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An Austrian millionaire who found the lost 200,000-euro ring of pop culture icon Bianca Jagger has agreed to negotiate a settlement over her refusal to pay him a reward, his lawyer said Monday.
Reinhard Ringler is suspending the lawsuit he filed against the ex-wife of Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger to find a deal over the unpaid 10,000 euro (12,788 dollar) reward, said the lawyer, Paul Kreuzberger.
The two sides agreed to a three-month period to settle the matter, he said.
Austrian law mandates that Jagger pay Ringler, a wealthy entrepreneur, five percent of the ring's value.
But Jagger says Ringler should not get the reward because he took too long to return the platinum-and-aquamarine ring, which she had designed herself.
Jagger, a human rights activist and former supermodel, lost the ring in Salzburg on August 22, 2008.
Ringler said he gave the ring, which he had found in front of a Salzburg hotel, to his 13-year-old daughter, thinking it was worthless and only realised its value upon returning from holiday and seeing reports in the press.
He brought the ring to police within eight days of the reports.
Jagger made an alternative offer in November to pay 9,000 euros to Amnesty International and the remaining 1,000 euros to Ringler's daughter.
But Ringler decided to file the lawsuit in February.
