Tom Cruise lawyer threatens to sue 'National Enquirer'
Published Jul 12 2012, 16:58 BST | By Greg Laing
Tom Cruise's lawyer has threatened to sue the parent company of the National Enquirer for hundreds of millions of dollars.The current issue of the tabloid has a cover referring to the Oblivion actor's "House of Horrors", and claims that he was behind "abuse", "punishments" and "humiliation".
Allegations made within include the claim that Suri was made to stay for five months in a "tiny, windowless room".
The Hollywood Reporter has posted a letter sent on July 11 by Cruise's lawyer Bertram Fields to American Media, Inc, describing the article as "disgraceful and lurid" and "riddled with lies".
The letter goes on to claim that the story will cause Cruise "hundreds of millions of dollars of professional and personal damages, for which [Cruise's team] intend to hold American Media, and everyone who participated in the perpetuation of this scurrilous attack, jointly and severally liable".
Referring to the cover's allegation that Tom Cruise is a "monster", Fields wrote: "Mr Cruise is certainly not a 'monster'. He is a caring father, a hardworking actor and, above all, an honest, decent man."
The letter ends with a demand for the National Enquirer to retract "each and every one of [its] false assertions".
Recent reports about Cruise's split with Katie Holmes have included the claim that the actress used a secret phone to plan her divorce, and turned to both Nicole Kidman and Victoria Beckham as confidantes.
Photo gallery - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes:
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes spotted together in Rome in April 2005, marking the beginning of their relationship
Im surprised this magazine still runs with the amount of fake stories they print weekly.
July 13th 2012 at 7:50pm
tom cruise - amazing actor, throws himself into every one of his parts and genuinely cares that the audience are entertained - to swing on the side of that building in dubai says it all
but then you have the other side - too many people with too many stories fo none of them to have substance
definetely something very, very wrong and abnormal 'up there'
ultimately he is entitled to believe that yoda created the earth if he wants - but he should not try to condition the rest of the planet to do the same
July 13th 2012 at 12:16pm
Tom cruise is a crazy man, I don't need a article to tell me that. Lol
July 13th 2012 at 9:14am(+2 likes)
Tom Cruise is gay.
In the 1950's usage of the word of course.
July 13th 2012 at 4:16am(+5 likes)
I believe what they say. Maybe he can act ,but i also think he is weird.
July 13th 2012 at 4:10am(+1 like)