Tom Cruise is threatening to sue the National Enquirer after the tabloid ran a cover story this week claiming the actor was verbally abusive to Katie Holmes and kept their daughter Suri locked in a "tiny, windowless room" when she was a baby.
As Gossip Cop was first to report, a rep for Cruise called the story "made up garbage " and a friend of Holmes similarly dismissed it as "not true."
Now, in a blistering letter obtained by The Hollywood Reporter , Cruise’s lawyer Bert Fields blasts the Enquirer’s parent company American Media for "false and vicious lies" which he says will cause his client to suffer "hundreds of millions of dollars of professional and personal damages."
The actor’s lawyer goes on to write, "We intend to hold American Media, and everyone who participated in the perpetuation of this scurrilous attack, jointly and severely liable."
Fields adds, "Your cover tells the world in huge red and yellow headlines that Mr. Cruise’s home is a "HOUSE OF HORRORS!" Mr. Cruise’s home, which you have pictured, is by no means a "house of horrors." It is a gracious and loving family home."
He notes, "Contrary to your blaring headlines, Mr. Cruise has not engaged in any "abuse" or "humiliation" of Katie Holmes. Nor has he every subjected her to any ‘punishments.’"
Fields concludes in demanding that the Enquirer "immediately retract each and every one of your false assertions about Mr. Cruise with the same prominence and emphasis as you gave your original false and defamatory assertions."
Gossip Cop has reached out to Cruise’s lawyer, as well as a rep for American Me
Tom Cruise, please, please sue the American Media. Now is the time for the other celebs to jump in on it to run them out of business for the defamatory articles they have written about them. When you go as fast as the National Enquirer was going with so much hurt they have done with a lot of celebrities lately, they are bound to stumble up the wrong path with somebody who will not tolerate what damages they have done or will do. I really expect for some other celebs to come out with the same thing. This tabloid has been ruthless. I have been praying for this to happen. God might not come when you want him to and the way that you want him to, but he is always on time. If this isn't true Tom, then you have every right to sue. Am
ReplyDeleteThank you Praise for your input .
ReplyDeleteWe feel the same way about the media .
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