Man sues ex-fiancée after she breaks off engagement

$32,000 ring??? That's alot of ring!

Some red flags: (1)She already has a hyphenated last name. (2)This is the second engagement with him that she has broken off.

I'm not sure about this case. She has already returned the ring. I say she owes for any wedding expenses that have already been spent. But I'm not sure about the 6 months of back rent he is asking for unless he can prove that his paying the rent was part of the promise of marriage. If he paid both of their rent before the engagement then it might be hard to prove his case. It also sounds like rent was paid from a joint checking account which she contributed to. She indicates that she has always worked and contributed to the account.

I don't think this is really a gender issue, but more about contract law. The legal system will have to determine what the unwritten contract was and how it was breached and how the breach impacted him financially. The joint bank account will complicate things if it was used for the wedding expenses and back rent he is asking for. As she will claim that she has already paid for these things as her money was also in the account.

I was in a similar situation but not for nearly that much money and not for a marriage - just moving in with someone. I still have most of her clothes, artwork (she is an artist), furniture, etc., that was already moved in before she decided to walk out on me forever.

The thing that really stuck with me from the video was when this woman says "I'm just a California girl..." So let me get this straight... she takes a vacation to California right before her wedding and before the dust even settles from the mess she created, she's saying "I'm a California girl..." The proof is in the pudding - she is crazy. She should get put away into a mental institution before she gets engaged to anyone else.

The guy obviously has enough money to sue. There's probably nothing he can get and he knows it, unless her name is on all of those contracts. But it's the only thing he can really do to send a message. It gets her name in the news and colors her reputation a little. Maybe some other guy will think twice about her. Maybe he'll be smart enough to get a prenup. What else can be done? It's not fair and she is not an honorable person.

I bet there is more than meets the eye to this story, on her side. She's obviously a beautiful woman who gets around a lot of men (Hooters girl, flight attendant...). It's what it was in my case, anyway. Women like these never say yes. Even if they do say yes, in their mind it's always "maybe" and there is always a plan b, c, d, and the guy she just met last night. They will hold out for a better suitor until the last possible, most mind-fucking inconvenient, shit-hit-the-fan minute before finally making their move. They're entitled women. They can't just say "good enough for me" because nothing ever is.

I don't think he stands a chance getting back rent, but depending how long they've had that joint account, he might be able to track who contributed how much, what it was spent on and thus, how much of it was his vs hers, how much she's put into the wedding expenses and how much of that $60K she withdrew is actually his. If he can't, then depending on how much she left in the joint account, he may still have a case (IE, if she cleared it out before the wedding expenses were all paid off, those expenses need to be paid off first and then what's left gets split accordingly.)