By Lucy Buckland
|
As her marriage dissolved, Katie Holmes's every move has been tracked by a team of mystery men.
Unknown people in two cars have been seen tailing Ms Holmes, prompting speculation they are rogue members of the controversial Scientology doctrine.
However, lawyer for the Church Gary Soter told TMZ that the Scientology movement is 'not following Katie or conducting surveillance on her in the wake of her divorce with Tom Cruise'.
And it has been claimed this tracking has been going on for weeks - even before Friday's shock announcement the pair will divorce.
Scroll down for video 
Church-goers: Tom and Katie Holmes on their way to the Scientology Celebrity Center in Los Angeles when they were first married
According to TMZ, 'there have been several 'mysterious' men and vehicles around Katie's New York apartment and following her when she's out.
'Specifically ... a white Cadillac Escalade and black Mercedes SUV have been seen near Katie's NYC apartment for the past week.'
The site claims sources believe these cars' occupants are not journalists, but their identity has never been established.
Today it has been claimed life behind closed doors for Katie was far from the romantic love story her Hollywood husband Tom Cruise painted it to be.
Are they watching Katie? A white SUV has been spotted parked near a building where the actress has visited several times this week
Who are they? The mystery occupants of a black Mercedes have also been seen in places where Katie has been
Today it was being suggested the pair had been living in separate sections of their sprawling LA apartment, with Katie opting to live in a large communal area in the Scientology Celebrity Centre - rather than face her increasingly controlling husband.
After Katie announced her plans to divorce her husband of five years, their lives have been blown open with a picture suggesting a controlling, often manipulative Cruise of taking charge of his wife's movie roles, appearance and even changing her name.
Also their building, in the huge towering Scientology complex in LA was carefully guarded with sources revealing 'men in suits' stood guarding every door and even 'escorting' people to their own rooms.
Tug of love: Katie in New York with Suri last week
Support act: The church offers courses and advice to couple's with marital problems
Trapped: Katie and Cruise lived in separate sections of the sprawling Scientology centre in Clearwater
'Katie was really embarrassed about it and didn't seem to like people to see the way she lived behind closed doors. Everyone knew they stayed in separate sections of the apartment,' a family friend said.
Cracks began to emerge after former Dawson's Creek star Katie started to fear for her daughter Suri, six, when she realised Tom's devotion to Scientology could not be wavered.
And Katie, who filed for divorce in New York - where it is thought she stands a better chance of getting custody of Suri, was thought to have 'finally snapped' after seeing a shot of her husband posing provocatively on the cover of W magazine with two women draped over him.
But it was his unwavering commitment to following the Scientology doctrine which sowed the seed of discontent according to family and friends.
The show must go on: Tom Cruise took off from Reykjavik airport, following news Katie Holmes has filed for divorce
Under the doctrine a child can make his or her own decisions and Tom treated his daughter 'like a little adult'.
A family friend said: 'Tom basically treats Suri as a little adult, however Katie treats her like a six-year-old child, and that causes major clashes. The couple were arguing over Suri.'
The source added to Radar: 'Katie did not want Tom making all the decisions in Suri's life, and that's what was going on.
'She decided it was high time she started deciding on what was best for her daughter, or at least having an equal say, and she knew that would be impossible if she remained Mrs. Tom Cruise.'
Split: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are divorcing after five years together
Separate lives: Katie and her daughter Suri were spotted in New York yesterday
Focused on work: Tom was pictured on filming his new movie Oblivion in Iceland on Wednesday
SURI IN THE MIDDLE
A bitter custody battle is set to break out between Tom and Katie over their young daughter, Suri (pictured in New York last week).
The actress is seeking sole legal custody and primary residential custody of the six-year-old, and a 'suitable amount of child support'.
She even filed for divorce in New York - rather than California - because the East Coast state doesn't like giving feuding parents joint power to make decisions for their children, according to TMZ.Â
But sources say the actor may mount a fight to bring the case to California, which favors joint legal custody.
They have suggested that Tom's absence - he has been on a promotional tour and filming he's new movie - was started to take a toll on his young daughter's behaviour.
Holmes's lawyer Jonathan Wolfe made it clear what his client's priority is in a statement to People magazine: 'Katie's primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter's best interest.'
But Katie's Catholic parents Kathleen and Martin Holmes are happy to have their daughter back, too.
A source told RadarOnline.com: 'It's been tough for them over the past five years to watch Katie be controlled by Tom and they really felt that they had lost their daughter to some extent.'
'So, that's the one bright side to the divorce â€" they feel like they're getting the old Katie back again.'
But it does appear that Tom really was blindsided by his wife of five years, as he gushed about her at a ceremony to accept his Friars Club Foundation Award just two weeks ago.
Tom who took his children Suri and Connor, 17, as dates to the event, said after he picked up his award: 'My wife who couldn't be here tonight, I have to thank, she made this suit for me. She's amazing. I'm very lucky to be married to her.
He then added, according to Usmagazine: 'She's in China working.'
She has asked for legal custody, primary residential custody and a 'suitable amount' of child support from her husband, TMZ reports.
Miss Holmes is also asking for a division of property in the divorce documents, although there is a significant pre-nuptial agreement that is based on California law.
