One of many many questions on our minds amid Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s divorce: What is going to occur to her engagement ring?!?
As Perezcious readers will recall, the filmmaker popped the query to his ex-wife with a uncommon 8.5-carat inexperienced cushion-cut diamond ring (pictured above) value roughly $5.6 million. What made the attractive sparkler tremendous particular? The Maid In Manhattan star beforehand shared that inexperienced is her “fortunate shade.” Sadly, her inexperienced diamond turned out to be unfortunate. This week, Jennifer filed to finish their two-year marriage. Oof.
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Given how issues turned out between her and Ben, one would assume she wouldn’t need any attainable painful reminders of him transferring ahead just like the ring. Nonetheless, returning jewellery will not be the J.Lo means! Nope! She’s going to almost definitely hold it simply as she has carried out together with her different ones, together with the one from her first engagement to Ben.
You already know, that 6.1-carat pink diamond from Harry Winston. Yeah, she nonetheless has all of it these years later — one thing that appeared cute once we thought they had been getting again collectively ceaselessly. However now it’s simply one other in her assortment, together with those from Marc Anthony, Cris Judd, Ojani Noa, and Alex Rodriguez. Take a look at her OG ring from Ben (under):
Now, she’ll have a brand new Ben ring so as to add to her assortment. Lorel Diamonds’ engagement ring specialist, Laura Taylor, instructed Dailymail.com on Wednesday:
“Jennifer Lopez has amassed a exceptional assortment of engagement rings over time, every representing a unique chapter in her life. In the US, engagement rings are usually thought-about items, that means J.Lo is legally entitled to maintain the ring after the divorce except agreed in any other case in a prenup.”
Shockingly, Ben and Jennifer do NOT have a prenup nor have they hashed something out with regards to cash. However, as Laura referenced, engagement rings are thought-about to be separate property and the courts will usually rule in favor of the recipient of the ring within the divorce. The argument is that it’s seen as a gift earlier than marriage and thus it belongs to the recipient, even when the connection involves an finish. Some girls return them on precept. Some hold them on precept! So primarily based on previous conduct, in all probability the inexperienced engagement ring is staying with Jennifer!
Based on Laura, if the Let’s Get Loud singer retains it, her assortment altogether can be “value an estimated $17 million.” Rattling! Jennifer’s “costliest” and treasured ring is the $6.5m blue diamond from Marc, although. Laura shared:
“The most costly ring she has stored is the blue diamond ring from Anthony, which she described in a 2021 interview as her most treasured piece of knickknack, much more so than the pink diamond Ben gave her throughout their first engagement. Whereas her newest engagement ring is actually stunning, I think that the engagement ring from Anthony will nonetheless maintain the highest spot for her.”
Not even Ben’s two rings are #1, it’s Marc’s! Wow! Why? It’s essentially the most “sentimental” ring in her assortment. Laura defined:
“She was married to Marc for ten years, they usually share two youngsters from that marriage, so I feel it’s much more sentimental for her, to not point out it being the most costly in her assortment due to the dimensions, high quality, and it being one of many rarest coloured diamonds on the planet, simply forward of inexperienced diamonds.”
Even when her newest ring from Ben doesn’t steal the highest spot, there’s no denying it’s gorgeous! It’ll make an ideal addition to her assortment…
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