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11
April 2006
Jennifer
Lopez Sues Ex-Husband
Over Book
Jennifer
Lopez is suing her
ex-husband, claiming he
demanded five million
dollars (£2.9
million) not to publish
a book containing
private details about
the star and their
relationship.
In
the lawsuit filed in
Los
Angeles Superior
Court,
Jennifer Lopez alleged
that Ojani Noa violated
a confidentiality
agreement by
distributing the
manuscript of his book
to
publishers.
She
is seeking a restraining
order to stop the
manuscript becoming
public.
A
description of the
manuscript appeared on
January 11, 2006 in the
New
York
Post.
Lopez's lawyers
contacted Noa's
attorney, and Noa
replied in a letter that
he would continue to
tout his book, the
lawsuit said.
In
another letter, Noa said
"that he would not agree
to refrain from
marketing his book
unless (Lopez) paid him
the sum of five million
dollars," according to
the lawsuit.
Noa's
lawyer, David
DeRubertis, did not
immediately respond to a
call and email message
after business
hours.
The
confidentiality
agreement stemmed from a
settlement in October,
when Noa dropped his
lawsuit claiming Lopez
had fired him as manager
of her Pasadena
restaurant without
cause.
Ojani
agreed not to disparage
Lopez or make money by
disclosing details of
their relationship, the
lawsuit said.
Lopez
met Noa when he was
working as a waiter at a
Miami restaurant. The
two married in 1997 and
divorced a year
later.
Her
second marriage to
choreographer Cris Judd
in 2001 lasted for nine
months. In 2004, she
tied the knot with
singer Marc
Anthony.
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