Judge orders owner of shuttered Fort Wayne bridal store to pay more than $200K after abrupt closu...

you wait your whole life to get married and you pick your dream dress and then it's just ripped out from under you that was Amber Pape in July of 2023 heartbroken after IO Bridal Boutique closed their doors without notice it was a nightmare like literally trying to figure out where my dress was this is her one year later now she's Amber Newman happily married to her husband Dustin since October and wearing it that when I put my dress on I cried because I was like I didn't think I was going to see it but the dress she said her vows in wasn't from I do Bridal she found it in a different state then we ended up having to Reby the dress from the shop in Cleveland and all of my bridesmaids had to Reby their dresses from there Newman is just one who's owed money from the Shop's owner court documents show more than $35,000 to 24 different Brides it feels good it feels good cuz now I'm getting my money back I'm getting like I'm getting the D the dress that I paid for through her I'm getting that money back a judge ruled that store owner tessia lap and more Bridal LLC has to pay back $165,000 in civil penalties and can't get back into the bridal business unless she repays I don't think that she should ever own another Bridal Bridal Boutique um with what she did to us and how she left a lot of people Newman is glad her and other brides are finally getting justice but it made her realize yeah the dress is it's a dress and it's what you dream about but at this at the end of the day I'm Marrying the person that I love and that's what it's about it's not about all of the other stuff