The couple are worth around $275million - much of that owing to Tom's box office success.
The terms of the pre-nup are understood to be clear - for each year the couple stay married, the Dawson's Creek actress collects $3million - to a maximum of $33 million after 11 years - as well as their palatial home in California.
If their marriage had lasted more than 11 years, Holmes would have received half of Cruise’s reportedly $250million fortune.
After filing for divorce less than six years later, according to the agreem ent, Katie should only be entitled to $15million as well as the couple's $35million Beverly Hills Mansion
But with an estate worth upwards of $275million, Katie is expected to seek much more and there is already intense speculation as to how much she will collect when the papers are signed.
Cruise is believed to have 'not seen' the divorce coming.
Dream wedding: The pair married in an Italian castle in 2006 and filed their marriage certificate in California
But sources insist that she did tell her husband of five-and-a-half years that she was filing for divorce â€" but she didn’t give him a chance to control the spread of the news, as he did with Nicole Kidman.
The fact that she issued a solo statement speaks of some heat around the final extinguishing of the marriage.
However, Mr Cruise's shock is to be believed considering the fact that the pair were spotted together in Iceland around two weeks ago, holding hands.
Skeptic: Katie Holmes is said to dislike and distrust Scientology - of which her estranged husband is a vocal advocate - and no longer wants their daughter to be raised in accordance with its doctrines
Nevertheless, Miss Holmes failed to turn up to at any of the worldwide premieres of her husband’s latest film Rock of Ages, despite Cruise’s constant protestations of love for his wife.
The final arguments seem to have been over where Cruise was going to spend his 50th birthday on Tuesday. He told her that he was planning to be on the set of his latest film Oblivion, in Iceland, and that seems to have been the last straw.
The statuesque brunette had frequently been pictured looking drawn and exhausted during her marriage. One Hollywood source said she had been ‘utterly miserable with Tom for months, if not years’. Â
Â
-
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the... -
The wedding with the ex factor! Kate and William watch their... -
Marijuana deals, the pain of Happy Meals and how to get a... -
Unlucky number? ALL of Tom Cruise's marriages ended when... -
Connecticut home invasion killer LIED about 17 murders and... -
Rupert Murdoch brands Scientologists 'creepy and evil' as he... -
Mother told she would never have children celebrates... -
Zara Phillips takes time out from packed Olympic training... -
How a team of students HIJACKED a drone in midair - all for... -
Revealed: Mary Kennedy forced to borrow $20 for groceries in... -
'I didn't marry into royalty to schlep around in a taxi':... -
Ann Curry wasn't right for the job says NBC chief in...
Share this article:
Here's what other readers have said. Why not add your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards.
The comments below have been moderated in advance.
- Newest
- Oldest
- Best rated
- Worst rated
Very creepy.
Report abuse
I would be totally ashamed to have a parent or be a parent -involved with such a bizarre organisation.
Report abuse
Katie Holmes use to work out at my gym in Los Angeles and she never looked happy. The happiest I ever saw her was when she started dating Tom Cruise. I think the happiness came from that fact she loved her new A-list lifestyle and she thought her career would catapult as Mrs. Tom Cruise. She wasn't cunning, she just cast herself as the wholesome starlet rescued by a leading man in a Hollywood fairytale. The truth is Katie was an adorable girl on Dawson's Creek but she is not a great actress so the roles dried up as she got closer to 30. Now she is mad all of Tom's money and power can't fix it but Tom doesn't run the industry and only Katie can make herself a better or bankable actress like Nicole did. But her ego can't admit the truth so she blames Scientology or their big age difference, all things she knew when they got involved, because it's easier than pulling yourself up by your boot straps and going out and doing the work. Divorce isn't the answe r. Growing up is.
Report abuse
Katie, I hated how he turned you into a Stepford wife. Stay strong and know that the "audience" which is all Creepy Tom cares about , is on YOUR side Creepy Tom is washed up.
Report abuse
Honestly, I don't understand why everyone talks about Tom like he is this really scary and creepy person.
Report abuse
Sorry, but when Katie Holmes got with Tom in 2005, the true nature of Scientology was well known by anyone with access to the internet and she was 28 years old. (Nicole, in comparison, married Tom at 21 in the early '90s and would have had no idea what Scientology entailed). Katie didn't mind it when it came with lots of media and the promise of movie role, and she stood by and watched the alienation of Nicole Kidman's children from their mother due to Tom and Scientology. Within 6 weeks of meeting Cruise, Holmes was being accompanied to every interview by Scientology goons. To claim that she didn't know what she was getting into is more than a little disingenuous.
Report abuse
Since Katie filed first, I don't think Tom will succeed in moving the case to California. Katie's a resident in New York, she's got her name on property there, and she's likely got a New York driver's license on advice of her attorney. Nothing establishes residency better than a driver's license. Plus, the child has been residing with her there, so it looks good for Katie to prevail there.
Report abuse
Stalked by scienos, or the papparazzi? Maybe they should fight it out to see who gets to stalk her!
Report abuse
Maybe they're paparazzi.
Report abuse
Expect a bitter custody battle with some very dirty tricks from tom and his scientology mates.
Report abuse
The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar