Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, which means if you click on the link and purchase an item, I will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you.
Jennifer Lopez will not longer have to worry about a $10 million lawsuit slapped against by her ex-husband, Ojani Noa, his business partner Ed Meyer and producer Claudia Vazquez has been dismissed. Lopez’s attorney’s slapped her ex with a cease-and-desist letter after finding out he was doing a film on her called, I Owe JLo. And they in turn filed a lawyer against the sultry singer for tortious interference. The film was going to detail Lopez and Noa’s failed marriage. Noa claims the film was more of a “comedic parody of Noa’s life crafted almost entirely from the material that is already in the public domain.” Lopez says the film would have been damaging to her career.
Prior to Vazquez’s lawsuit, Lopez sued Noa and Meyer for $10 million for breach of contract, violation of publicity rights, invasion of privacy, and more, after Vazquez entered into a production agreement with Meyer to produce a film about Noa’s life, which would’ve included details about his marriage to Lopez.
As a result of that suit, the actress was able to obtain an injunction to stop production on a film called, How I Married Jennifer Lopez: The JLO and Ojani Noa Story, which Noa and Meyer were working on.
Although Vazquez was named in the cease-and-desist letters Lopez sent to stop that film, she was not included in the aforementioned lawsuit against Noa and Meyer.
Vazquez was working on a different project—I Owe JLo—at the time, and turned around and filed suit against Lopez when the film came to a standstill in light of Lopez’s threats.
Lopez tried to shut down Vazquez’s lawsuit at the time with an anti-SLAPP motion, but while a judge agreed Vazquez’s claims arose from constitutionally protected free speech, a trial court said Vazquez still had chance of winning the case.
Why?
Because, according to the court, Vazquez may have been able to approve that the injunction did not involve her and Lopez’s actions did cause the movie to not get made.Lopez still appealed that ruling, however, and Monday she won.
The appellate court determined Vazquez could not base her case on Lopez’s cease-and-desist letter because it is a “privileged legal communication that can’t be used in court.”
Photo from PR Photos
