J.Lo Sues to Stop Tell-All Book By Ex-Husband

Posted on April 12, 2006

Jennifer Lopez is suing her ex-husband Ojani Noa after he demanded $5 million to stop him from publishing an unflattering tell-all book about their marriage.

The lawsuit aims to keep Noa from publishing the book which Lopez claims contains "private and intimate statements, many of which are negative, denigrating and disparaging" about the singer-actress. By "shopping" the manuscript, Noa was "wrongfully attempting to exploit his prior relationship with (Lopez) by making salacious, inflammatory, invasive, disparaging statements," the suit said.
In addition, Noa made "some false and defamatory statements" for his own "financial gain in violation of a specific written agreement to the contrary," Lopez -- once known to her fans as J-Lo -- claimed. In the suit filed in Los Angeles, Lopez requested a temporary restraining order and a permanent injunction preventing Noa from selling the manuscript. In addition she wants to be awarded her court costs. Lopez, 36, and former model Noa were married for one year from February 1997 to January 1998.
The lawsuit states that Noa sent a letter to Lopez's attorney on January 13, 2005 in which Noa "declared his intention to continue to shop his proposed Book and to obtain a publisher for the book." In the letter he suggested negotiations over what he said about Lopez in the proposed book saying he would not "stop his life because of her" again. "She may want me to stay quite (sic), and not talk about her it (sic) all in the book, I'll be more happy to do, if we can come to an agreement...," Noa allegedly said in the letter.
The lawsuit then states that Lopez's attorneys received another letter from Noa dated January 19, 2006, claiming "he would not agree to refrain from marketing his book unless (Lopez) paid him a sum of five million dollars." In addition, Lopez claimed that Noa made a false statement to a New York Post gossip columnist alleging Lopez had been seeing singer Marc Anthony, to whom she is now married, while she was filming the 1997 horror movie "Anaconda" in Brazil.

Oh for Pete's sake, Ojani. You were married to J.Lo, but it's over. It's been over for a long time. It's time to move on! She even let you manage one of her restaurants for her, but you messed that up too (that was another lawsuit that got settled out of court when she had to fire him). Jenny from the Block is gone. And she has better lawyers.