An Australian woman, Isabelle Glastonbury, claims her American ex-husband “ghosted” her one day after securing an Australian visa: “He fooled everyone, including me.”
Isabelle Glastonbury, 31, said she met the unidentified Texan in Dallas in 2015 and got engaged one year later, relocating to the land down under in 2018.
They cemented their union in a dream wedding in Palm Beach to the tune of $50,000, which her family reportedly covered.
But their honeymoon was short-lived — he allegedly skedaddled in January 2021 after receiving his visa, which Glastonbury’s parents reportedly paid $10,000 to obtain.
“I had this sinking feeling.”
She recalled trying to log onto his immigration accounts, but she was locked out, her credit cards were drained, and her number was blocked.
The crestfallen bride said none of her calls or messages went through. “He ghosted everyone — all of our mutual friends, the best man from our wedding and his own family, no-one knew where he was,” she said.
Upon reflection, she realized he had become “distant and started disappearing at night,” despite proposing relocating to Queensland and starting a family together.
“I felt like I was married to a complete stranger,” she explained, adding, “I don’t know what his plan was, none of it made sense.”
The couple married in a fairytale wedding at the Boathouse in Palm Beach, the bill of more than $50,000 generously paid by her parents.
But her newlywed happiness turned to heartbreak following an evening of dinner and drinks to celebrate Michael’s visa approval in January 2021, 2 years and 4 months after applying, the fee also funded by her mum and dad.
‘I got home and literally 90 per cent of his stuff had disappeared,’ Isabelle told Daily Mail Australia.
According to Isabelle, The Department of Immigration and Border Protection did little to reject Michael’s visa after he vanished, a $10,000 expense her parents covered when the couple first moved to Sydney.
‘So many people reported him to immigration and nothing happened,’ she said.
‘I have such a problem with the visa situation, literally people can leave and have no repercussions or be forced to have any accountability.’
It’s been over a year since the former couple officially divorced and Isabelle hasn’t seen or spoken to Michael since their brief meetup in February 2021 where he gave her the vague explanation that he ‘had to be single’.
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