Tom Cruise’s lawyer
has threatened to
sue US publication the National Enquirer, over a cover story branding the actor “a monster”.
Bert Fields said the article about Cruise’s split from wife Katie Holmes contained “false and vicious lies”.
The lawyer said it would cause Cruise “hundreds of millions of dollars of professional and personal damages”.
The Hollywood Reporter posted details of his letter to publishers American Media on its website.
Cruise and Holmes have been the subject of headlines around the world since the actress filed for divorce last month, seeking sole custody of their 6-year-old daughter Suri.
Last week, the couple agreed to a divorce and custody arrangement, but details were not made public.
Cruise’s Los Angeles lawyer Fields said the National Enquirer’s disparaging descriptions, concerning his treatment of Holmes and his daughter, were a “scurrilous attack” on his client.
“Please consider this a demand that you 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” said Fields. (Agencies)
