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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, in line 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 marriage 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 had initially deliberate to marry that yr, however referred to as off their relationship early in 2004.
But nearly twenty years later they rekindled their relationship.
“Love is gorgeous. Love is type. And it seems love is affected person. Twenty years affected person,” Lopez stated in 2022 after asserting the Las Vegas marriage ceremony.
Lopez, 55, listed the date of their separation as 26 April within the court docket paperwork. The BBC has contacted their representatives for remark.
There has been months of hypothesis over the pair’s relationship. They reportedly put their Beverly Hills mansion up on the market at $65m (£50m) and have been pictured out individually not carrying their marriage ceremony rings.
Affleck, 52, 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 youngsters collectively.
Lopez has been married 4 instances, 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.
She was additionally as soon as engaged to New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez.
