From TMZ:
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have SETTLED their divorce … this according to Katie’s lawyer.
Jonathan Wolfe tells TMZ, “This case has been settled and the agreement has been signed. We are thrilled for Katie and her family and are excited to watch as she embarks on the next chapter of her life.”
TMZ reported in the last few days lawyers for both sides were in a marathon negotiation — trying to end what began as a divorce war.
As we reported, one condition Tom had for settling was “meaningful, significant” contact with Suri.
Wolfe added, “We thank Tom’s counsel for their professionalism and diligence that helped bring about this speedy resolution.”
It was found earlier that Tom was willing to concede on the Katie-having-Suri indefinitely point, but wanted the aforementioned “significant” contact, and this new agreement came shortly after the estranged couple released a joint statement, which was … well, this:
“We are committed to working together as parents to accomplish what is in our daughter Suri’s best interests. We want to keep matters affecting our family private and express our respect for each other’s commitment to each of our respective beliefs and support each other’s roles as parents.”
“… Commitment to each of our respective beliefs …” Interesting, especially since Katie was supposedly all into Scientology during the marriage. Apparently not, though, huh?
My guess? Tom knew that Katie could potentially destroy him and his reputation (as if his reputation wasn’t as tarnished enough) and he gave in on pretty much anything with the caveat that Katie would keep her mouth shut. For our sake? I hope she doesn’t keep up her end of the bargain.
And yes. I know how bad that sounds. AND I DON’T CARE.
Here was the official post-settlement statement released by Katie’s camp, which is about three or four words short of COUCH-JUMPING JOY:
“The case has been settled and the agreement has been signed. We are thrilled for Katie and her family and are excited to watch as she embarks on the next chapter of her life. This result could not have been achieved without the hard work of my partner Gary Skoloff and our co-counsel Allan Mayefsky, Michael Mosberg and Larry Trachtenberg of Aronson Mayefsky and Sloan and Peter Walzer and Chris Melcher of Walzer & Melcher in California. We thank Tom’s counsel for their professionalism and diligence that helped bring about this speedy resolution.”
I have a feeling this isn’t the last of news on Katie and Tom (at least I hope not, anyway).
More to come?
Wow, she must have something HUGE on him! That is so awesome! :D
Yeah, Sarah, I don’t know if you watched that videolink one of your readers sent to a man that is basically a Scientology hunter, but he is one serious and sober and credible dude.
He basically said that no one, like Tom Cruise, who is totally bat-shit-indoctrinated-into-Scientology-crazy, a destructive cult, should ever have access to a child. L. Ron Hubbards’ children went on into horribly destructive destinations.
Christianity (Catholicism aside; I have my bones to pick with that religion, having been raised in it) never hurt anyone and never demanded funds for salvation.
I’m so sad it’s over… back to Travolta & Depp now I guess…
Though in all seriousness, I’m happy for Katie & Suri that this was sorted out so fast. But like CranAppleSnapple said WOW she must have had something/s HUGE on him… though I guess now that he’s started building his popularity up again (MI4, Reacher), he’s even less likely to want to create too much negative publicity. Don’t want to hurt the brand!
GO KATIE GO! GO KATIE GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Call him out on his bullshit…… What an awful dude. Apparently his (Tom’s) father was an asshole and his response to this was to to join a religion that somehow absorbed all of his hatred towards his father….
False. No hatred is ever absorbed… only carved-down and modified over time.
Well, crud….Here I thought we were going to have a big trash fest and instead of a bang, they went out with a whimper.