Former Marine Faces Bigamy Allegations Across Two Countries
A muscular New York man who maintains simultaneous marriages to three different women has controversially declared that verifying his single status was "the woman's job" before entering matrimony. Jason Washington, aged 46, originally from Buffalo, New York, has created a complex web of marital entanglements spanning both the United States and Canada, with his partners only discovering the truth through social media and court records.
A Rapid Romance and Swift Disillusionment
Washington first married in 2018 after approaching a woman at a gym in British Columbia, Canada. The woman, using the alias Sara for privacy, recounted to CTV News how the mixed martial arts fighter proposed within a week of meeting, culminating in marriage just eight months later. However, the relationship deteriorated when Sara, a single mother, alleged Washington became violent toward her ten-year-old son, prompting her departure without pursuing an official divorce.
Another woman, identified only as Emma, later discovered Washington's image in a private Facebook group titled 'Are We Dating The Same Guy?', immediately recognizing her husband. Her experience mirrored Sara's: initial devotion followed by allegations that Washington spanked her son, leading to his expulsion from her life. Similarly, no divorce was finalized.
Uncovering a Third Marriage and Legal Complexities
The two women soon learned of a third wife. Court documents revealed that divorce proceedings initiated in British Columbia in 2013 between Washington and this woman were never completed, legally binding him to her as well. When confronted about his convoluted love life, Washington asserted that his partners bore the responsibility for investigating his past. "That was a woman's job. That was my soon-to-be-wife's job to do all that," he stated unequivocally.
Washington further disclosed he has actually been married four times, including a 2021 union in Buffalo, New York, where he currently resides. That wife successfully filed for divorce in December 2025. Defending his actions, Washington claimed, "I've always been up front, 100 percent, about who I've been married to and who I haven't. They all talk to each other, bro. They're women." He added emotionally, "These are women I loved for many, many years."
Bigamy Laws and Baffled Wives
In all fifty U.S. states and throughout Canada, bigamy—the act of marrying multiple people concurrently—constitutes a criminal offense, typically classified as a felony punishable by fines, imprisonment, and automatic invalidation of subsequent marriages. The women legally married to Washington express bewilderment that government agencies approved their marriage licenses without detecting his existing marital status.
Sara emphasized that knowledge of his history would have prevented their marriage, calling it "a huge red flag." Emma recalled discovering Washington messaging another woman during their relationship, though he denied it, instead promising marriage and even tearfully requesting her father's blessing. She now believes he employed "love bombing" tactics to divert her attention from irregularities and isolated her from friends, leaving her feeling trapped and fearful.
Both Sara and Emma are now pursuing annulments, arguing Canadian authorities should never have sanctioned their marriages initially.
A History of Criminal Conduct and Military Discipline
This marital scandal is not Washington's first encounter with legal trouble. In 2022, he was convicted of second-degree manslaughter in Buffalo after crossing a double yellow line on Seneca Street while driving drunk, crashing into another vehicle and killing 57-year-old Thomas Shoemaker. Washington and a female passenger sustained injuries requiring hospitalization.
He pleaded guilty in October 2022 and served slightly over three years in prison before his release in 2024. When questioned about his criminal record, Washington attributed his conviction to "dissociative episodes from f***ing combat," later erupting at a CTV News reporter with profanity. Military records indicate he was court-martialed for "bad conduct" during his service from August 1997 to October 2001.
The Daily Mail has contacted Washington for additional commentary on these unfolding allegations.
