A company CEO sued his former girlfriend after their breakup, seeking repayment of S$468,090 (about Rs 3.53 crore) in expenses he claimed she was obligated to repay. The Singapore High Court on September 9 rejected Chander Agarwal’s argument that the money he spent on Felicia Lee during their relationship had been given to her as loans. Senior Judge Lee Seiu Kin ruled that most of the payments were gifts that Agarwal had willingly made, as reported by Strait Times.
The spending included S$206,000 (about Rs 1.55 crore) in credit card charges, S$129,000 (about Rs 97.3 lakh) on overseas trips, S$17,000 (about Rs 12.8 lakh) for a feng shui master hired for Lee’s flat and S$30,000 (about Rs 22.6 lakh) for a Stanford-NUS executive programme. Agarwal also failed to establish that he had given Lee two other sums, including S$50,000 (about Rs 37.7 lakh) that he claimed was lent to her to settle a debt owed to her former employer.
