Carmelo and La La Anthony Reach Settlement Nine Years After Split

Caption: Carmelo Anthony at Collision 2022 in Toronto. Credit: Stephen McCarthy / Collision / Sportsfile / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Carmelo Anthony and La La Anthony have reached a divorce settlement nearly nine years after they first separated, according to New York court records reviewed by PEOPLE. The agreement represents a major legal step in a relationship whose breakup became public in April 2017, although the divorce judgment was still awaiting a judge’s signature at the November 4 review.

The agreement’s financial terms have not been disclosed. That means the filing cannot reliably establish how property, support or other obligations were divided. What it does establish is that the former couple has reached terms to resolve the outstanding divorce proceeding, subject to the court’s remaining action.

A relationship that remained public for years

The two became engaged on Christmas Day in 2004 and married in July 2010. They share a son, Kiyan, who is now 19. Carmelo had an established NBA career, while La La developed her own television and entertainment work. Public attention followed their relationship as Anthony’s career brought major moves and his marriage attracted scrutiny.

In April 2017 the couple separated, though they went through subsequent periods of reconciliation and separation. La La formally filed for divorce in June 2021. Those dates explain why the latest settlement comes almost a decade after the first split but several years after the formal divorce filing.

PEOPLE reported that La La previously discussed the pressure that followed Carmelo’s 2011 trade from the Denver Nuggets to the New York Knicks. She described the move and the attention surrounding their lives as a turning point. That is her account of a personal experience, not proof of a single cause for the marriage’s end.

What the new filing resolves

A signed settlement and a finalized divorce judgment are related but distinct stages. Parties can agree to terms before a judge formally enters the resulting judgment. The reporting indicates that the settlement has been reached; it does not establish that the court had completed the final signature at that time.

The reported agreement follows several years of separate lives and a divorce filing made in 2021. Its financial terms have not been made public.

As of the reported filing, the judge had not yet signed the final judgment. That signature is the remaining step described in the court update.

References: Carmelo Anthony and La La Anthony Reach Divorce Settlement 9 Years After Split