Jennifer Lopez and Ben Afflecks divorce:
All Hollywood stars embarking on a romance secretly hope for just one thing: official condemnation from the Vatican.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s divorce broke today, two years after they married and two decades after they first fell in love, entertainment reporters began invoking Burton and Taylor,
Baylor – as no one called them – married in 1964, divorced in 1974, remarried in 1975 and divorced again less than a year later.
Affleck and Lopez first dated between 2002 and 2004. Even at their heights, both of them could sell more magazines than tickets.
They almost got married in 2003, but called off the ceremony days before the wedding due to the “excessive media attention”;
He laid into journalists for treating her as a mistake, the aberration on an Oscar-winner’s career. She blamed the media for the breakup, saying the attention destroyed their relationship “from the inside out” and that she felt “eviscerated” afterwards. When they got back together in 2021 .
Jeniffer Lopez and Ben Afflecks Divorce: Some highlights
According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Lopez filed for divorce without a lawyer on Tuesday, August 20, the day of their second wedding anniversary.
Jennifer Lopez files for divorce from Ben Affleck on 2nd wedding anniversary with no prenup in place
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Shweta Kukreti
Aug 21, 2024 05:32 AM IST
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have formally filed for divorce after months of separation rumors.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have formally filed for divorce after months of separation rumors.
Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck amid their ongoing financial dispute, as per TMZ.(Jennifer Lopez)
According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Lopez filed for divorce without a lawyer on Tuesday, August 20, the day of their second wedding anniversary.
The On The Floor hitmaker, who has been spotted wearing her wedding band lately, specified April 26, 2024 as the date of separation.
Notably, Ben is divorcing for the second time, and Jennifer for the fourth.
There is no prenuptial agreement
Insiders have claimed that the couple did not execute a prenuptial agreement before getting married in July 2022, Daily Mail reported.
In the absence of the agreement, Ben and Jennifer’s separate income from the previous two years, including any proceeds from big brand deals or motion picture productions, would go to the community.
The court documents revealed that Jennifer urged the judge to refuse spousal support for Ben as well, even though she is not seeking it herself.
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What is the reason behind their divorce?
Jennifer filed for divorce from Ben amid their ongoing financial dispute, as per TMZ.
Insiders stated that they both were involved in heated settlement negotiations for several months. Jennifer and Ben have occasionally cut off all communication.
They marketed their $68 million marital residence in Beverly Hills in May, one year after buying it for $60 million. They put the expansive property up for public listing in June after attempting to sell it off-market
In July, Ben completed the closing of the escrow on a brand-new $20.5 million bachelor pad in the Pacific Palisades, just days after Jennifer turned 55. Jennifer’s still looking for a home in LA.
She was celebrating his 52nd birthday along with his 51-year-old ex-wife Jennifer Garner and kids
Ben did not attend Jennifer’s extravagant 55th birthday party in The Hamptons in late July, which had a Bridgerton theme.
They both met each other on the set of their movie Gigli in December 2001.
Court records showed Jennifer filed the petition on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. She listed the date of separation as April 26, 2024. It added that she did not mention any prenuptial agreement.
Jennifer will be next seen in Unstoppable and Kiss of the Spider Woman (both produced by Ben), whereas he’ll star in The Accountant 2.
Ben Affleck, who was spending time with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner and his three kids before the oldest, Violet, moved into Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, flew back to LA the same day the divorce was filed
. Affleck and Garner were then seen leaving the airport together in a car.