Colette DiPierro's $17,500 Diamond Engagement Ring

Colette DiPierro, a 28-year-old physician’s assistant from Staten Island recently called off her wedding in September. She gave her fiance back everything, everything except her $17,500 diamond engagement ring. As she’s being stubborn about giving back the ring, her former fiance, Christopher Reinhold, 25, is taking her to court.

Reinhold filed a lawsuit against DiPierro, claiming that he deserves the cost of the engagement ring plus damages back since the two never got married. According to the law, an engagement ring is considered a binding contract wherein if the terms are not fulfilled, in this case marriage, the item must be returned. DiPierro is fighting back, claiming the ring was given to her on her birthday, and was therefore a gift.

While Reinhold has a very cogent argument with the law on his side, DiPierro believes it is what she is owed for Reinhold skipping out on paying the rent and bills when the couple lived together. She claims, “If I get what’s owed to me, then I’d give the ring back because it doesn’t mean anything to me.” The judge has a tough decision to make!