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Lopez's first marriage was to Cuban-born Ojani Noa on February 22, 1997. They divorced in January 1998. Lopez later employed Noa as the manager of her Pasadena restaurant Madre's in April 2002, but he was fired in October 2002. After Noa sued Lopez over the destination, they drew up a privacy agreement In April 2006, Lopez sued to prevent Noa from publishing a book containing personal details about their marriage, contending it violated their confidentiality agreement.

 

In 08/2007, a court-appointed arbitrator issued a permanent injunction forbidding Ojani Noa from "criticizing, denigrating, casting in a negative light or otherwise disparaging" Lopez. She was awarded $545,000 in compensatory losses, which included nearly $300,000 in legal fees and almost $48,000 in another costs. Noa was also ordered to hand over all copies of materials related to the book to Lopez or her attorney.In November 2009, Lopez sued Noa for breach of contract and invasion of secrecy, citing a previous confidentiality agreement between the two, to prevent Noa from releasing his planned film, "How I Married Jennifer Lopez: The JLo and Ojani Noa Story", and alleged "previously unseen home video footage" On December 1,2009, judge James Chalfant granted a temporary order against Noa and his agent, Ed Meyer, barring them from distributing the footage in any forum.

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Because the injunction is only temporary, Lopez's lawyer,who was Jay Lavely, said that he will return to court to make it permanent. Lavely stressed that "there wasn't anything even close" to a sex tape in Noa's right: "It's private and personal, but it wasn't a sex tape. They are innocent and they have been misrepresented... to increase value and media attention"after the hearing, Noa told E! that he plans to fight the injunction: "It's not about the money, it's about my life".........