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The man who sued his ex-fiancée for not giving back their engagement ring after she spurned him has dropped his suit against her.
The man, who is identified in court papers as "John Doe" and on TMZ as a "huge actor," sued his former flame Lisa Ragland for not giving back the ring after their 2003 engagement which she called off. The man's lawyer claimed the engagement ring was a family heirloom that Ragland claimed she lost, but she later admitted that she had had it the whole time.
The man wanted to get the ring back or $90,000 for compensation, but he has dropped the suit, The Daily News reported. It's still not clear who the man is or how the case got resolved. TMZ points out that under California law, the ring belonged to the man—even if she hadn't been the one to call off the engagment.
