Maya Jama has reportedly been sent a legal letter demanding she return the £800,000 engagement ring her ex-fiance Ben Simmons gave her last year.
The new Love Island host, 28, and the basketball player, 26, split last summer after a whirlwind romance so that they could both focus on their careers.
Ben proposed to Maya over Christmas in 2021 following a whirlwind seven-month romance after she spent the festive period at his £3.7million mansion in New Jersey.
A representative told MailOnline: 'Maya received a request from Ben's representatives on Friday afternoon, asking her to return the engagement ring that he gave her as a gift last year.
'This was the first time that she has been asked by Ben to return it and, for the avoidance of any doubt, she has never refused to return it.
'Maya is making arrangements to return the ring to Ben and wishes him all the best.' The pair had a long-distance relationship, with the beauty often travelling back and forth to America, where he plays basketball for the Brooklyn Nets.
Experts valued Maya's emerald-cut diamond engagement ring at £800k.
Maya and Ben were first romantically linked in June 2021 after they were seen on a night out together at restaurant Sexy Fish in London's Mayfair.
The couple went public while kissing in the stands at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in front of the world's media the following month.
At the time, the pair seemed happier than ever together. The NBA player popped the question to his partner after a seven-month whirlwind love story. By September 2022, however, they called it quits.
Additionally, we hear that things between Simmons and Jama came to an end on good terms. Interestingly, the latest reports infer that might not still be the case. A story from The Sun claims that the athlete sent the Love Island host a legal letter demanding that she return the costly ring he proposed with.
“Given Ben has never, until now, asked for the ring back, you can appreciate the letter came somewhat as a surprise to Maya,” an insider tells the outlet. As for the other side of the story, “Ben was in shock when she left and didn’t give him the ring back.”
“He was madly in love with her. [He] thought it was forever so was really pissed she didn’t give it back. It cost around $1 million and they were engaged less than a year.”
A rep for Jama spoke with Daily Mail about the ongoing debacle. “Maya received a request from Ben’s representatives on Friday afternoon. It asked her to return the engagement ring that he gave her as a gift last year,” they explained.
“This was the first time that she has been asked by Ben to return it. For the avoidance of any doubt, she has never refused to return it.” The source also notes that the European entertainer is “making arrangements to return the ring to Ben and wishes him all the best.”
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