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Florida Man Gets Probation After Felony Bigamy in Three-Wife Scheme

The ruling underscores vulnerabilities in Florida’s decentralized marriage licensing system that enabled his deceptive scheme.

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Overview

  • He pleaded no contest to felony bigamy in May and was sentenced on July 31 to two years’ probation by Judge Charles B. Merritt Jr.
  • Conditions of his sentence include 100 hours of community service, a mental health evaluation, bans on social media and dating websites, and no contact with his three ex-wives.
  • Betsey secretly married Tonya, Brandy and Michele between November 2020 and November 2022 after meeting each on a different dating app and obtained marriage licenses in three separate Florida counties.
  • His first wife unearthed the scheme through county court records searches earlier this year, leading to his May arrest and the unraveling of his triple life.
  • Betsey faces a separate assault and battery charge in Virginia related to a late June incident, while his victims have secured domestic violence protective orders and doubt his court apology.