Mariah Carey best known as an actress and singer was used to be in limelight for one of her breakup years back. As her relationship with billionaire James Packer ended after the two got engaged. While everyone was waiting for them to walk down the aisle together. The two separated months after their engagement. They didn’t have an easy separation either as Mariah went on to ask for compensation from her ex in millions. The deal that was definitely settled between the two after James paid an unknown amount to the singer.

The expensive relationship of Mariah Carey

and James Packer

You may have come across plenty of high-profile relationship of celebrities some of which failed miserably. One of them was of singer Mariah Carey and James Packer too. It was in the year 2015 that Mariah Carey actually began dating the billionaire James Packer. James is the grandson of Sir Frank Packer, a media tycoon.

Less than 10 months after their dating news came out, the duo even got engaged with their 35 carat diamond engagement ring grabbing everyone’s attention on social media. However, their love life post their engagement lasted for just few months. When everyone was waiting for their wedding dates to be announced. It was rather their separation that came out in public.

Both, Mariah Carey and James Packer in the year of their engagement announced their separation leaving everyone shocked at the news. Their separation was a big deal atleast for Mariah as she wanted to be compensated for the years she spent with her ex-fiancé. But how much did Mariah get in compensation? Here’s to know.

Singer Mariah Carey and her multi-million dollar settlement post breakup

Despite not having married James Packer, Mariah Carey certainly had her share of settlement done from the relationship with the billionaire when the two broke up. As she asked James Packer to pay her $50M as “inconvenience fee” after their relationship fell apart.

No doubt, James being a billionaire had no big deal in finalizing the settlement in millions. As it was finally with a multi-million dollar amount that their settlement was completed. The exact amount paid by James though didn’t come out in public.

Meanwhile, the $10M worth diamond engagement ring of Mariah too was held by her even after they called off their relationship. The news later came out that she sold the same ring for worth around $2M to a Los Angeles jeweler, according to PageSix.

While both James and Mariah broke up, their relationship certainly was a hot topic of discussion after it ended. As Mariah did get millions after breakup with the billionaire not leaving her empty handed towards the end. In fact, in one of her interview to The Guardian, she had even revealed that she and James didn’t have a “physical relationship” with each other.

Not just that, but a lot about her relationships that really mattered to her were mentioned in her memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey.