Tom Cruise book labelled “sick stuff”

A lawyer for Tom Cruise has attacked an unauthorised biography of the star, calling it “outrageous, sick stuff,” even as US publisher St Martin’s Press defended the book.

Tom Cruise, An Unauthorized Biography, by British author Andrew Morton, best known for his top-selling 1992 book on Princess Diana, is due on US bookshelves this month.

“He [Morton] has made a number of claims that are false and demonstrably so,” said Fields, who added that he had read Morton’s book,

“Clearly the book is actionable, but I’m not commenting on anything to do with legal issues,” he said.

The Church of Scientology in London did not reply to an e-mail asking for comment on the allegations.

In a brief statement, St Martin’s Press spokesman Steve Troha said: “We stand by our book and our author.”

Fields said Cruise has no plans to read the book, and the lawyer also slammed Morton’s claims that Cruise’s former wife, Australian actress Nicole Kidman, was worried she would be blackmailed or not see the couple’s two adopted children if she spoke out against the Church of Scientology after their divorce.

Kidman’s spokeswoman was not immediately available for comment, but Fields said Morton’s claims were “absolute hogwash … what they say about her is absolutely false.”

“The man should be ashamed of himself and so should his publisher,” said Fields. “He pretends to be writing a biography without ever talking to anybody who has really known Tom for the past 30 years,” said the spokesman. (Source: TVNZ)

Comments are closed.