Jennifer Lopez’s ‘Acrimonious’ Divorce From Ben Affleck ‘Gets Messier’: Report

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Jennifer Lopez‘s divorce from Ben Affleck is getting “messier,” according to TMZ.

TMZ reported on August 26 that the couple’s extensive business assets are making the divorce “very complicated.” According to the outlet, the divorce is “increasingly acrimonious,” with Lopez and Affleck not even speaking to each other at times.

TMZ first broke the news on August 20 that Lopez, 55, had filed for divorce from Affleck, 52, after two years of marriage. The outlet noted that the divorce filing didn’t specify whether there was a prenuptial agreement, and a source told the outlet there isn’t one.

The couple’s love story dates back 20 years, when they first became engaged, breaking up three days before the wedding, Lopez revealed in her 2024 documentary, “The Greatest Love Story Never Told.”

They reunited in 2021 and married a year later. However, the divorce filing says that they separated on April 26, 2024, TMZ reported.

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According to TMZ, the lack of a prenuptial agreement would mean that” everything they acquired over their roughly 2-year marriage is community property,” and should be “divided equally.”

For example, TMZ reported, Affleck formed a production company called Artists Equity with actor Matt Damon after his marriage. Their movies include “Air,” “Unstoppable,” “The Instigators,” “Small Things Like These,” and “The Accountant 2.”

Lopez has also been active in the movie industry since the couple wed, with the movies “Atlas,” “This Is Me… Now,” “The Mother,” “Shotgun Wedding” and “Marry Me” between 2022 and 2024, according to IMDb.

In the absence of a prenuptial agreement, the estranged spouses would be entitled to a share of the profits in each other’s projects since the marriage, reported TMZ.

Lopez filed for divorce without a lawyer, according to TMZ.

Christopher Melcher, a celebrity divorce attorney, told Fox News that “Jennifer was not required to disclose on the court forms whether she entered into a premarital agreement with Ben, so no conclusions should be reached about the existence or non-existence of a prenup. It would be par for the course for a couple like this to have a premarital agreement in place.”

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According to Fox Business, the couple also own and are selling a $68 million home in Beverly Hills. That would also “be considered community property” absent a prenup, Fox Business reported.

Fox Business reported that Lopez “also launched her Delola Cocktails line last year, and she’s a brand ambassador for Intimissimi lingerie and Coach.”

Lopez has repeatedly promoted her Delola Cocktails line on her Instagram page.

“Ben has been working nonstop and spending a lot of time at his office,” a source told Fox News Digital. “He has a lot of projects he’s working on that he’s excited about. He’s quite hands-on with his company (Artists Equity). He really wants to continue focusing on directing, acting, and producing.”

A source told People, “The truth is there was a great deal of love but also unfortunately what became clear were Ben’s erratic mood swings that he couldn’t hide from the press, as much as he tried to.”