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It was called “the dreamiest desert wedding you’ve ever seen.”
But the groom says it was all a “sham.”
The bitter proceedings paint a much different portrait of the pair who, just four years ago, appeared to be the picture-perfect husband and wife. It all began with their destination wedding, equipped with everything from carefully crafted centerpieces to a hashtag (#Jordandiwedding). Guests stayed at the luxury Canyon Point resort, where suites can go for more than $3,700 a night.
Invitees included the actress Elizabeth Olsen and actress Alexis Nichole Smith, according to theNew York Post, whichfirst reported about the suit surrounding the reportedly $1 million wedding. Famed shoe designer Brian Atwood attended the event, sharingan Instagram photoof Andi and her father Alan sporting wide smiles.
“Breathtaking wedding!!!@andiandiandi@threesquaresstudio❤️’d being there to share in this magical moment. Andi and her father Alan walking her through the desert,” Atwood wrote.
It was Andi’s dad Alan who financed the wedding, “intending to give his daughter the fantasy experience and attention she so desired,” the suit states. Andi wore Dior and Oscar de La Renta during the trip, according toElle, and photos showed the bride in a two-piece gown with a crop top and colorful skirt — withCoveteurcalling it“mind-blowingly beautiful.”
Afterward, they embarked on a month-long, $25,000 honeymoon in California, the suit states, noting that Blackmore paid for the getaway. Then they “lived together as husband and wife” for three years before Andi broke off the relationship in December 2018 following an alleged affair with a man she met while on a cruise in Vietnam, the documents claim.
Now, Blackmore — a New York City-based hairdresser whose clients are said to have included Marc Jacobs, Leighton Meester, Andre Balazs andSelena Gomez— is suing Andi and her father in excess of $2 million for fraud and seeks to nullify the prenup and have a jury trial, according to court papers.
As part of Andi’s answer to the lawsuit, her lawyer provided PEOPLE with an alleged email from Blackmore, dated Feb. 9, 2017: “Andi and I have yet to go to the courthouse and file our marriage with the state of New York. (Therefore on paper we are not married.),” Blackmore allegedly wrote.
“Both parties agree that they had a beautiful destination wedding, that they were very much in love, and that they lived together as husband and wife,” the statement says.
Meanwhile, Blackmore’s attorney, Matthew Coogan, gave PEOPLE the following statement about Blackmore’s 2017 email with Andi: “The 2017 email is a red herring and taken out of context. Jordan filed jointly in 2015 because, on account of the Potamkins’ fraud, he believed that he was married to Andi Potamkin. In 2017, Alan Potamkin prevailed upon Jordan to amend the jointly filed tax returns, disingenuously explaining to Jordan that in the eyes of the taxing authorities, Andi and Jordan were not married for tax purposes because their marriage had not been filed in a New York Courthouse. At that time, Jordan was still completely unaware that their Utah wedding ceremony did not result in a legal marriage.”
source: people.com
