LOS ANGELES-You can pan his movies, write about his love life or question his involvement with Scientology. But you'd better have the goods if you're going to call Tom Cruise a bad dad.
Mr. Cruise on Wednesday filed suit against the Bauer Publishing Company and related entities, demanding $50 million in damages for cover stories in the company's In Touch and Life and Style magazines saying he had “abandoned†his daughter, Suri.
The suit, filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles, specifically challenges statements on the cover of the July 30 issue of Life and Style, which carried a picture of Suri with the words “Suri in Tears, Abandoned by Her Dad,†and the Oct. 1 issue of In Touch, which had a photo of Suri, along with the words “Abandoned by Daddy.†Suri's mother is the actress Katie Holmes, who filed for divorce from Mr. Cruise in June.
In both cases, according to Mr. Cruise's complaint , the accompanying stories did not carry facts to support the abandonment claim. “To falsely accuse him of abandoning his child crosses the line,†said the complaint, which was filed by Mr. Cruise's longtime lawyer Bertram Fields. “Enough is enough.â€
Lindsay Ferraro, a publicity director for the magazines, declined to comment on the suit.
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