Bianca Jagger sued for not paying reward for found platinum ring

An Austrian man who found a platinum ring belonging to human-rights activist Bianca Jagger is suing her for not paying him a reward.

Reinhard Ringler found the ring, worth 200,000 euros ($254,000; £175,000), in Salzburg last year. According to Austrian law, he is due 5% of the value - 10,000 euros.

Ms Jagger, who was once married to the Rolling Stone singer Mick Jagger, refuses to pay as she says Mr Ringler took too long to return the item. She claims he is not entitled to the reward as he took eight days to give it to the police.



Mr Ringler says he initially gave the platinum and aquamarine ring to his daughter, thinking it was worthless, and only realised its value when he saw reports of the lost ring in the media.

Ms Jagger's lawyer said that, as an alternative, she offered to pay 9,000 euros to Amnesty International and the remaining 1,000 to Mr Ringler's daughter.

However, negotiations have fallen through and the case will go to court in Salzburg during May.