Jennifer Lopez and Ojani Noa at the premiere of 'Anaconda' in 1997. (Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES -- Jennifer Lopez's first husband, Ojani Noa, won't be releasing any video of the couple to the public, according to a Los Angeles Superior Court judge.
Judge James C. Chalfant issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday preventing Noa from distributing or publishing private videos and a proposed film that involves his marriage to Lopez. The judge's ruling extends a temporary directive he issued last month against Noa and filmmaker Ed Meyer.
Lopez filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against Noa on November 6 over his plans to make a tell-all movie. The two were married in 1997 but were divorced less than a year later.
Lopez claimed Noa has been shopping a film project called "How I Married Jennifer Lopez: The JLo and Ojani Noa Story." She says the movie directly violates a confidentiality agreement Ojani signed in 2005.
Lopez also said Noa was trying to market previously unseen home videos of the couple -- which reportedly show the two in their hotel room during their honeymoon.
The order specifically applies to Noa and Meyer, his manager and producer for the proposed film.
Lopez is also suing Noa for $10 million dollars, breach of contract and invasion of privacy. The judge said the information Noa and Meyer propose to divulge may violate an employment settlement agreement between the actress and Noa, in which both agreed not to divuldge private information about each other.
Chalfant's order will remain in effect pending a trial on the merits of the case, which will be held before another judge on a date that has not yet been set. Chalfant also directed Noa and Meyer to inform any third parties that have any such materials about the order.
On Monday, Chalfant issued a separate order stopping Meyer from filing any of the materials in question in court unless Lopez's lawyers have had a chance to see them. The judge did so to provide the actress' lawyers a chance to request that the items be lodged under seal so as to protect their client's privacy.
The judge warned Meyer he could be found in contempt of court if he goes ahead and files the items with the court in violation of the order. "If he wants to go to jail, he can go to jail," Chalfant said.
Lopez attorney John H. Lavely said that contrary to published reports, none of the videos are salacious. He said Meyer misrepresented their contents in order to attract media attention.
In a sworn statement offered in support of the order, the 40-year-old singer/actress said she fears the videos and proposed film would hurt her image and career if released.
"I believe that Noa's and Meyer's dissemination of private and intimate details about me -- whether true or fabricated -- and my alleged relationship with Noa and also their exploiting false and disparaging descriptions and lies about me are highly damaging to me and to my career," Lopez stated.
Making the material public also could "very well cause some members of the movie-going and record-buying public to think badly of me," Lopez said.
The actress also questioned how accurate the movie would be.
"I strongly believe that the motion picture will contain false and defamatory comments about and depictions of me and statements attributable to me that I never said," Lopez states. "I also believe ... that the videos will be selectively edited, marketed and exploited in a way that depicts me in a false, offensive and disparaging manner."
But in his own sworn declaration opposing the restraining order, Meyer stated he is a founding producer of "Entertainment Tonight" and believes "Noa has a story that needs to be told and then let the public decide." He also says claims that sex tapes exist are a "smokescreen."
As part of the preliminary injunction, Chalfant directed Noa and Meyer to turn over to Lopez's lawyers any of the video and film materials, as well as any paperwork regarding agreements with other people about those items.
Noa and Meyer also were directed to allow the Lopez legal team to take their depositions.Chalfant issued the same orders under the preliminary injunction, but found that Noa and Meyer had not complied.
The same injunction prevented Noa from publishing a tell-all book in 2006 and was ordered to pay $545,000 in damages. The manuscript for the never-published, book alleged that Lopez had multiple affairs, including one with current husband Marc Anthony, when he was married to someone else. A description of the manuscript appeared in the New York Post in January 2006.
Lopez and Marc Anthony were married in June, 2004 and have twins, Max and Emme, who were born in February, 2009.
Lopez was also married to her former backup singer Cris Judd and had high profile relationships with hip hop mogul Sean Combs and actor Ben Affleck.
Judge James C. Chalfant issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday preventing Noa from distributing or publishing private videos and a proposed film that involves his marriage to Lopez. The judge's ruling extends a temporary directive he issued last month against Noa and filmmaker Ed Meyer.
Lopez filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against Noa on November 6 over his plans to make a tell-all movie. The two were married in 1997 but were divorced less than a year later.
Lopez claimed Noa has been shopping a film project called "How I Married Jennifer Lopez: The JLo and Ojani Noa Story." She says the movie directly violates a confidentiality agreement Ojani signed in 2005.
Lopez also said Noa was trying to market previously unseen home videos of the couple -- which reportedly show the two in their hotel room during their honeymoon.
The order specifically applies to Noa and Meyer, his manager and producer for the proposed film.
Lopez is also suing Noa for $10 million dollars, breach of contract and invasion of privacy. The judge said the information Noa and Meyer propose to divulge may violate an employment settlement agreement between the actress and Noa, in which both agreed not to divuldge private information about each other.
Chalfant's order will remain in effect pending a trial on the merits of the case, which will be held before another judge on a date that has not yet been set. Chalfant also directed Noa and Meyer to inform any third parties that have any such materials about the order.
On Monday, Chalfant issued a separate order stopping Meyer from filing any of the materials in question in court unless Lopez's lawyers have had a chance to see them. The judge did so to provide the actress' lawyers a chance to request that the items be lodged under seal so as to protect their client's privacy.
The judge warned Meyer he could be found in contempt of court if he goes ahead and files the items with the court in violation of the order. "If he wants to go to jail, he can go to jail," Chalfant said.
Lopez attorney John H. Lavely said that contrary to published reports, none of the videos are salacious. He said Meyer misrepresented their contents in order to attract media attention.
In a sworn statement offered in support of the order, the 40-year-old singer/actress said she fears the videos and proposed film would hurt her image and career if released.
"I believe that Noa's and Meyer's dissemination of private and intimate details about me -- whether true or fabricated -- and my alleged relationship with Noa and also their exploiting false and disparaging descriptions and lies about me are highly damaging to me and to my career," Lopez stated.
Making the material public also could "very well cause some members of the movie-going and record-buying public to think badly of me," Lopez said.
The actress also questioned how accurate the movie would be.
"I strongly believe that the motion picture will contain false and defamatory comments about and depictions of me and statements attributable to me that I never said," Lopez states. "I also believe ... that the videos will be selectively edited, marketed and exploited in a way that depicts me in a false, offensive and disparaging manner."
But in his own sworn declaration opposing the restraining order, Meyer stated he is a founding producer of "Entertainment Tonight" and believes "Noa has a story that needs to be told and then let the public decide." He also says claims that sex tapes exist are a "smokescreen."
As part of the preliminary injunction, Chalfant directed Noa and Meyer to turn over to Lopez's lawyers any of the video and film materials, as well as any paperwork regarding agreements with other people about those items.
Noa and Meyer also were directed to allow the Lopez legal team to take their depositions.Chalfant issued the same orders under the preliminary injunction, but found that Noa and Meyer had not complied.
The same injunction prevented Noa from publishing a tell-all book in 2006 and was ordered to pay $545,000 in damages. The manuscript for the never-published, book alleged that Lopez had multiple affairs, including one with current husband Marc Anthony, when he was married to someone else. A description of the manuscript appeared in the New York Post in January 2006.
Lopez and Marc Anthony were married in June, 2004 and have twins, Max and Emme, who were born in February, 2009.
Lopez was also married to her former backup singer Cris Judd and had high profile relationships with hip hop mogul Sean Combs and actor Ben Affleck.
