Lakers star Luka Doncic splits from fiancée Anamaria Goltes amid custody conflict

Los Angeles Lakers celebrity Luka Doncic has cut up from longtime fiancée Anamaria Goltes and is now locked in a custody battle over their two daughters, the NBA phenom confirmed Tuesday.

“I really like my daughters greater than something,” Doncic stated in an announcement to ESPN. “I’ve been doing every thing I can for them to be with me within the U.S. through the season, however that hasn’t been attainable, so I lately made the powerful resolution to finish my engagement.”

The bombshell breakup comes as Goltes — a mannequin and influencer — filed a petition in California looking for little one assist and lawyer charges, in line with a report from TMZ.

Sources near the scenario advised ESPN that Doncic was blindsided by the submitting — and that the authorized transfer was made in California despite the fact that one among their daughters spent solely three months within the state and the opposite has by no means been there.

Regardless of the court docket conflict, insiders insist Doncic, who signed a three-year, $165 million contract extension with the Lakers in August, has by no means held again financially in the case of his youngsters, saying he pays for his daughters’ bills “with out limitation.”

The cut up marks a surprising flip for a pair whose romance stretches again years.

Doncic and Goltes first met and started relationship in 2016. The NBA star popped the query in July 2023.

Their first daughter, Gabriela was born November 2023 in the US whereas Doncic was nonetheless enjoying for the Dallas Mavericks.

Their second daughter, Olivia, was born final December in Slovenia — however the celebration reportedly spiraled into chaos.

Doncic had traveled abroad through the season and missed video games towards the Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics to be there for the beginning.

However sources say tensions flared when Doncic needed to carry Gabriela again to the U.S. as he returned to hitch the Lakers for a sport towards the Philadelphia 76ers. Goltes allegedly known as police through the dispute at a maternity hospital in Slovenia.

Based on the police report reviewed by ESPN, officers discovered no legal wrongdoing by Doncic. He reportedly left the hospital peacefully and flex again to the U.S. later that day.

The fallout has been icy ever since — Doncic hasn’t seen Goltes or his daughters since that journeys, sources stated.

Including to the hypothesis, Goltes lately wiped all pictures of Doncic from her Instagram.

Doncic has since filed for an interim injunction in Slovenian court docket looking for quick contact along with his daughters, in line with sources.

Based on her submitting, Goltes has been dwelling in Slovenia with the youngsters since Might 5, 2025. She wrote that they had all beforehand lived collectively in Los Angeles from February 7, 2025 to Might 4, 2025, and in Dallas from Sept. 26, 2024 to Feb. 6, 2025 previous to that.

Since arriving in Los Angeles for coaching camp in September, Doncic has seen them for simply two days.

In the meantime, the 27-year-old continues to dominate the hardwood. In his first full season with the Lakers, the 6-foot-8 guard is averaging a league-leading 32.5 factors with 8.4 assists and seven.8 rebounds.

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