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Former Patriots star accused of stiffing jeweler $1M for ‘diamond fingers’ (report)

Antonio Brown has reportedly been accused of failing to pay up — again.

According to TMZ, the former star NFL receiver is the target of a lawsuit from Shuki International, a celebrity jeweler who is known to provide accessories to star athletes. Shuki is reportedly accusing Brown of failing to pay nearly $1.1 million for a pair of his signature “diamond fingers,” which cost $500,000 a piece, and are a sort of bejeweled finger sleeve. Shuki International also says Brown failed to pay for a white gold chain, a ring and a rose gold version of the “finger piece,” according

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Antonio Brown sued by celebrity jeweler for $1 Million in unpaid bling

Shuki Internationala renowned jeweler who has provided diamond pieces to high-profile athletes such as Floyd Mayweatherhas filed a lawsuit against Antonio Brownthe former wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

According to the lawsuit, Brown owes Shuki International over $1 million for several jewelry items that he received back in 2022.

The lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles this week, alleges that Brown received the jewelry items under the promise that he would pay $1,095,000 for all of them.

However, the suit claims that Brown never paid up. The items included Shuki’s famous “Shuki

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Edmonton’s Epico Designs finding international acclaim

A self-made Edmonton entrepreneur is designing his way to the top of the fashion world with pieces featured internationally and by a Canadian musician.

Andrea Espinoza is the owner and founder of Epico Designs, a local jeweler that offers sustainable fine and fashion pieces for men and women using recycled stainless steel and responsible gold-plating.

Growing up in Ecuador, Espinoza lost her parents at the age of five. Her grandparents, entrepreneurs themselves, inspired her to start her first jewelry business when she was seven.

Nine years ago, she moved to Edmonton alone and worked as an understudy jewelry designer. After

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4 men were sentenced for armed robbery of a Glendale jewelry store last year

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Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced Monday that a judge has sentenced four defendants in the 2022 armed robbery of a Glendale jewelry store.

In March of 2022, four men walked into a Glendale jewelry store wearing ski masks and brandishing a weapon with the intent to commit robbery.

Nine employees and customers had their wallets and phones taken and were held hostage while the robbers put $1.5 million in jewelry and cash into pillowcases. The hostages had been threatened with a weapon and some were zip-tied.

When the police arrived, all four suspects were still in the act

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The Fall 2023 Jewelry Trend Report

If you’ve seen our other trend reports this season you’ll know that the viral moment is out and the wardrobe reset is in. There was a pared-back sophistication to the season’s ready-to-wear, coupled with a renewed interest in elegance. But what about jewelry? What happens to the extras when the overall goal is to tone things down?

Less is more is one answer, but while little gold accents in blink-and-you’ll-miss-it bracelets, rings, and earrings were an important story, the minimalist jewelry trend starts and ends there. Instead, designers took a contrarian approach, creating big jewels to adorn their generally more

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Brazil investigates undeclared $3 million jewelry gift to Bolsonaro

BRASILIA, March 6 (Reuters) – Brazilian Justice Minister Flavio Dino on Monday ordered police to investigate an alleged attempt to bring in undeclared jewelry, a gift from Saudi Arabia valued at $3.2 million, to former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.

The diamond necklace, ring, watch and earrings gifted to Bolsonaro and former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro by the Saudi government were seized by customs officials at Sao Paulo’s international airport in October 2021.

The luxury jewelry, made by Chopard of Switzerland, was found in the backpack of a government aide who had traveled to Riyadh with then Energy Minister Admiral Bento

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Criminals caught on camera stealing $30k of jewelry from Fort Lauderdale department store

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Police are searching for a group of criminals involved in a department store robbery.

It happened on Feb. 18 at around 5 pm at the Galleria Mall in Fort Lauderdale.

Authorities said four people were involved, and it happened inside Macy’s.

“We released the video this morning to you guys showing four pretty brave suspects walking into the Macy’s at the Galleria Mall, opening one of the jewelry counters and taking $30,000 worth of merchandise,” said Fort Lauderdale Police Public Information Officer Casey Liening.

The video shows two of the suspects districting an employee while the

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