This Article is From Dec 02, 2010

Jennifer Lopez moves court to stop release of sex tape

Highlights

  • Hollywood star Jennifer Lopez has moved court to stop ex-husband Ojani Noa from releasing home videos taped during their 11-month-long marriage.
  • The singer filed a lawsuit against Noa and his agent Ed Meyer in the California Court of Appeal to stop their reported attempt to sell and market videos made in 1997 and the defendants have filed a reply in court.
Los Angeles: Hollywood star Jennifer Lopezhas moved court to stop ex-husband Ojani Noa from releasinghome videos taped during their 11-month-long marriage.

The singer filed a lawsuit against Noa and his agentEd Meyer in the California Court of Appeal to stop theirreported attempt to sell and market videos made in 1997 andthe defendants have filed a reply in court.

According to documents filed in court, the 40-year-oldis seen flashing her private parts and displaying other"deviant behavior" in the videos, reported People magazine.

"This is among other nudity on her part in the now 21hours of home movies that we have so far recovered," Meyersaid in the papers, adding that Ojani is continually findingmore and more home videos with Lopez that he didn't rememberhe had.

Although the tapes do not contain full sex scenes theycould be of great embarrassment to the star who is married toMark Anthony and has two-year-old twins Max and Emme.

"It must also be stated that in Noa's Home Videos,Lopez gives her full consent to Noa taping her," added Meyer.But Lopez is not agreeing to these tapes being madepublic saying they are private and personal, claiming that Noaand filmmaker Meyer are violating an injunction which blocksthe release of the videos.

This recent battle between Lopez and her ex-husband isthe latest in a long history of legal wrangling.

Four years ago, Lopez sued Noa to prevent him frompublishing a book containing details of their short-livedmarriage.

In 2007, a court-appointed arbitrator issued apermanent injunction forbidding Noa from "criticising,denigrating, casting in a negative light or otherwisedisparaging" the Jenny From The Block singer.

Lopez was awarded $545,000 in compensation and Noawas ordered to hand over all copies of materials related tohis proposed book to Lopez's legal team.

In November 2009, Lopez again sued Noa for breach ofcontract and invasion of privacy, citing a previousconfidentiality agreement between the two of them to preventNoa from releasing his planned film, How I Married JenniferLopez: The J-Lo and Ojani Noa Story and "previously unseenhome video footage".

But Meyer has argued in the court filing that he isnot held to a prior settlement between the former couplebecause he did not benefit from it and didn't know Noa at thetime.

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