Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Lessons to be learned

Before you write something about Tom Cruise (eventhough it's true) you should have the proof; otherwise, he'll sue you. It's being reported that Tom Cruise might be thinking about perhaps suing Life & Style and biographer Andrew Morton. Here are the lessons from the past
  • The wrestler: Cruise sued Chad Slater (an "erotic wrestler" who goes by the name Kyle Bradford) for $100 million. Verdict: Cruise wins (but not for full amount).
  • The sex coach: Cruise sued the Star tabloid for a story claiming they had "needed a sex coach for their steamy scenes in Stanley Kubrick's film, Eyes Wide Shut." Verdict: settled, retraction printed.
  • The Cruise cruise: In 2001, Cruise sued Bold magazine publisher Michael Davis, who had offered a $500-million bounty for "compromising photos of Cruise cruising," and claimed to have obtained a "videotape of Cruise in flagrante homo delicto." Verdict: The magazine retracts and "Cruise dropped his suit in exchange for a promise from Davis to never again state or imply that Cruise is anything but a heterosexual."
  • The impotence: Cruise sued the British newspaper The Express in 1998 after it "alleged that Cruise was either impotent or sterile." Verdict: The paper paid £350,000 and apologized.
  • The coincindence?: Cruise considered suing the German magazine Bunte for saying he has a zero sperm count. Verdict: calls off suit when "executives died in plane crash."
Suggestion for Tom; after 2 hetero-marriages and series of dating hot actresses, people still saying that you're gay. May be it's time for you to stay quiet for the rumors, if it's only the rumors.

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