Katie & Tom Cruise Sleeping Apart Weeks Leading Up to Divorce

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise were both in New York City in the weeks leading up to her filing for divorce, but they did NOT stay under the same roof ... TMZ has learned.


According to our sources, Tom was in town for a few days around June 10 to film a movie. We're told Tom did not stay in the apartment the couple has in NYC ... but rather at The Greenwich Hotel ... and never once stepped in or near the apartment.


Our sources say Katie, meanwhile, was going back and forth between the apartment she and Tom shared, and a new apartment she recently got. The two were both photographed during their time in NYC (see above) but never together.


We're told Katie did bring Suri to visit Tom at the hotel on two occasions for a few hours and that the visits were unplanned -- Tom's own security didn't even know they were coming.


According to the people we spoke to in Tom and Katie's building ... they couldn't remember the last time they had seen Tom. Our sources say that while they were clearly having problems, Tom had no idea this was coming and his entire team was caught flat-footed by the filing.

Katie Holmes : Secertly Rented N.Y. Apartment Before Filing Divorce

Katie Holmes was getting her home in order prior to filing for divorce from Tom Cruise.

The actress, who already shares a place in New York with the actor, actually began secretly renting another apartment as she prepared to leave Cruise and seek sole custody of their daughter Suri.

Cruise was filming Oblivion in Iceland when Holmes left him.

A rep for Cruise told Gossip Cop shortly after the divorce news emerged that "Tom is deeply saddened."

News of the second apartment was first reported by Us Weekly

Katie Holmes : Has East Coast Advange

11:05 AM PT -- Katie filed papers -- and Tom was "blindsided." Katie wants sole legal custody and "primary residential custody" of Suri.



Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are getting DIVORCED ... after 5 years of marriage.


Katie's attorney, Jonathan Wolfe released a statement saying, "This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family."

Wolfe adds, "Katie's primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter's best interest."

TMZ has learned Katie filed the docs in NYC ... and wants SOLE custody of Suri.


We're told Tom and Katie have a prenup. The net worth of both Tom and Katie is around $275 mil, but clearly Tom raked in most of that.


For what it's worth, Katie did not attend any of the "Rock of Ages" premieres.


Tom and Katie have one child together, Suri, who is 6-years-old.


49-year-old Tom has 2 children from his previous marriage to Nicole Kidman. He was also married to actress Mimi Rogers from 1987 to 1990.


Cruise and 33-year-old Holmes were married in November 2006 in a lavish ceremony held at an Italian castle. The split was first reported by People.com.


Tom has been spotted in Iceland this week where he's been shooting a movie called "Oblivion."


Katie and Suri have been spotted in NYC all week. Katie was still wearing her wedding ring.


UPDATE # 1 -- Sources tell TMZ ... Scientology was a major factor in Katie's decision to pull the plug on the marriage.

UPDATE # 2 -- Tom and Katie were HOLDING Hands in Iceland just 2 weeks before Katie filed for divorce ... more proof Tom was truly "blindsided" by Katie's decision to end the marriage.