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Lost and Found Ring

Aired June 05, 2002 - 11:56   ET

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DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: It has to do with Paul McCartney and his fiance, Heather Mills. Will they or won't they get married?

Let's go ahead and take a look at this little report.

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DIANE DIAZ, WSBN REPORTER: Sir Paul McCartney is saying hello in concert, and according to a British tabloid, saying goodbye to his fiance hours later. The news of the world reporting the ex-Beatle and fiance Heather Mills were heard arguing in their Turnberry Isle resort suite after his performance at sunrise last month. McCartney reportedly threatened to cancel the couple's upcoming wedding and took hold of Mills' engagement ring.

(on camera): McCartney and his bride to be were on their seventh-floor balcony, when according to the news of the world, McCartney became furious and threw the ring down below.

CARMEN ACKERMAN, TURNBERRRY ISLE, RESORT & CLUB: There was never a report of any shouting, or fighting or yelling. That is so completely false and erroneous. We didn't even know there was anything wrong until we got a phone call saying the ring had been lost. Would we be able to assist them in finding the ring?

DIAZ: The resort staff disputing the tabloid report, but saying they did go on the hunt for the missing ring in the rain, even using metal detectors, but not striking gold before the couple checked out.

(on camera): Hours later, a security guard was going through the bushes under the balcony when he decided to use one of these, a flashlight. He shined it on the ring, it sparkled, and he found it.

ACKERMAN: We contacted him. We let him know that we had the ring. He actually paid for a round trip ticket to London. And had our assistant manager go and deliver the ring.

DIAZ: McCartney also paid the security guard a reported $1,600 reward, but paying a bigger price in the British press.

ACKERMNAN: It's a shame that on the eve of his, lies sold more newspapers than the truth did.

(END VIDEOTAPE) KAGAN: All right, that report coming to us from Diane Diaz, from WSBN in Miami.

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