J.Lo's Ex Ojani Noa Recounts Face-Off With Combs Over Alleged Cheating

Ojani Noa, who was married to Jennifer Lopez from 1997 to 1998, has detailed a reported direct confrontation with Sean Combs over alleged infidelity during that marriage.

Ojani Noa, Lopez's first husband, described a face-to-face showdown with Sean Combs during the couple's 1997–1998 marriage.
Noa reportedly called Combs a 'coward' during the confrontation over the alleged affair.
The account surfaces as Combs faces a separate and unrelated body of ongoing legal proceedings.
Lopez and Noa's marriage lasted approximately one year before divorce proceedings began in 1998.
Neither Lopez nor Combs has publicly responded to Noa's account as of July 27, 2026.

Ojani Noa, the Cuban-born actor and restaurateur who was married to Jennifer Lopez between 1997 and 1998, has given an account of a confrontation he says he had with Sean Combs over alleged infidelity during that marriage.

Noa, who appeared in the 2002 film Eye See Me, told the story to Page Six, describing a direct, in-person exchange in which he reportedly called Combs a “coward.”

The marriage between Noa and Lopez, which ended in divorce after roughly a year, has surfaced periodically in tabloid coverage over the decades — including a 2009 legal dispute between Noa and Lopez over footage from their time together.

Combs, 56, is currently the subject of a federal criminal case in New York on charges including racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking, to which he has pleaded not guilty. The allegations Noa describes are separate from and unrelated to that proceeding.

Noa's account does not include a specific location, date, or third-party witnesses for the confrontation as described in the Page Six report published July 27, 2026.

The refrigerator from the couple's shared apartment is not itemized in any known public filing.