There has been a major update in the trial of Tom Cruise vs In Touch. The world’s most famous Scientologist isn’t suing over being called gay, like in the past. This time, however, it was revealed that his ex-wife, Katie Holmes, was scared that their daughter, Suri Cruise, would embrace the secretive religion.
Scientology may be the most litigious of any recognized religion, and that’s true of their biggest mouthpiece, Tom Cruise, as well. Tom is currently engaged in a lawsuit with Bauer Publications.
He is specifically targeting tabloid In Touch. The gossip rag is under fire for their cover which featured a photo of Suri alongside text that reads, “Abandoned by Daddy: Has He Chosen Scientology Over Suri for Good?”
Needless to say, Cruise found the comments categorically untrue and offensive. However, during questioning from an attorney, Tom did admit that Katie was concerned about Suri joining her father’s religion.
News first broke by TMZ. The gossip site allegedly got their hands on official court documents, which they posted to their website:
“In the deposition...Cruise squirmed in his chair as the lawyer for the magazine repeatedly asked if Katie fled their marriage because of the Church. Cruise hemmed and hawed, suggesting it wasn't true, and then the lawyer asked whether "Katie Holmes left you in part to protect Suri from Scientology. Cruise answered: "Did she say that? That was one of the assertions, yes."
In other portions of the interrogation, Tom admitted that he went over a hundred days without seeing his daughter and visited her just ten times from June to Thanksgiving of last year.
This isn’t the first time that Tom has been involved with a major lawsuit. In fact, he has a whole section of his Wikipedia page devoted to litigation. The following passage, however, has to be among the most noteworthy:
“During Cruise's marriage to Nicole Kidman, the couple endured public speculation about their sex life and rumors that Cruise was gay. In 1998, he successfully sued the Daily Express, a British tabloid which alleged that his marriage to Kidman was a sham designed to cover up his homosexuality. In May 2001 he filed a lawsuit against gay porn actor Chad Slater. Slater had allegedly told the celebrity magazine Actustar that he had had an affair with Cruise. Cruise denied this, and in August 2001, Slater was ordered to pay $10 million to Cruise in damages after Slater declared he could not afford to defend himself against the suit and would therefore default. Cruise also sued Bold Magazine publisher Michael Davis, who alleged but never confirmed that he had video that would prove Cruise was gay. The suit was dropped in exchange for a public statement by Davis that the video was not of Cruise, and that Cruise was heterosexual.”
