Tom Kat is officially over.This past Friday Katie Holmes officially announced through her lawyer that she had filed for divorce from her husband of five years; super star and celebrity,actor Tom Cruise.
The news came to a shock to the entertainment community as well as Tom Cruise himself,who seemed surprised by his wife’s actions while filming in Iceland.Through his lawyer he released a statement that he is “deeply saddened.”
Katie filed in New York,her residence for the past six months.Some people wonder if it was out of convenience she filed there instead of California or out of a desire for privacy.
“My guess is that she brought it in New York because files are sealed,” said Manhattan attorney Raoul Felder, a veteran of high-profile divorce cases. “If it was in California, it’s all public and you can walk into the clerk’s office and get the papers.”
Actress Katie Holmes,33, filed for “primary residential custody” of their six year old daughter,Suri.
Holmes cites “irreconcilable differences” for the end of their five-year marriage and wants a “suitable amount” of child support from the 49-year-old star.According to Forbes,Tom Cruise made a staggering $75 million in the past year alone. Over the past five years, the actor has raked in an estimated $200 million in earnings.However Katie will most likely not get half of the 20 million but 3 million per year for every year she was married to Cruise.In addition a possible home that Suri and her could live in,that is purchased in trust of Suri (really Suri’s home.)So Katie will be living quite comfortably for quite a while.
Scientology was a major factor for Katie’s decision to end the marriage.Her main focus is her daughter Suri,and she was becoming of the age where Cruise could push her deeper into the hands of Scientology and Katie never was completely involved in the religion and some what disapproved of it.
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