Jenna Dewan draped her blossoming baby bump in a floral maternity dress while out with her son Callum, four, in Los Angeles this week.
The 43-year-old shares Callum with her longtime fiancé Steve Kazee, and also has a 10-year-old daughter called Everly by her ex-husband Channing Tatum.
Tatum and Dewan have been in the headlines recently over a legal battle over his earnings from the Magic Mike film franchise.
However court issues seemed far from her mind when Dewan was spotted out and about with little Callum on Friday.
Crossing the parking lot, she kept a watchful eye on her son and placed a hand on his shoulder as he scampered along beside her.
Jenna Dewan draped her blossoming baby bump in a floral maternity dress while out with her son Callum, four, in Los Angeles this week
The 43-year-old shares Callum with her longtime fiancé Steve Kazee, and also has a 10-year-old daughter called Everly by her ex-husband Channing Tatum
Jenna is about to be a mom of three – she is expecting her second child with Steve and also has daughter Everly with her ex Tatum.
Her latest sighting comes after Tatum sent his attorneys to court last month to fight against Dewan’s demands for a bigger slice of the profits from his ‘billion dollar’ Magic Mike movies and live shows.
Dewan was asking the court to ‘bifurcate’ the former couple’s conflict over revenue from the sexy male stripper franchise, which she’s claiming half of since the character was created while they were still married.
If her request was granted, that would mean their dispute over Magic Mike’s multi-millions would be decided at a trial by itself with other unresolved issues such as child support and spousal support dealt with in a separate trial.
Tatum was vehemently opposed to the bifurcation, accusing Dewan of ‘delaying tactics to prolong resolution of our financial settlement…and to seek a windfall from me.’
But last month at LA Superior Court – where neither star showed up – Dewan’s attorney, Samantha Spector, countered: ‘We are not delaying at all.
‘My client wants this to go forward. We just want to try it in a certain order,’ with the Magic Mike issue dealt with first.
‘The Magic Mike intellectual property was created during the marriage and everything that flows from it is community property.’
Tatum’s attorney, Kristina Royce-Grotzinger, conceded to Judge David Wasserman Wednesday that ‘there’s no dispute that the Magic Mike intellectual property was created during the marriage.’
Tatum (center) starred and co-financed the movie, which became a critical and box office hit and earned about $167million globally
But she added that it was crucially important to consider ‘all the work Tatum put in’ on Magic Mike after he and Dewan broke up.
Judge Wasserman decided not to rule on May 15 on bifurcating the Magic Mike issue.
Instead he scheduled a settlement conference October 3 to give the two time to settle their differences.
If there’s still no agreement, they will go on to a trial readiness conference November 15 when the judge will decide on the bifurcation request or kick the can down the road to the judge who will preside at trial to adjudicate.
Dewan claims in court documents that she is entitled to a half share of the intellectual property rights to Magic Mike and accuses Tatum of ‘engaging in a variety of tactics calculated to ….prevent its equal division.
Dewan has claimed that she is entitled to half of Tatum’s earnings from the Magic Mike movie franchise because they were still married when he starred in the film
Dewan is now engaged to actor and singer Steve Kazee and is expecting his second child next month
Her ex secretly plotted with others to hide his Magic Mike earnings from her, she asserts, and after they broke up he ‘unilaterally transferred’ a portion of those intellectual property rights to a separate company ‘without her knowledge or consent.’
But Tatum denies her charges, saying, ‘I have always agreed for Dewan to have an interest in the Magic Mike intellectual property and related entities.
‘I have never denied (Dewan) her share of any community assets or income. Her claims that I have ‘colluded with third parties’ are completely false.
‘She has had complete access to all our financial records for all activities during our marriage and since separation. I continue to provide her with updates regarding Magic Mike financial matters.’
While the couple were officially divorced in November 2019, issues including the Magic Mike earnings, division of assets, spousal support and child support for their 10 year-old daughter Everly remain unresolved despite years of legal battles.
Meanwhile Dewan is now engaged to actor and singer Steve Kazee and is expecting his second child next month while Tatum is engaged to actress Zoe Kravitz, 35.
The Magic Mike success story – based on Tatum’s own earlier experiences as a stripper in Florida – started in 2012 with the first movie. He and the film’s director, Steven Soderbergh, co-financed the project.
Their $7million investment turned into a blockbuster, earning $167 million worldwide. Then came two more films, followed by touring striptease shows that have also been a big hit.
Dewan, who shares a daughter with Tatum, began dating Steve Kazee in 2018 and the couple became engaged in February 2020
Dewan and Kazee pictured in 2022
At a hearing last month, Dewan’s attorney, Spector, described the Magic Mike business as ‘a potential billion dollar asset.’
Tatum’s attorney Jacqueline Combs, insists that the Magic Mike franchise made most of its money after he and Dewan had already separated.
And Tatum says that while he and several third party business partners had invested money, time, and effort into making the Magic Mike brand a success, ‘Dewan has not contributed any efforts to enhance the Magic Mike intellectual property.
‘Contrary to Dewan’s allegations, I have only acted in the best interest of the community throughout our marriage and since separation.
‘I have expended substantial post-separation efforts to enhance the Magic Mike intellectual property and I have also licensed my name and likeness to the related business.
‘I believe these post-separation efforts give rise to my separate property claims to those assets but they have also benefitted the community.
‘Without my post-separation efforts, the Magic Mike entities would have failed.’
As for Dewan’s claim that he’s been secretly hiding money in a trust, Tatum adds: ‘She is wrong.’
Tatum has since moved on and is now engaged to Zoe Kravitz; pictured 2021
‘Together, Dewan and I established an irrevocable trust to invest in certain businesses and made Everly the sole beneficiary. This was done with Dewan’s knowledge and involvement.’
Tatum is also against paying spousal support to his former wife, saying: ‘I do not believe (Dewan’s) request for spousal support is appropriate.
‘We had a short term marriage of eight years and eight months and separated over six years ago.
‘Dewan started co-habiting with her fiancé (Steve Kazee) shortly after our separation five and a half years ago……
‘Dewan works, is able to contribute to her own support and will receive one half of the community property, residuals and royalties and income from other investments.
‘She will also have substantial investment income from the cash assets she has received in our divorce. She has received millions of dollars in cash assets….
‘She will receive additional cash assets when the remainder of our estate is divided and post separation accounting is finalized.
‘There are not, nor have there ever been, any orders for temporary spousal support.
‘I believe she is now requesting spousal support from me to further delay our financial settlement.’
