After months of speculation about the status of their relationship, Jennifer Lopez has officially filed for divorce from Ben Affleck. On Tuesday, Lopez personally filed divorce documents through the Los Angeles Superior Court without using a lawyer, TMZ and Variety reported. The report confirms that the couple, who married in July 2022 nearly two decades after calling off their first wedding, had been separated for some time.
Lopez’s filings list the date of separation as April 26, 2024. The story of Affleck and Lopez’s split was quite the saga. Reports that the relationship was in rocky territory began to emerge this May, fueled by the fact that the couple once known as “Bennifer” had not been seen in public together for nearly two months.
Around that time, an insider told People that Affleck had not been living at the Los Angeles estate he shared with Lopez. Amid reports that the two were living separately, the “Hustlers” actor tried to put a damper on the breakup speculation. When she was asked about the reported relationship strife during an event promoting her film “Atlas” in Mexico City on May 22, costar Simu Liu stepped in.
Chastising the journalist for the question, Liu said: “OK, we’re not doing that.” Lopez added: “You know better than that.” Though the two appeared happy together at Affleck’s daughter’s high school graduation on May 30, questions about the marriage intensified when “Entertainment Tonight” reported that Affleck and .