# Sydney jeweller ordered to repay partner over hidden MAFS sponsorship deal

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-mafs-rings-came-from-a-glittering-sydney-shop-a-judge-has-now-exposed-how-the-jeweller-hid-the-huge-windfall-from-his-business-partner/
- Published: 2026-10-27T00:23:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T00:32:15+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16238563/mafs-jeweller-pierre-germani-court-former-partner.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Art, Business, Companies, Culture, World

## Key points

- Judge found Germani dishonestly diverted MAFS’s jewellery sponsorship.
- He must pay his former partner’s company over $800,000.
- The court found he concealed his new company and its sales.

## Summary

A judge has ordered Sydney jeweller Pierre Germani and his company to pay his former business partner’s company more than $800,000, finding that Germani dishonestly diverted a lucrative Married At First Sight sponsorship deal. The NSW Supreme Court found he breached his duties as a director and fiduciary by setting up a new company and concealing its existence and sales from his partner.

Germani and Fred Grotte had run Pierre Jewellery, with Grotte holding a 40 per cent stake in two companies. After their relationship soured in 2022, Germani established Prodiamonds, trading as Pierre Diamonds, from the same shop; producers later selected the new company as the show’s exclusive jeweller for 2023. The court ordered payment of $690,000 plus interest, estimated to exceed $800,000; the parties are due back in court next month on orders and costs.

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