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헐리우드 스타 톰 크루즈 (51)가 지난해 케이티 홈즈(35)와 이혼한 이유 중 하나에 자신이 믿는 종교인 사이언톨로지가 포함되어 있었다고 최근 법정에서 인정했다.
미국 ABC 방송이 11일 보도한 바에 따르면 크루즈는 미국 출판사 바우어 퍼블리싱 컴퍼니와의 소송 과정 도중 “홈즈가 크루즈와 이혼한 이유가 딸 수리를 사이언톨로지로부터 보호하기 위한 것이 맞느냐”라는 질문에 “(이혼 사유로) 주장했던 것 중 하나가 맞다”고 대답했다.
작년 6월 이혼하기 전까지 6년 정도 결혼생활을 했던 두 사람의 이혼사유는 지금까지 명확히 밝혀지지 않았으나, 여러 매체를 통해 사이온톨로지에 대한 두 사람의 의견차가 유력한 것으로 보도되었다. 크루즈가 주장하는 바에 따르면 홈즈는 자신과 만나기 전부터 사이언톨로지 신자였지만 이혼하면서 종교를 버렸다고 한다.
크루즈는 지금까지 이혼사유에 대한 보도에 대해서는 별다른 조치를 취하지 않았으나 바우어 퍼블리싱이 출판하는 “터치 앤 라이프스타일” 잡지가 그가 이혼 후 7살 난 딸 수리를 “버렸다”는 요지의 기사를 수차례 실자 5천만 달러 (한화 약 535억 7천만원) 상당의 소송을 냈다.
크루즈는 이러한 기사들이 “구역질 난다”고 표현했으며, 자신이 잡지 측에 사과와 정정보도를 요구했지만 거부당했다고 말했다.
크루즈 측은 기사가 나던 작년 7월 당시 전처 홈즈와 살고 있는 수리를 주기적으로 방문했으며, 6월부터 추수감사절이던 11월 22일까지 총 10일을 함께 보냈다고 주장했다. 반면 바우어 퍼블리싱 측은 당시 크루즈가 44일동안이나 수리를 만나지 않았다고 주장했다.
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Scientology one of reasons behind Tom Cruise’s divorce: U.S. media
Hollywood star Tom Cruise recently said that Scientology was one of the reasons Katie Holmes ended their six-year marriage in June 2012, U.S. media reported Saturday.
According to ABC News, a court document of Cruise’s ongoing lawsuit with Bauer Publishing Company showed that he was asked by the company’s lawyer if Holmes split with him “to protect (the couple’s daughter) Suri from Scientology.” Cruise answered that it was “one of the assertions.”
Bauer Publishing Company is locked in a legal battle with Cruise over reports by its In Touch and Life & Style magazines which claimed the 51-year-old star “abandoned” his daughter after Holmes left him.
The former couple had yet to reveal exactly why they parted ways, but there had been rumors that Cruise’s commitment to Scientology played a major role in the divorce. In the documents, Cruise claimed that Holmes was a practitioner of Scientology before and during their marriage and only left the church after their divorce.
While Cruise did not take issue against claims pinpointing his religion as the main reason for divorce, he is pursuing a $50 million lawsuit against Bauer Publishing for claiming that he had neglected his daughter. Cruise said that the magazine’s stories were “absolutely disgusting,” and that he had asked for an apology and a retraction, which were both denied.
According to the actor’s lawyer, Cruise spoke to Suri regularly and had spent time with her the day before the magazine published the story headlined “Suri in Tears, Abandoned by Her Dad” in July 2012.
Cruise said that he had seen Suri for a total of 10 days between June and Thanksgiving of 2012, saying that he never cut his daughter out of his life. Bauer Publishing responded by claiming that at the time, Cruise had not seen her for 44 days.
(minsikyoon@heraldcorp.com)
Scientology one of reasons behind Tom Cruise’s divorce: U.S. media
Hollywood star Tom Cruise recently said that Scientology was one of the reasons Katie Holmes ended their six-year marriage in June 2012, U.S. media reported Saturday.
According to ABC News, a court document of Cruise’s ongoing lawsuit with Bauer Publishing Company showed that he was asked by the company’s lawyer if Holmes split with him “to protect (the couple’s daughter) Suri from Scientology.” Cruise answered that it was “one of the assertions.”
Bauer Publishing Company is locked in a legal battle with Cruise over reports by its In Touch and Life & Style magazines which claimed the 51-year-old star “abandoned” his daughter after Holmes left him.
The former couple had yet to reveal exactly why they parted ways, but there had been rumors that Cruise’s commitment to Scientology played a major role in the divorce. In the documents, Cruise claimed that Holmes was a practitioner of Scientology before and during their marriage and only left the church after their divorce.
While Cruise did not take issue against claims pinpointing his religion as the main reason for divorce, he is pursuing a $50 million lawsuit against Bauer Publishing for claiming that he had neglected his daughter. Cruise said that the magazine’s stories were “absolutely disgusting,” and that he had asked for an apology and a retraction, which were both denied.
According to the actor’s lawyer, Cruise spoke to Suri regularly and had spent time with her the day before the magazine published the story headlined “Suri in Tears, Abandoned by Her Dad” in July 2012.
Cruise said that he had seen Suri for a total of 10 days between June and Thanksgiving of 2012, saying that he never cut his daughter out of his life. Bauer Publishing responded by claiming that at the time, Cruise had not seen her for 44 days.
(minsikyoon@heraldcorp.com)
