Smitten CEO spent $468k on girlfriend, sues her to recover money after breakup

SINGAPORE — After breaking up with his girlfriend of more than a year, the chief executive of a listed company sued her to recover $468,090 that he had spent on her during their relationship.On Sept 9, the High Court dismissed Chander Agarwal’s claim that the various sums of money he spent on his former girlfriend, Felicia Lee, were loans that had to be repaid.In a written judgment, Senior Judge Lee Seiu Kin ruled that most of the sums were gifts that Agarwal had willingly given to Lee.These include $206,000 in credit card charges, $129,000 spent on overseas trips, $17,000 to engage a feng shui master for her flat and $30,000 in fees for a Stanford-NUS executive programme.Agarwal failed to prove that he had given her two other sums, including $50,000 he claimed he lent her to clear a debt to her former employer, the judge said.The judge added that Agarwal could not point to any evidence showing that the woman had requested the disputed sums as loans or had agreed to repay him.