Luka Dončić says he ended the engagement amid a custody battle with fiancee

Lakers superstar Luka Dončić revealed that he is in a custody battle with fiancee Anamaria Goltes over his two daughters and that the couple have split.

“I love my daughters more than anything and I have done everything I can for them to be with me in the United States during the season, but that has not been possible, so I recently made the difficult decision to end my engagement,” Doncic said in a statement released to ESPN.

“Everything I do is for the happiness of my daughters and I will always fight to be with them and give them the best life I can.”

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Goltes filed a petition for child support and attorney fees in California, TMZ reported Tuesday.

Dončić then said in a statement that he had recently ended his engagement to Goltes because he was unable to have his daughters with him in the United States during the season.

Dončić, 27, and Goltes had been dating for a decade after meeting as teenagers in Slovenia. They became engaged in July 2023 and their daughters were born in November 2023 and December 2025, when Dončić left the Lakers to travel to Slovenia when younger daughter Olivia was born.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Dončić watches game action in the first half at the Intuit Dome. (Gary A. Vasquez/Imagn Images)

Dončić moved from Dallas to Los Angeles in a trade for Anthony Davis in February 2025. He agreed to a three-year, $165 million contract extension with the Lakers last summer, cementing his immediate future in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Dončić reacts while watching a tribute video before a game against the Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Center (Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Photos)

Dončić is the NBA’s leading scorer this season with 32.5 points per game. game, and he ranks third with 8.4 assists while grabbing 7.8 rebounds.