Six years after filing for divorce, Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan are still battling out the details in court. The couple, who first met when they starred in the 2006 movie Step Up, married in 2009 and filed for divorce in April 2018 after nine years of marriage. The former couple share 10-year-old daughter Everly, who they settled their custody agreement for back in 2020.
They have both moved on and are in new relationships, which is why it’s surprising that they’re still fighting over the details of their divorce. But from what the court documents reveal, the biggest fight they currently have is over money, which isn’t uncommon in celebrity divorces.
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The former couple are headed back to court.
This week, court documents obtained by People revealed that one of the biggest points of contention for the exes is money — specifically money that has been generated by Channing Tatum’s extremely popular Magic Mike franchise.
Currently, both Channing and Jenna have declared that they want each other to testify in court proceedings to hash out the financial settlement of their divorce. They both had to file a "preliminary witness list," with the court, and both are listed as Jenna wants them to "testify regarding all issues related to the parties' marriage including business and financial activities."
It seems that there is one big financial factor ...
According to Jenna, the biggest problem that will affect any other financial issues is the Magic Mike intellectual property. She believes that the "characterization and division" of Magic Mike should be decided first, and claims that Channing refuses to "to accept an equal division of the Magic Mike intellectual property." Then she accused him of putting the money earned in a trust and transferring the rights to the IP to a third party without telling her.
She feels she's entitled to all that 'Magic Mike' money.
Jenna and her attorneys called out Magic Mike and the resulting "extremely lucrative" offshoots, which include a popular Las Vegas show, a reality TV show, and two movie sequels, saying that the original was "developed and co-financed by Channing during marriage with community effort and marital funds." She also asked for a separate trial to figure out how to divide their assets in the divorce.
Channing is saying that Jenna's claims are totally untrue.
The actor claims that he "never denied Petitioner of her share of the community assets or income." His lawyers are expressing disappointment over the fact that they have yet to reach a divorce settlement and also claim that they have "exhausted all efforts in an attempt to settle this matter without litigation."
As for the Magic Mike franchise, he admitted that while it did start during their marriage, he "continued to create and develop [it] since separation."
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Both of them have long moved on romantically.
Jenna and Channing were declared legally single in 2019, and have both moved on to new relationships. Channing and actress Zoe Kravitz have been dating since 2021, and became engaged last year. Jenna moved on after the end of their relationship, announcing in 2019 that she and Steve Kazee were expecting their first child together. They announced their engagement in 2020 and are expecting their second child together in 2024.
