Singaporean CEO Chander Agarwal who sued his ex-girlfriend for $370,000 lost the court case. Reportedly, he sued Felicia Lee to recover the money he spent on gifts from luxury brands, flight tickets, and life insurance premiums.
Though the exec argued that the money he spent were loans, the former girlfriend argued that the gifts were given “out of love and affection” and were not loans.
Lee argued against the allegations claiming that the gifts were given out of love. Agarwal, the CEO of logistics company TCI Express, said in court that he paid $162,491 to cover Lee’s credit card bills, reported the Independent. He alleged he also spent $101,754 on foreign trips, $15,775 on her life insurance premium.
The court, according to a BBC report, agreed with Lee.
“The evidence before me clearly shows that the claimant, smitten by the defendant, had showered her with expensive gifts during their relationship,” the judge said. Further the judge noted that the CEO was “clearly a man of ample means who has expensive tastes”. The judge added that it’s in contrast to Lee “who was not in that league”.
Agarwal filed the lawsuit in March 2024 arguing that the gifts were loans that he had given to Lee. He added, “This case shows that such emotion is not the sole province of one gender. However, this week the Singapore High Court dismissed the case.
“Heav’n has no rage, like love to hatred turn’d, nor hell a fury, like a woman scorn’d,” the judge wrote while concluding his written judgement.
