Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck‘s divorce is messy and VERY sophisticated … TMZ has realized.
Here is the deal … as a result of the estranged couple has no prenup, every thing they acquired over their roughly 2-year marriage is neighborhood property, which implies the property acquired throughout the marriage are divided equally. However, that is not as straightforward because it sounds … not by a protracted shot.
One of many greatest property in play is Ben’s vastly profitable manufacturing firm, Artists Fairness (AE), wherein he is partnered together with his finest bud, Matt Damon. Because of this, Damon may get dragged into the ugly divorce, since he is a serious stakeholder within the firm.
The corporate was fashioned in November, 2022 … 4 months after B&J tied the knot. So, it might appear Ben’s stake within the firm is neighborhood property.
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Merely put … J Lo could be financially entitled to a share of the earnings generated by AE’s current and upcoming hit films, together with “Air,” “Unstoppable,” “The Instigators,” “Small Things Like These” and “The Accountant 2.”
For her half, J Lo has been concerned in a variety of her personal main initiatives, akin to “Atlas,” “This Is Me… Now,” “The Mother,” “Shotgun Wedding” and “Marry Me.” Like J Lo, Ben would have a monetary curiosity in these movies and her different initiatives.
The 2 personal their home in Bev Hills, which is presently up on the market. We’re advised they’ve a $20 million mortgage on the property, and to date nobody’s leaping to purchase it.
TMZ broke the story, J Lo filed for divorce from Ben final week, and the pair have been making an attempt to hash out a settlement for months.
Our sources say these talks are ongoing, and so they have grow to be more and more acrimonious — a lot in order that, at instances, they had been not even talking to 1 one other.
Aspect be aware … that is J Lo’s fourth marriage and Ben’s second — they each have kids with earlier spouses, however none collectively.