Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck divorce after two years

Hollywood stars Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are divorcing after two years of marriage.

Lopez filed for divorce on Tuesday within the Los Angeles County Superior Court docket, in keeping with court docket paperwork seen by the BBC.

The pair – dubbed Bennifer by tabloids – formally tied the knot in Las Vegas in July 2022 and held a bigger wedding ceremony ceremony in Georgia the next month.

Their romance started after they met whereas engaged on the set of the 2003 crime caper Gigli. They’d initially deliberate to marry that 12 months, however referred to as off their relationship early in 2004.

Virtually twenty years later they rekindled their relationship.

“Love is gorgeous. Love is variety. And it seems love is affected person. Twenty years affected person,” Lopez stated in 2022 after saying the Las Vegas wedding ceremony.

The BBC has contacted their representatives for remark.

A court docket submitting within the case says Lopez or her legal professional has to inform Affleck with a replica of her petition to dissolve their marriage.

Media stories point out Lopez, who had legally modified her final identify to Affleck, didn’t record any particulars of a prenuptial settlement in her petition for divorce.

A doc filed in LA’s Superior Court docket within the case says each Lopez, 55, and Affleck, 52, should share monetary data, together with their present earnings, bills, properties and money owed.

The doc says each are mandated to disclose any adjustments to their funds “till there’s a last settlement about all monetary points in your case”.

The court docket gave Lopez 60 days to file a monetary disclosure and Affleck can have one other 60 days after she submits her data to do likewise.

The submitting says if both fails to report or replace monetary data, it may end in a court-imposed sanction.

There was months of hypothesis over their relationship. They reportedly put their Beverly Hills mansion up on the market at $65m (£50m) and had been pictured out individually not carrying their wedding ceremony rings.

Affleck, a two-time Oscar winner, was beforehand married to the actress Jennifer Garner, who he met on the set of 2001 romance Pearl Harbor. They break up in 2015 after a decade of marriage and have three kids collectively.

Lopez has been married 4 occasions, first to Cuban-born waiter Ojani Noa from 1997-98; then her former back-up dancer Cris Judd from 2001-03; and to singer Marc Anthony, with whom she had twins, from 2004-14.

The singer and actress, generally known as J.Lo, was additionally as soon as engaged to New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez.