Wednesday August 8, 2007
Jennifer Lopez at the Children's Fund Gala NY, May 2007 and Ojani Noa at the Independent Television Festival closing party July 2007, Hollywood CA.
Dimitrious Kambouris / Wire Image & Barry King / Wire Image
Jennifer Lopez's love may not cost a thing, but her ire...that's a whole other story.
Lopez has won a legal decision against her first husband, Ojani Noa, that will prevent him from publishing a book about their brief marriage.
Additionally, a court arbitrator has ordered Noa to pay ex-wife Lopez $544,814.21 for violating their marital settlement confidentiality agreement, according to court papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Aug. 6.
Noa, who was married to Lopez from Oct. 1997 to March 1998, had threatened to write a book detailing his relationship with the current Mrs. Marc Anthony entitled J-Lo and Me. Claiming that this would constitute a violation of their marital settlement agreement, in which Noa agreed to not make any "disparaging or negative statements" about her, Lopez obtained a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against her ex and then ordered him to arbitration.
Despite repeated notices, Noa never showed up for arbitration. In his absence, it was ruled that he should pay Lopez $200,000 as compensatory damages and $344,814.21 for her attorney fees. The arbitrator also permanently enjoined Noa from criticizing or disparaging Lopez or from making money from disclosing any intimate details of Lopez.
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