Mariah Carey spotted without £8million engagement ring following James Packer split

James Packer put a (£8 million engagement) ring on it, but now, Mariah Carey has taken it off nearly a month after her split from the billionaire businessman.

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The 46-year-old pop superstar was spotted heading for dinner at Catch restaurant in West Hollywood, CA on Saturday night, with her engagement ring noticeably missing from her left hand.

The Vision of Love singer wore a figure-hugging camouflage print dress and accesorised with plenty of bling – including a diamond ring on her a right hand and a sparkly wide-cuff bracelet on her wrist – but the 35-carat solitaire was excluded from the ensemble.

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This comes a month after it was reported that James, 48, dumped his bride-to-be over her “excessive spending” and glittering new reality TV show, Mariah’s World, which threatened to expose their private life.

Despite calling it quits, it was claimed that the casino tycoon allowed his ex-fiancée to keep the $10m (£8m) diamond engagement ring that he proposed with in January following a whirlwind romance of less than a year.

A source told Us Weekly: “He’s not going to make her give the ring back because it’s against the law. The law in California is that she doesn’t have to give the ring back because she didn’t call off the engagement.

“She had every intention of marrying him – she had a dress, her daughter had a dress, they were excited, they were making wedding plans. Then, on the last day [of their Greek vacation], he said, ‘I can’t do this anymore, this is just too much.’”

Talk about being put through the wringer!