Carl Radke says he was following “New York state law” when he asked Lindsay Hubbard to give back her engagement ring after he called off their engagement.
“It’s my property, and I wrote her an email one-on-one and asked for the ring back,” Radke said on Thursday’s episode of “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.”
Radke’s fellow “WWHL” guest and “Traitors” winner Trishelle Cannatella interrupted and told Radke, “No, Carl, I don’t like that rule.”
“It is the law in New York state,” Radke doubled down. “If I purchase the ring, it’s given to the condition of an engagement. We did not move forward with the wedding, [so] the ring is then belonged to me and that’s the law, so I was just following the law.”
The “Summer House” star, 39, was referring to a law that states an engagement ring is “considered a conditional gift” with the condition being a marriage, so if they don’t get married, the bride will “most likely have to return the engagement ring to the bachelor,” according to Badanes Law Office.
Radke shared his explanation one week after Hubbard, 37, appeared on “WWHL” and claimed that he “demanded it back.”
“There’s law –– New York law –– and then there’s etiquette,” Hubbard said last week, while summarizing the same legality that Radke did.
“Now, I did take it off pretty much immediately [and] gave it to my jeweler for safekeeping, and she gave it back to him when he emailed me and demanded it back,” she continued.
Hubbard and Radke also each discussed another pricey aspect of their split –– their $13,000 a month apartment in New York City.
Hubbard revealed…
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