It’s been nearly six years since Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum announced they were splitting up, but the divorce still isn’t settled — and there is a lot of money at stake regarding earnings from Tatum’s Magic Mike film series.
“Jenna is trying to prove that all of the Magic Mike intellectual property was developed during their marriage,” explains Kara Chrobak, shareholder at national law firm Buchalter, of why the exes, both 43, are going to court over the financial matter. (Chrobak isn’t working with either of them.)
Dewan’s lawyers claim that she is still entitled to earnings from the lucrative franchise, noting that they were developed and co-financed by Tatum during their marriage “with community effort and marital funds.”
“Jenna will want to show, through witnesses and testimony, that the various spinoff projects were in the works or at least contemplated by Channing during their marriage and before they separated,” Chrobak continues.
Chroback says that Tatum disputes that …