In the United States, an American canceled his wedding and took his ex-fiancée to court to recover the engagement ring worth more than 60,000 euros. Against all odds, he won his case.
There are sayings which clearly cannot cross the Atlantic: in France, they say “to give is to give, to take away is to steal”. But the courts of Massachusetts, in the United States, do not agree, but not at all.
In the northeast of the United States, near Boston, Caroline and Bruce fell in love in 2016. He proposed to her a year later, and Bruce was generous: the engagement ring arrived directly from the Tiffany store and cost 65,000 euros.
Unfortunately, the love story is cut short: “She treats me like a child,” he says, “she didn’t accompany me during my cancer treatments.” Bruce is angry, even more so when he comes across a text message from his future wife to a friend: “Bruce is in Connecticut for three days, I need to have some fun.”
“The engagement gift must be returned to the giver”
For the future husband, it is obvious, it is adultery, he cancels the marriage, and asks that the engagement ring costing several tens of thousands of euros be returned to him. Six years of procedure followed with a first decision. There is no evidence that Caroline cheated on Bruce, so she gets to keep the ring. After several successive appeals, it is the supreme court which must rule.
And last Friday, to everyone’s surprise, the courts ordered Caroline to return the ring. “When the planned marriage does not take place, the engagement gift must be returned to the giver, regardless of who is at fault”: this is the explanation and conclusion of a relationship that lasted seven years, six of which were in a room audience.
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