mario-williams

 

Buffalo Bills Mario Williams made headlines this week but not for his football stats.  Instead, the defensive back gained notoriety for being an “Indian-giver”.

 

For years, there’s been a debate amongst men versus women about if a wife-to-be should return an engagement ring if the relationship ends.  Since, either parties can’t never seem to ever come to an agreement on the subject, many U.S. states have left it up to the law to decide.  Hence the case of Mario Williams.

 

According to news reports, Williams recently requested that his ex-fiancé return a $785,000 engagement ring.  Their romance ended and left Williams thinking about the huge investment he made for what was suppose to be his future wife. But, the ex refuses to return it stating that the ring was a gift. Word is that she is the one that called off the engagement and has no plans on returning the bling.

 

Unfortunately, the former lovebirds were residents of the state of Texas. Under Texas law, Lois Liberman (Williams attorney) says ,”the fact that the marriage is not taking place, the gift hasn’t been completed; it seems cut and dry based on Texas law that in fact she has to give the engagement ring back.”  Simply put, Texas laws believes that a ring is not a gift until a marriage occurs.  Other states consider just the opposite…that an engagement is indeed a “gift”.

 

Luckily for Williams he should come out as a winner in this case. But, if the ring was worth much less (ex. $10,000), would Williams have asked for it back??

 

 

What do you all think?  Should an engagement ring be considered a “gift”?  Let us know what you think.