Carmelo Anthony and La La Anthony appear to finally be closing the book on their marriage.
The Hall of Famer and the actress informed a court this week that they have reached a settlement in their divorce, TMZ reported Wednesday, citing court records. The terms are confidential, and a judge has yet to sign off.
La La filed in New York in June 2021, citing irreconcilable differences, after nearly 11 years of marriage, according to People. The couple married in 2010 and share a son, Kiyan.
Why it took so long
The couple’s split was a slow one long before the paperwork. They first separated in April 2017, reconciled in late 2018 and were living apart again by July 2019, People reported. When La La filed, sources told TMZ the two had taken time to ensure “a private and smooth transition” for Kiyan, then 14, and a source told HollywoodLife she waited until Carmelo’s NBA season ended so as not to “disrupt” it.
TMZ reported this week that the divorce was settled after Kiyan, now 19 and a sophomore at Syracuse, became an adult, making child support a moot issue. The outlet said sources described the split as amicable.
Many outlets have described the divorce as “finalized” in 2021. According to TMZ’s report, it was not finished until now.
The cheating rumors
The 2017 separation came amid rumors that Carmelo had cheated, TMZ reported. In 2019, more infidelity speculation followed after photos surfaced online of him on a boat with another woman, Essence reported.
La La later spoke about how hard it hit her. “I was bad because it was public. I was bad because there were other people involved. I was bad because there were allegations,” she said on “The Angie Martinez Show,” according to Radar Online. She has also spoken about the anxiety of being an NBA wife, as BSO reported last month.
A daughter born during the marriage
In 2019, Mia Burks said on social media that Carmelo was the father of her daughter, Genesis, and that he was not involved in the girl’s life at the time, according to theJasmineBRAND and other outlets. Carmelo did not publicly confirm or deny paternity for years.
That changed in September 2025, when he addressed both Kiyan and Genesis by name during his Naismith Hall of Fame enshrinement speech. “Your father isn’t perfect, but he is proof that struggle doesn’t mean surrender,” he said, according to TheGrio, which reported Genesis was born in 2017, while he was still married to La La.
Moving on
Carmelo appeared to go public this summer with Racquel Smith, the widow of former Saints star Will Smith, after she posted photos of the two in Saint-Tropez, the New York Post reported. Neither had directly confirmed the relationship at the time. BSO covered the romance and the birthday party he threw for her.
La La has kept her love life private. She was linked to “BMF” co-star Da’Vinchi in 2023, but both denied it, and in 2025 she was reported to be dating a Brooklyn entrepreneur known as Bear, which neither confirmed, according to Bossip. Last month, TMZ published video of her with a man at a New York bar, then reported that sources said she was never dating him and was filming a social video.
“Keep it private ’til you feel sure,” she told Complex in 2025.
Flip the pages for photos of LaLa Anthony who is free now.
