A blow for J.Lo: American Idol judge's ex-husband wins legal fight to release 'intimate' home video

Judge's decision: Jennifer Lopez has lost her legal fight against ex-husband Ojani Noa to publish home videos from then they were married

Jennifer Lopez's legal battle to keep embarrassing home video from her first marriage under wraps has failed.

The singer's ex-husband Ojani Noa has won the fight, that has been ongoing for years, to release footage from their short lived marriage.

Noa managed to find a loophole in the law that allowed the release of the tape.

He apparently sold the footage to his girlfriend Claudia Vazquez for her to release, according to RadarOnline.

The American Idol judge had successfully managed to block the release, saying that Noa making the footage public violated the confidentiality agreement that he signed after he divorced the star. 

In a ruling issued by a Los Angeles judge this morning, Vasquez is now allowed to release the footage that JLo has been battling so hard to keep under lock and key.

Ed Meyer who is Noa's agent and the executive producer of the project said the release of the tape is now imminent.

'Claudia Vazquez has been allowed to release the home videos of Ojani and Jennifer.

'The project will deal with JLo's rise to fame, and her marriage to Ojani.

'Claudia will be meeting with video distributors on Tuesday, and hopefully a deal can be made very soon,' he added.

Legal documents state that the mother-of-two is seen flashing her private parts and displaying other 'deviant behaviour'.

'This is among other nudity on her part in the now 21 hours of home movies that we have so far recovered', Meyer had said in the papers, adding that Ojani is continually finding more and more home videos with Lopez that he didn't remember he had.

Settled: The actress has tied the knot twice before but is now happily married to Latin singer Marc Anthony and they have three-year-old twins

Although the tapes do not contain full sex scenes they could be of great embarrassment to the star.

The written ruling states: 'Vasquez argues she has and is suffering harm in that she has had difficulty in obtaining work as a result of Lopez's attempts at enforcing the injunction against her.'

'Vasquez argues that Lopez, on the other hand, will suffer no harm if Vazquez's preliminary injunction is granted. 

'Lopez puts forth no arguments contradicting those of Vazquez and, in fact, fails to address this element of the preliminary injunction test altogether. 

Together: Noa sold the tapes to his current girlfriend Claudia Vazquez who has been granted the authority to release it by a judge today

'As a result, the Court finds that the balance of the equities weighs in favour of Vazquez.'

Lopez and Noa married in February 1997 after meeting when he worked as a waiter in Miami.

They divorced just a year later but remained friends as Lopez appointed him to work in her restaurant Madres in April 2002.

She fired him in October of that year and that is when she made her ex-husband sign a confidentiality agreement.

Four years ago, Lopez sued Noa to prevent him from publishing a book containing details of their short-lived marriage.

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In 2007, a court-appointed arbitrator issued a permanent injunction forbidding Noa from 'criticising, denigrating, casting in a negative light or otherwise disparaging' the Love Don't Cost A Thing singer.

Lopez was awarded $545,000 in compensation and Noa was ordered to hand over all copies of materials related to his proposed book to Lopez's legal team.

In November 2009, Lopez again sued Noa for breach of contract and invasion of privacy, citing the previous confidentiality agreement between the two of them to prevent Noa from releasing his planned film, How I Married Jennifer Lopez: The J-Lo and Ojani Noa Story and 'previously unseen home video footage'.

Meyer had argued in the court filing that he is not personally held to a prior settlement between the former couple because he did not benefit from it and didn't know Noa at the time.

Lopez had another failed marriage to backup dancer Cris Judd which lasted nearly 18 months.

She is now happily married to Latin singer Marc Anthony for seven years and the pair have three-year-old twins Max and Emme.