A man in Singapore has a court case to get back hundreds of thousands of dollars of gifts that he had on his ex-girlfriend. The man, Mr X, is a company CEO. His ex, Ms Y, was a flight attendant. The two during a flight in 2019. Mr X besotted with Ms Y and giving her lavish gifts to win her affection. He said he also her cash "loans". The court said the value of the presents and additional loans to $369,200. The presiding judge said that Mr X had " a consistent pattern of showering [Ms Y] with lavish gifts". The judge said there had been no expectation that Ms Y would have to any of the money or the gifts.
The couple were in a romantic relationship for just over a year. They up after Mr X suspected Ms Y of having an affair. He in court that his ex-partner had requested interest-free loans to repay her credit cards and life insurance premiums, to pay for overseas trips, and to the advice of a feng shui master to assess her apartment. However, there no documentary evidence to this. Ms Y said all gifts were " out of love and affection". The judge that Mr X had been "smitten" by Ms Y. He added: "Unfortunately, when their relationship on a sour note, [Mr X] became embittered and was to extract a price from [Ms Y]."
