is there something darker going on that explains the money?

Thanks for adding the warning MN, I didn’t think when I posted.

… so the family was in on selling the child to this man??

Here’s a thread on it already:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5360671-british-man-arrested-after-hiring-out-disney-park-to-marry-9-year-old-ukrainian-girl?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=share

Ah thank you, I only saw the article today so didn’t think to look for threads from yesterday.