Wedding is Off - Former Couple Heads to Court
A former couple in New York will have to settle a fight in a court room over a $48,800 diamond engagement ring.
Dean Kuehnen Jr. is suing his ex-fiance, Andria Castellano, to compel her to either return the ring or give him cash — as well as cover his legal fees and costs and that is according to the complaint filed in New York State Court.
Andria Castellano threatened to either sell or destroy the 3.23-carat ring, even though the couple agreed the ring would be returned to Kuehnen if their engagement was ever broken off.
Both were 21 years old when they became engaged in December last year, but by September this year the wedding was off.
Attempts to contact Castellano were unsuccessful.
According to the United States’ Emily Post Institute that offers etiquette and manners advice, if an engagement is broken, the bride should immediately return the ring to her former fiance.
"The only "but" in this case is if the ring is a family heirloom of the bride’s. She should then keep the ring," and this is what what is stated in the institute’s website.
