Jennifer Lopez files for divorce from Ben Affleck after 2 years of marriage – National
More than two years after their secret separation Wedding in Las Vegas, Jennifer Lopez And Ben Affleck ended their decades-long romance.
Lopez filed for divorce Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, according to court documents.
TMZ was first to report the news of the celebrity couple. divorceThe outlet claimed that Affleck and Lopez did not have a prenuptial agreement in place.
THE Let’s make some noise The singer has listed April 26, 2024 as the date of her separation from Affleck. Lopez and Affleck, nicknamed “Bennifer” in the tabloids, married in July 2022.
They got married in a drive-through chapel ceremony in Las Vegas.
Lopez, who legally changed her last name to Affleck after getting married, detailed the day’s events in her newsletter, On the J LoShe told fans that she, Affleck and their two children traveled to Las Vegas to get the couple’s marriage license. They tied the knot later that night at Little White Chapel in the “Tunnel of Love” drive-in.
“Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient,” Lopez said at the time. “We did it.”
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Lopez and Affleck will also have a more traditional wedding ceremony in Georgia at Affleck’s 87-acre compound outside Savannah on August 20, 2022, which coincidentally is the same date Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck two years later.
In July, amid rumors of an impending divorce, Lopez and Affleck listed the Beverly Hills mansion they bought together for sale. for saleThe couple purchased the sprawling 5.2-acre property together in May 2023 for US$60.8 million (C$82.6 million).
The exterior of the Beverly Hills mansion purchased by Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in May 2023.
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The stars’ wedding came after their romance rekindled in the early 2000s, when the former celebrity couple were constantly on the cover of tabloids. Lopez and Affleck met in 2002 on the set of the notoriously flopped film Gigli.
Later that year, Affleck popped the question, but he and Lopez broke up in 2004 before exchanging vows.
They reunited in 2021, after Lopez split separation from Alex Rodriguez That same year, Lopez and Rodriguez got engaged but never said “I do” at the altar.
Ben Affleck was previously married once to actress Jennifer Garner, with whom he has three children. The couple divorced in October 2018.
Lopez has been married four times. Before Ben Affleck, she was married to Cuban actor and producer Ojani Noa from 1997 to 1998. She then married dancer Cris Judd in 2001, and the couple dated for two years. In 2004, Lopez married singer Marc Anthony, with whom she has two children. Lopez and Anthony divorced in 2014.
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