Jenna Dewan Asks to Disqualify Channing Tatum's Legal Team OverMagic MikeTransactions as Tatum Claims It's a 'Delay Tactic'

Mar. 15, 2025

Channing Tatum on Aug. 19; Jenna Dewan in 2023.Photo:Jo Hale/FilmMagic; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Jo Hale/FilmMagic; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Channing TatumandJenna Dewanare still embroiled in a divorce legal battle over profits fromMagic Mike.

Dewan, 43, has alleged in court filings that Tatum, 44, is “attempting to blur the lines” aroundMagic Mikeintellectual property, which her legal team maintains was developed during theirrelationshipand co-financed with marital funds. Tatum’s legal team has previously said he hasnever hidden financesor denied Dewan “her share of the community assets or income."

Earlier this month, Dewan requested that Tatum’s legal team be dismissed, which Tatum’s team claimed was a “delay tactic.” On Aug. 28, Dewan’s legal team filed new documents accusing Tatum of using “every trick in the book to stall this case from getting to a trial” and is “depriving Jenna of a fair and equal share of the community estate, and he is prejudicing her every day that this case continues.”

Since their divorce filing came in 2018, Tatum’s lawyers said he “has made exhaustive efforts to settle all issues in this matter without litigation. He has made countless settlement proposals, attended multiple mediations, his attorneys have prepared numerous drafts of a proposed judgment, and he has tried to resolve issues directly.”

Channing Tatum; Jenna Dewan.River Callaway/WWD via Getty, Steven Simione/Getty

River Callaway/WWD via Getty, Steven Simione/Getty

Tatum’s court filing was in response to Dewan’s Aug. 16 request that Tatum’s legal team at Glaser Weil and Blank Rome be disqualified from the upcoming trial due to a conflict of interest over their involvement in selling off parts of his business entities.

Dewan’s request, they wrote, is “a frivolous filing that has no basis in law or fact” and “a transparent attempt to divert the Court’s attention from her willful violation of her Court ordered deposition and discovery deadlines.” In addition to asking that the request be denied, Tatum’s lawyers said the actress “should be sanctioned in the sum of $20,000.”

It is “just another delay tactic to prolong our divorce case,” Tatum wrote in his declaration in opposition to Dewan’s request for order.

In Dewan’s Aug. 28 filing, her legal team says Tatum’s team should have “disclosed Glaser Weil’s extensive and ongoing involvement with martial transactions related to the community’sMagic Mikeintellectual property.”

Magic Mikebegan with the 2012 movie that Tatum starred in and produced, and has since spawned several sequels, a reality show and a popular Las Vegas attraction. In previous filings, Dewan’s legal team has alleged that her ex transferred a portion ofMagic Mikeprofits to a third-party entity without her knowledge, which Tatum has denied.

Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan in 2017.Mindy Small/FilmMagic

Mindy Small/FilmMagic

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Tatum and Dewan met as costars on the 2006 dance filmStep Upand married in 2009. The pair, who share 11-year-olddaughter Everly, announced their breakup in April 2018 and filed for divorce in October 2018.

“They are still hashing out financials,” a source close to Dewan recently told PEOPLE of their legal saga. “They let their lawyers handle it. Their main focus is still their daughter. They co-parent well.”

TheDeadpool & Wolverinestarhas since moved on withfiancéeZoë Kravitz, while Dewan is engaged toSteve Kazee, with whom she sharesson Callum, 4, and daughter Rhiannon, whoarrivedin June.

Tatum stars in Kravitz’s feature directorial debutBlink Twice, in theaters now. Dewan currently stars on ABC dramaThe Rookie.

source: people.com