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Jennifer Lopez Suing Ex-Husband for Breach of Confidentiality

JLO  According to Wikipediasentry on Jennifer Lopez, she had a brief marriage with the Cuban-born OjaniNoa, whom she met when he was a waiter in a Miami restaurant.  Theydivorced in 1998, and Lopez filed her firstlawsuit against Noa in 2006.  The result was an order enjoining Noafrom publishing a tell-all book about their relationship and that Noa pay Lopez$545,000 for breach of a confidentiality agreement In2009, according to Wikipedia, it was reported that Noa is going to do a filmabout Lopez titled, “How I Married Jennifer Lopez: The JLo and Ojani NoaStory”, which will include “11+ hours of previously unseen home videofootage”. In November 2009, it was announced that Lopez is suing to enjoinNoa from releasing the footage and for $10 million for invading her privacy andfor breach of contract, citing the parties’ confidentiality agreement.

Radaronline.comreports that Noa counter-sued last week and will be seeking $100 millionbecause JLo and others are interfering with the production of Noa’s”mockumentary.”  As reported in the New York Daily News, the planned movie wasrumored to include over eleven hours of footage from the couple’s honeymoon,some of which was said to be of the naked kind.  According to the DailyNews:

 Lopez’sside says the movie-making crew wants to sell 11-plus hours of footage thatdepicts Lopez “in a revealing lack of clothing, and in sexual situations,especially in the hotel room from (her and Noa’s) honeymoon.”

 But on CNN.com, we get a slightly different versionof plaintiff’s allegations:

“Therewasn’t anything close to sex in it,” Lopez’s attorney John Lavely toldPEOPLE. “We never alleged that. But it’s still private and personal to myclient.”

It’sall good.  The “mockumentary” that reports (mockinglyperhaps?) on Noa’s life as a Cuban immigrant has now been retitled”Escape.”

[JeremyTelman]