Jennifer Lopez just filed for divorce from Ben Affleck. Whelp, it finally happened. Sadly, we all saw it coming: the seeming separation, Ben moving into a different house, and rumors of all the run-of-the-mill unhappy this and that floating around the interwebs. Now it looks official.
Our friends at TMZ broke the story.
J Lo filed legal documents on Tuesday in the L.A. County Superior Court, but a lawyer did not file them. Jennifer filed pro per, meaning by herself and without an attorney.
Lopez lists April 26, 2024, as the date of separation from Ben Affleck. The couple, who tied the knot in a Las Vegas ceremony on July 16, 2022, also held a more traditional wedding ceremony in Georgia on August 20, 2022.
Check this out: Lopez filed for divorce on the second anniversary of that larger celebration, suggesting the timing may not be coincidental. Damn.
Lopez did not specify whether the couple had a prenuptial agreement in the divorce documents.
Sources who know what’s up informed TMZ that there is no prenup in place. This means that any earnings or profits the couple made would likely be involved in the divorce proceedings.
If anyone is counting, this marks Lopez’s fourth marriage and Affleck’s second, which, to be honest, makes the absence of a prenuptial agreement shocking.
According to the filed documents, Lopez has waived spousal support and is requesting that the judge deny it to Affleck as well. Look, they’re both seemingly very well off, so this is a nonissue.
Luckily, since the now-broken-up couple did not have kids together, there are no custody issues to resolve.
Best of luck to both of them.