Tom Cruise Suing For $50 Million Over “Abandoned By Daddy” Tabloid Covers

October 25, 2012 by Hollywoodite

If this feels familiar, it should, because Tom Cruise already sued Life & Style for its “Suri In Tears: Abandoned By Daddy” cover back in July.

There was another, very similar cover from In Touch Weekly Magazine in September. The ITW cover alleged: “44 Days Without Tom. Abandoned by daddy. Suri is left heartbroken as Tom suddenly shuts her out and even misses her first day of school. Has he chosen Scientology over Suri for good?”

To which Cruise’s lawyer responded with a statement, admitting it had been 44 days since his last visitation although they still communicated regularly via Skype and phone (note: as of today, it’s actually been more like 85 days since visitation.)

And now he’s suing the publisher for $50 million since that’s his lawyer’s favourite number when going for defamation in a court of law.

After filing the lawsuit, Cruise’s lawyer issued a statement: “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. 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. 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.”