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AP picks at details of MTV video of civil ceremony

By Rebecca Smith Hurd, Newser User

Posted Dec 18, 2008 12:11 PM CST

(Newser) – Spencer Pratt insists his marriage to Hills co-star Heidi Montag is legal, though AP finds inconsistencies in accounts of a Beverly Hills civil ceremony filmed by MTV and set to air Monday. MTV tells Us Magazine the couple filmed after hours with a deputy commissioner; the court says no judge was involved, and the recorder has no record either of a marriage or that an after-hours official was requested.

Pratt says he and Montag requested the marriage certificate be kept confidential, which could suggest that the made-for-reality-TV nuptials was staged. MTV’s statement did not say if the ceremony was completed; a staffer says an upset Montag left during the proceedings but didn’t know if she returned. The couple “symbolically” wed in Mexico last month.

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Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt pose on the press line at an event in Los Angeles, Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo)

Reality-TV personalities Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt visit the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., June 3, 2008. (Disneyland)

MTV's "The Hills" stars Spencer Pratt, left and Heidi Montag pose for pictures at a Taco Bell restaurant in Los Angeles to help raise awareness and funds for World Hunger Relief Week on Oct. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)

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