Arizona brides and grooms accuse wedding planner of scamming them

GOODYEAR, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — A West Valley mother has a warning for brides and grooms-to-be on the market after she says her daughter’s wedding ceremony planner ghosted them proper earlier than the large day.

“I assumed having a marriage planner would make my life manner simpler and me and the bride wouldn’t combat on a regular basis. You don’t need the mother and daughter preventing. As a substitute it precipitated a lot stress,” mentioned Jessica Matson.

Matson mentioned her daughter confirmed as much as her rehearsal dinner on Thursday however claimed her wedding ceremony planner Lorissa Kyle was nowhere to be discovered and never answering their calls or texts. That’s after they began panicking and reaching out to distributors who informed her Kyle by no means paid them. On her daughter’s wedding ceremony day, they have been left scrambling, looking for a brand new caterer, decorations and DJ for the large day.

“To indicate up Thursday evening and see your daughter in tears as a result of her greatest day is the subsequent day and also you don’t know if its going to occur. I don’t understand how you sleep at evening,” mentioned Matson.

Brian Acosta claims Kyle ghosted him too. He says he’s now out $11,000 every week earlier than his wedding ceremony. “I’m offended in regards to the cash however I’m additionally offended that she has taken this away from us. This expertise of getting married. That’s what hurts essentially the most,” mentioned Acosta.

Each weddings have been scheduled at Sonny’s Occasions in Goodyear. The proprietor mentioned Kyle would lease out the area for weddings she was planning however that he had no thought she was allegedly scamming individuals. Now, he says there’s been an outpouring of individuals reaching out saying Kyle has taken their cash too.

“It’s tremendous upsetting. You spend all this time planning your large day, little or no woman goals of her wedding ceremony so to get right here and be listening to it might not occur, tremendous irritating and heartbreaking,” mentioned Matson.

Matson mentioned she filed a police report, and the Goodyear Police Division is investigating.

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