Jenna Dewan is reportedly seeking millions from her ex-husband Channing Tatum as their messy divorce saga continues.
The pair, who exchanged vows back in July 2009, are working through some financial disagreements as they try to settle their separation, which was initiated by Dewan in 2018.
Six years later it has been claimed that the 43-year-old is seeking a share of Tatum's earnings from the Magic Mike franchise.
Created by Steven Soderbergh, the movies, which saw major releases in 2012, 2015, and 2023, are loosely based on the actor's experiences as a male stripper in Tampa in his late teens.
In new documents obtained by NBC News, Dewan's lawyers argued that "intellectual property" from Tatum's Magic Mike appearances has grown into a "multi-million cultural phenomenon," and, because the original film and its first sequel came out during their marriage, it should be considered "community in character."
"During the parties' marriage, Channing, an actor and producer got his big break with the motion picture Magic Mike," the documents, which were filed on April 10, read. "...Along with the underlying intellectual property, was developed and co-financed by Channing during marriage with community effort and marital funds."
As per The Hollywood Reporter, the first movie earned approximately $167.2 million globally, and its most recent and final installment garnered $57.1 million.
Dewan's layers added that her ex-husband "failed to disclose" other business opportunities provided by Magic Mike following their 2018 split, also requesting a subsequent trial to determine how the couple will split the rest of their assets.
In response, Tatum's lawyers hit back stating that this was a "last ditch effort" to further delay the duo's divorce, which has been ongoing for over half a decade.
The former couple also share one child together - 10-year-old daughter Everly, while Dewan is expecting her second child with her current partner, Steven Kazee, with whom she also shares a four-year-old son called Callum.
Speaking of his divorce with Vanity Fair last year, the Dear John star admitted: "In the beginning, it was super scary and terrifying.
"Your life just turns on its axis. This whole plan that you had literally just turns into sand and goes through your fingers and you're just like, 'Oh, s***. What now?'" he said.
However, Tatum also admitted: "It was probably exactly what I needed.
"I don't think I would've ever done the work, I think, on myself in the way that I had to do the work on myself to really try to figure out what next," Tatum explained, also going on to add that he and his ex-wife "fought for [their marriage] for a really long time, even though we both sort of knew that we had sort of grown apart.
"I think we told ourselves a story when we were young, and we just kept telling ourselves that story, no matter how blatantly life was telling us that we were so different," he told the outlet.
"But when you're actually parents, you really understand differences between the two of you," Tatum noted. "Because it is screaming at you all day long. How you parent differently, how you look at the world, how you go through the world."
Instead, he decided to re-direct all of his energy into being the best father he could.
"I just dropped everything and just focused on her," he told the magazine of his relationship with Everly. "And it was truly the best possible thing that I ever could have done. Because in the alone time that I have with just me and her, we've become best friends."
Hopefully, he and Dewan will be able to come to a mutual agreement very soon.
