René Elizondo, Jr. (born July 16, 1962 in Durango, Mexico) is a dancer, songwriter, and music video director but may be best known as the ex-husband of Janet Jackson. The two met in the mid-1980s and married secretly in 1991. Elizondo was heavily involved in Jackson's business affairs, but the two had fallen out as marital partners. Following the divorce, Elizondo sued Jackson for spousal support. Elizondo directed her videos for "That's the Way Love Goes", "Again", and "Together Again" (Deeper Remix) and was a songwriter on The Velvet Rope. It is his hands that cover Jackson's breasts on the cover of the September 1993 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, the expanded cover art of her janet. album. René also appeared in Jackson's "Come Back to Me" video in 1990 from her album Rhythm Nation (1989).
In August 2010, Rene married his longtime girlfriend, Britt Coelho in a small beach ceremony. The couple recently had a baby girl on October 9th 2011.