Jennifer Lopez ‘gets to keep $5M green diamond engagement ring’ from Ben Affleck in divorce deal

She has been engaged six times and walked down the aisle four times during her colorful love life Jennifer Lopez has amassed an impressive collection of engagement rings worth $17 million.

She has a pink stone that Ben gave her twenty years ago.

Then there are the rings of former husbands Marc Anthony, Cris Judd, Ojani Noa and former fiancée Alex Rodriguez.

Here, MailOnline takes a look at Jennifer’s impressive collection of large diamonds.

Ojani Noa: $130k

The Hollywood star married her first husband Ojani Noa in 1997 after he popped the question with a marquise-shaped diamond on a gold band.

Laura Taylor, engagement ring specialist at Lorel diamondstold DailyMail.com: ‘The first engagement ring J.Lo received was from Ojani Noa in 1997.

“This was a 3.5 carat marquise-cut diamond on a yellow gold band, simple but elegant, valued today at about $130,000.”

Jennifer and the model waiter were married for 11 months before finalizing their divorce in January 1998.

Ojani’s ring is the ‘cheapest’ of her rings and was the first to be added to her collection.

Cris Judd: $200,000

Jennifer walked down the aisle with backup dancer Cris Judd in 2001 after the two met on the set of her music video for Love Don’t Cost A Thing.

Cris presented with an emerald cut diamond, set on a platinum band with diamond pavé.

According to expert Laura, it’s worth about $200,000, her second cheapest ring.

But the marriage was also short-lived as the couple filed for divorce nine months later in July 2002. The following year, 2003, the divorce was officially finalized.

Ben Affleck: $2.6 million

Jennifer and Ben first met in 2001 on the set of the film titled Gigli, and soon struck up a romance that led to the pair getting engaged in 2002.

The engagement made headlines after he presented the singer with a 6-carat radiant-cut pink diamond, flanked by two white trapezoid-cut diamonds, set on a platinum band.

“This iconic ring is worth approximately $2.6 million and is one of the most famous colored diamond engagement rings in the world,” the expert explains.

In a November 2002 interview, Jennifer told Diane Sawyer that the proposal was “traditional, but also in a very spectacular way, the way Ben would do it of course… it was very, very beautiful.”

However, in January 2004, Jennifer and Ben ended their engagement and she soon married Marc Anthony, while Ben moved on with Jennifer Garner after they tied the knot in 2005.

Marc Anthony: $6.5 million

Marc’s offering of his love remains the star’s most expensive and rarest ring in her collection.

According to experts, the ring is a ‘a beautiful 8.5 carat blue diamond, radiant cut, flanked by trapezium cut diamonds on a platinum band.’

It is worth a whopping $6.5 million, surpassing the value of her other rings.

Laura explained: “The most expensive ring she has kept is Anthony’s blue diamond ring, which she described in a 2021 interview as her most treasured piece of jewelry, even more so than Ben’s pink diamond. gave her during their first engagement.’

The pair first crossed paths in 1998 when he performed in the Broadway musical titled The Capeman.

After developing a close friendship, they later married in a private ceremony in 2004 – shortly after her first engagement to Ben came to an end.

Four years later, in 2008, the former couple welcomed twins Max and Emme. However, the two split in 2011 – and the divorce was officially finalized in 2014.

Alex Rodriguez: $2 million

The New York Yankees baseball player popped the question to Jennifer in 2019 after two years of dating.

He presented the singer with a huge 15-carat emerald-cut diamond, set on a platinum band, worth about $2 million.

Previously opened up about the big milestone while we were on the road The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Alex revealed: ‘I had it planned for about six months.’

‘[And] the three days before I got down on one knee and got engaged, I rehearsed for three days straight. Because I wanted the sunset to be perfect.”

He added: ‘One day the sunset was at 6.27am, the next day it was at 6.29am, and the third day it rained. So I kind of [decided on] 6:29, and I said, “This is when I’m going to do it.” And that turned out well.’

However, the pair never made it down the aisle after announcing their split in 2021 and revealing they realized they worked better as friends.

Ben Affleck: $5.6 million

In 2021, Jennifer and Ben rekindled their romance and got engaged again in April 2022.

He proposed for the second time with the $5.6 million ‘lucky’ green engagement ring, featuring an 8.5-carat green cushion-cut diamond.

Laura explained, “The ring is worth approximately $5.6 million thanks to the rarity of natural green diamonds, which also happen to be J.Lo’s lucky color.”

A few months later, they said “I do” in a Las Vegas chapel in July, followed by a larger ceremony at his Georgia mansion on August 20, 2022.

Jennifer filed for divorce from Ben on Tuesday.

According to documents obtained by TMZ, the Jenny From the Block singer filed legal documents in LA County Superior Court without an attorney.

The date of divorce is listed as April 26, 2024, but the day J. Lo filed for divorce is actually the second anniversary of the second ceremony they held in Georgia, which followed their first wedding service in Las Vegas just two months earlier. That.

It’s thought Jennifer will keep the ring despite their divorce, as Laura Taylor said: ‘Jennifer Lopez has amassed a remarkable collection of engagement rings over the years, each representing a different chapter in her life.

“In the United States, engagement rings are generally considered gifts, meaning J.Lo is legally entitled to keep the ring post-divorce unless otherwise agreed in a prenuptial agreement.”

Since J.Lo and Ben Affleck did not have a prenup, the engagement ring, a beautiful 8.5-carat green cushion-cut diamond, will likely be added to her collection.

But in California, engagement rings are generally considered separate property, and in a divorce, courts often rule in favor of the recipient.

This is because the ring is typically given as a gift before marriage, and the argument is that the gift belongs to the recipient regardless of whether the relationship continues.

“With the addition of Ben Affleck’s green engagement ring, J.Lo’s engagement ring collection is now worth an estimated $17 million,” Laura added.

The couple has been rumored to have split for a while, but Jennifer – who has 16-year-old twins Max and Emme with ex-hu18, Seraphina, 15, and 12-year-old Samuel – has not addressed anything to do with their alleged split, and just months ago they insisted there was a ‘real, true love’ between the couple.

She told Metro newspaper: ‘I wrote This Is Me… When Ben and I fell in love 20 years ago.

‘As fate would have it, we ended up in each other’s lives again. And on the twentieth anniversary of This Is Me… Then I announced that I was going to do This Is Me… Now. It was inspired by the surreal miracle that had happened.

“For him to come back into my life and for the two of us to reunite in a way we never expected, that was the inspiration to even get into the studio. The album just flowed out of me.

“It was just something organic and beautiful, but it was definitely inspired by this incredible second chance at real, true love.”