Rep takes legal action, insists actor is a good, caring, present father

Oct 26, 2012 08:30 GMT  ·  By
Tom Cruise sues for tabloid story that he “abandoned” daughter Suri Cruise
   Tom Cruise sues for tabloid story that he “abandoned” daughter Suri Cruise

Since Katie Holmes filed for divorce from Tom Cruise, taking him completely by surprise, all eyes have been on the Hollywood star, with plenty of attention going to how much time he got to spend with Suri Cruise, his daughter with Katie.

One celebrity magazine, Life & Style mag, to be more accurate, even kept tabs on it, saying in a recent piece that the star was more or less “neglecting” his daughter because he had not seen her in at least 2 months.

Initially, Cruise and his people reached out to the tab asking for a retraction and an apology. When they did not get either, they decided to move forward with taking the matters to court.

In a statement to TMZ, Bert Fields, an attorney for Cruise, explains that this is more about clearing his name than making money off it.

“Tom is a caring father who dearly loves Suri. She's a vital part of his life and always will be. To say he has 'abandoned' her is a vicious lie. To say it in lurid headlines with a tearful picture of Suri is reprehensible,” Fields explains.

“Tom doesn't go around suing people. He's not a litigious guy. But when these sleaze peddlers try to make money with disgusting lies about his relationship with his child, you bet he's going to sue,” the attorney adds.

The lawsuit is seeking $50 million (€38.6 million) in damages, with Fields explaining that it’s only just to take money from a publication that’s ripping off gullible Americans with each issue.

“These serial defamers are foreign owned companies with their global headquarters in Hamburg. They take money from unsuspecting Americans by selling their malicious garbage. Having to pay a libel judgment may slow them down,” Fields notes.

In the divorce, Holmes got primary physical custody of Suri.