Luka Dončić says he ended his engagement amid custody battle with his fiancée

Lakers superstar Luka Dončić revealed that he was fighting for custody of his two daughters with fiancée Anamaria Goltes and that the couple had separated.

“I love my daughters more than anything, and I did everything I could to have them with me in the United States during the season, but that was not possible, so I recently made the difficult decision to end my engagement,” Doncic said in the 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 possible.”

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Goltes filed a motion seeking child support and attorney’s fees in California, TMZ reported Tuesday.

Dončić later said in a statement that he recently ended his engagement to Goltes because he could not have his daughters with him in the United States during the season.

Dončić and Goltes, 27, had been dating for a decade after meeting as teenagers in Slovenia. They got 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 his youngest daughter, Olivia, was born.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Dončić watches game action during the first half at 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 contract extension worth $165 million with the Lakers last summer, cementing his near 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 American Airlines Center (Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images)

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