‘Smitten’ Singapore CEO splashed S$468,000 on girlfriend before suing her after break-up

The Singapore High Court dismissed Chander Agarwal's attempt to reclaim S$468,090 spent on his ex-girlfriend, ruling the money as gifts rather than loans.

Agarwal could not provide evidence that Felicia Lee agreed to repay him, and the judge was sceptical of a handwritten agreement presented during the case.

Despite claiming otherwise, Agarwal confirmed in a past exchange that repayment was unnecessary and the court found his claims unsupported by credible evidence.

SINGAPORE, Sept 10 — The Singapore High Court has rejected a listed company chief executive’s bid to recover S$468,090 (RM1.5 million) he spent on his former girlfriend during their more than one-year relationship.

The Straits Times reported that Senior Judge Lee Seiu Kin ruled that most of the money claimed by Chander Agarwal, CEO and managing director of TCI Express, had been given to his former girlfriend Felicia Lee as gifts rather than loans.

The amounts included about S$206,000 in credit card spending, S$129,000 on overseas trips, S$17,000 for a feng shui master for her flat and S$30,000 for a Stanford-NUS executive programme.

“The evidence before me clearly shows that the claimant, smitten by the defendant, had showered her with expensive gifts during their relationship,” Lee said.

“Unfortunately, when their relationship ended on a sour note, the claimant became embittered and was determined to extract a price from her.”

Agarwal also claimed he had lent Lee another S$50,000 to settle a debt with her former employer, but the judge found he had failed to prove that he had given her the disputed sums or that they were loans.

Lee said Agarwal could not produce evidence showing that Lee had requested the money as loans or agreed to repay him, while the circumstances surrounding a handwritten agreement he presented to the court were also found to be suspect.

The purported agreement stated that monthly sums of S$10,000 to S$25,000 received by Lee were his money, but she denied signing or seeing the document before the court proceedings.

The judge gave limited weight to a handwriting expert’s opinion that the signature was genuine, noting that Agarwal had not mentioned the agreement in his original statement of claim and only referred to it seven months later in an amended claim.

Lee also said the document was contradicted by the actual payments, which were made in varying amounts and for different purposes rather than as a monthly S$10,000 to S$25,000 payment.

The court heard that Agarwal had previously given Lee expensive gifts without expecting repayment, including luxury items from Hermes, Louis Vuitton and Prada, while also paying most of the expenses for a European trip they took together.

In a WhatsApp exchange in August 2022, when Lee asked how she could repay him, Agarwal replied: “No need. I am not a moneylender.”

Agarwal and Lee met on a flight in 2019 and began a romantic relationship in September 2022, but separated in December 2023 after he suspected her of infidelity, prompting him to file the lawsuit in March 2024.

The judge also rejected Agarwal’s claim that Lee had induced him to spend the money by falsely representing that they were in a genuine and exclusive relationship and that she would repay him, noting that evidence showed Agarwal had sexual relations with other women during their relationship.

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新加坡高等法院驳回了钱德尔·阿加瓦尔 (Chander Agarwal) 要求追回其花费在前女友身上的 468,090 新元的请求，裁定这笔钱是赠与而不是贷款。

阿加瓦尔无法提供证据证明费利西亚·李同意偿还他，法官对案件审理期间提交的一份手写协议表示怀疑。

尽管阿加瓦尔声称并非如此，但他在过去的交流中证实，偿还债务是没有必要的，法院也认为他的说法缺乏可信的证据支持。

新加坡，9 月 10 日——新加坡高等法院驳回了一家上市公司首席执行官的诉讼请求，该首席执行官要求追回他在与前女友一年多的恋爱关系期间花费的 468,090 新元（150 万令吉）。

《海峡时报》报道称，高级法官李秀健裁定，TCI Express 首席执行官兼董事总经理 Chander Agarwal 所声称的大部分资金是以礼物而非贷款的形式给予其前女友 Felicia Lee 的。

这些款项包括约 206,000 新元的信用卡消费、129,000 新元的海外旅行、17,000 新元的公寓风水师费用以及 30,000 新元的斯坦福-新加坡国立大学高管培训课程费用。

李说：“我面前的证据清楚地表明，原告被被告迷住，在两人交往期间曾送给她很多昂贵的礼物。”

“不幸的是，当他们的关系以不愉快的方式结束时，原告变得愤恨不已，并决心向她索要赔偿。”

阿加瓦尔还声称他曾借给李某 5 万新元，用于偿还她欠前雇主的债务，但法官认为他未能证明他曾给过她这些有争议的款项，也未能证明这些款项是贷款。

李表示，阿加瓦尔无法提供证据证明李曾以借款或同意偿还的方式向他索要这笔钱，而且他向法庭提交的一份手写协议的相关情况也令人怀疑。

据称，该协议规定李某每月收到的 10,000 至 25,000 新元款项是他的钱，但她否认在法庭诉讼前签署或见过该文件。

法官对笔迹专家关于签名是真迹的意见给予了有限的重视，并指出阿加瓦尔在其最初的诉讼声明中没有提及该协议，只是在七个月后的修改诉讼声明中才提到了它。

李还表示，该文件与实际付款情况相矛盾，实际付款金额不一，用途也各不相同，而不是每月支付 10,000 至 25,000 新元。

法庭获悉，阿加瓦尔此前曾多次赠送李贵重礼物，并未要求偿还，其中包括爱马仕、路易威登和普拉达等奢侈品，同时还支付了他们一起去欧洲旅行的大部分费用。

2022 年 8 月，在一次 WhatsApp 对话中，当 Lee 问她如何偿还他时，Agarwal 回复说：“不需要。我不是放高利贷的。”

阿加瓦尔和李于 2019 年在飞机上相识，并于 2022 年 9 月开始恋爱关系，但于 2023 年 12 月分手，因为他怀疑她不忠，这促使他在 2024 年 3 月提起诉讼。

法官还驳回了阿加瓦尔的说法，即李谎称他们之间存在真实且排他的恋爱关系，并承诺会偿还他，从而诱使他花掉了这笔钱。法官指出，证据表明，阿加瓦尔在与李交往期间与其他女性发生了性关系。

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