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Cousin Coerced Into Marriage Advice Needed

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TheCoralMoose · 03/07/2025 13:19

My cousin who is 37 met someone 11 months ago.

He is much older but not as old as he said he was at first.

She never intended to marry him just go on dates and she decided not to let him move in her apartment which she owns. He had a house which he owned since learned he gave it to his daughter just after meeting my cousin.

He said he was 45 he is actually 61.

Him and my cousin had a 5 day break booked for las vegas just before she decided she no longer wanted him.
She went ahead with the vegas break because he paid a lot of money for it.

On the day before they were due to fly back she doesnt know if she was spiked or given too much alcohol but he took her very intoxicated to a chapel and they get wed.

On returning home she told him its still over then he shown her the marriage certificate.

She called her mum and dad and they came round told him to get out he said fuck off its my place as much as hers and threatened them.

What can be done?. No its not a joke thread its deadly serious.

He has said because he is older and now his daughter has his house his housing needs will be more than hers because she is younger than him.

Is this something the police will get involved in.

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pollymere · 08/07/2025 07:23

I believe many of the chapels in Vegas are such that you can get wed in the same way you can in your garden. It's a service but you need to do the legal part in the Courthouse (Registry Office in the UK).

I would definitely be contacting the chapel. And reporting him to the police for deception. A solicitor should be able to sort an annulment pretty easily due to the lack of consent but I doubt very much it was a legal ceremony. I believe Vegas put a stop to them for this very reason.

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