Tom admits Scientology led to his divorce
Actor reveals religion played a role in his split from Katie Holmes.
Radaronline.com obtained a 48-page transcript of a grueling deposition held in September earlier this year. PHOTO: FILE
In a startling deposition last month, Tom Cruise confessed that Katie Holmes left him to save seven-year-old Suri from Scientology. The admission came after the filing of a $50 million lawsuit accusing Life & Style and In Touch magazines of defaming Cruise by saying he had ‘abandoned’ Suri.
Radaronline.com has obtained a 48-page transcript of a grueling deposition held in September earlier this year with attorney Elizabeth McNamara, in which Cruise admits he didn’t see Suri for 110 days following his divorce. When asked whether his wife had tried to ‘protect’ Suri from Scientology, Cruise hit back. “I find that question offensive. I find those statements offensive,” he said. “Like any other relationship, there are many different levels to it. There’s no need to protect Suri from my religion.”
When asked whether Scientology was one of the reasons Holmes left him, he replied, “Did she say that? That was one of the assertions, yes.” He also admitted however, that Suri is no longer practicing Scientology, according to Daily Mail.
At the interrogation held at the LA offices of Cruise’s lawyer, a furious Cruise began to explain that “when there is a divorce, things change.” In the document, McNamara probed Tom by asking, “From June 18 of 2012 until Thanksgiving of 2012, you only saw Suri a few times, isn’t that right?” To which he responded, “Yes.”
Cruise further admitted that during that time, he was able to remain in Suri’s life by speaking to her over the phone. “I’ve gotten very good at it. I tell wonderful stories,” he said. When McNamara replied saying, “It doesn’t really substitute for being able to be there, does it?,” Cruise agreed, saying, “No, it doesn’t.”
McNamara pushed further when questioning why Cruise was able to attend a Scientology event and return to his filming schedule within 24 hours, but not make a visit to his daughter. “That’s not true... different situation,” Cruise said.
The deposition becomes even more intense when McNamara compares Cruise’s parenting skills to his own father Thomas Mapother III, who allegedly left Cruise when he was a child. “The fact that you would suggest that I was being like my father… I find that greatly offensive,” he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 9th, 2013.
Radaronline.com has obtained a 48-page transcript of a grueling deposition held in September earlier this year with attorney Elizabeth McNamara, in which Cruise admits he didn’t see Suri for 110 days following his divorce. When asked whether his wife had tried to ‘protect’ Suri from Scientology, Cruise hit back. “I find that question offensive. I find those statements offensive,” he said. “Like any other relationship, there are many different levels to it. There’s no need to protect Suri from my religion.”
When asked whether Scientology was one of the reasons Holmes left him, he replied, “Did she say that? That was one of the assertions, yes.” He also admitted however, that Suri is no longer practicing Scientology, according to Daily Mail.
At the interrogation held at the LA offices of Cruise’s lawyer, a furious Cruise began to explain that “when there is a divorce, things change.” In the document, McNamara probed Tom by asking, “From June 18 of 2012 until Thanksgiving of 2012, you only saw Suri a few times, isn’t that right?” To which he responded, “Yes.”
Cruise further admitted that during that time, he was able to remain in Suri’s life by speaking to her over the phone. “I’ve gotten very good at it. I tell wonderful stories,” he said. When McNamara replied saying, “It doesn’t really substitute for being able to be there, does it?,” Cruise agreed, saying, “No, it doesn’t.”
McNamara pushed further when questioning why Cruise was able to attend a Scientology event and return to his filming schedule within 24 hours, but not make a visit to his daughter. “That’s not true... different situation,” Cruise said.
The deposition becomes even more intense when McNamara compares Cruise’s parenting skills to his own father Thomas Mapother III, who allegedly left Cruise when he was a child. “The fact that you would suggest that I was being like my father… I find that greatly offensive,” he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 9th, 2013.