A California judge has upheld and approved a $545,000 arbitration award to Jennifer Lopez, while the actress/singer won from her ex-husband, Ojani Noa. Not only did J. Lo secure the cash from her first ex-husband, but she also managed to win a permanent injunction against Noa from publishing anything negative, denigrating or disparaging about Jennifer Lopez.
Los Angeles Superior Court judge Michael C. Solner upheld the a previous ruling that Ojani Noa had violated the terms of a previous confidentiality agreement when he started trying to shop around a tell-all manuscript, featuring several private details from Lopez's life. It had been rumored that the tell-all novel from Noa contained details of their first sexual encounter together, as well as claims that Jennifer Lopez cheated on him several times, once with her current husband an El Cantante costar, Marc Anthony. Anthony was still married to Miss Universe Rayanara Torres at the time.
Jennifer Lopez and Ojani Noa tied the know in 1997, before she rose to stardom in Hollywood. The two first met while he was working as a waiter in Miami. The two were wed, and divorced less than one year later. Both Noa and Jennifer Lopez remained civil throughout the divorce, which led to Lopez hiring Noa to manage a Pasadena eatery which she owns, Madre's. However, the 2002 hiring would result in Noa's firing just six months later. That prompted a wrongful termination suit against Jennifer Lopez.
That lawsuit was the first sign of tension between the former couple. Noa settled the lawsuit out of court for $125,000, and with Lopez winning the silence of Noa through a non-disclosure agreement regarding their relationship. Despite the ruling, Noa went ahead with writing a tell-all book, though word would quickly leak to Jennifer Lopez. As a result, Jennifer Lopez sued Ojani Noa, seeking a permanent injunction against any such publication. Lopez claimed that Noa had attempted to extort $5 million out of J. Lo in order to keep the book private.
As a result of Wednesday's ruling, Ojani Noa owes Jennifer Lopez $200,000 from breaching the previous settlement, as well as $300,000 in legal fees and $48,000 in arbitration costs. Outside court, E Online reports that Noa told Spanish-language reporters he was not attempting to damage Lopez's reputation, noting that he had "too much class for that."
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