What's Trending 8/21/24: JLo has filed divorce from Ben Affleck

Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce and filed the papers by herself without an attorney
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
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o   Jennifer Lopez has officially filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, and the timing of it has a ton of symbolism.

o   Yesterday, J. Lo submitted the legal documents herself - without a lawyer - on what would have been the second anniversary of their wedding ceremony in Georgia, suggesting the date was deliberately chosen.

o   Surprisingly, the filings do not mention a prenup, and sources confirm there isn’t one.

o   n California, this means that any earnings or profits they made over the last two years (they both did a bunch of movies), is 50/50 property.

o   This is Lopez's fourth marriage and Affleck’s second, and in her divorce filing, Lopez has waived spousal support for herself and requested the same for Affleck.

o   Sources suggest that public relations strategies might have pushed J. Lo’s decision to file now.

o   The couple recently put their Beverly Hills home on the market, Ben just purchased a new house in Brentwood and J. Lo has been looking at houses too.

o   Rumors are they’ve been trying to hash things out for months, but it gets so toxic between them that they end up not even speaking to each other.

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