Cruise control.GOSSIP-BELEAGUERED megastar Tom Cruise has filed a $100 million defamation defamation In law, issuance of false statements about a person that injure his reputation or that deter others from associating with him. Libel and slander are the legal subcategories of defamation. Libel is defamation in print, pictures, or any other visual symbols. lawsuit against Chad Slater slat·er n. 1. One employed to lay slate surfaces, as on roofs. 2. See pill bug. 3. See sow bug. Noun 1. (a.k.a. porn star Kyle Bradford). Slater supposedly told a French magazine in an interview published in March that he and Cruise had had a continuing relationship. And according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the court complaint, Slater also said that the affair was discovered by Cruise's wife, Nicole Kidman, leading to the breakup breakup The division of a company into separate parts. The most famous breakup to date was the 1984 division of AT&T (formerly, American Telephone & Telegraph Company). This breakup was intended to increase competition in the communications industry. of their marriage. Cruise filled for divorce in February. (In a message posted on Kyle-Bradford.com the day after the suit was filed, Slater denied giving the interview or ever saying "any of the statements allegedly said by me.") The lawsuit promises to generate much more attention in the global media than did the Actustar magazine interview (which was later reprinted in the Spanish-language publication TV y Novelas). The suit--which insists, "While plaintiff believes in the right of others to follow their own sexual preference, vast numbers of the public throughout the world do not share that view"--is one of a series of salvos from Cruise against media outlets who have impugned his straightness. In 1999, Cruise and Kidman sued the tabloid The Star for a story claiming that the couple needed a sex coach for their intimate scenes in Eyes Wide Shut--a suit that ended with a settlement that included The Star's printing a full retraction In the law of Defamation, a formal recanting of the libelous or slanderous material. Retraction is not a defense to defamation, but under certain circumstances, it is admissible in Mitigation of Damages. Cross-references Libel and Slander. and making an unspecified donation to a charity of the couple's choice. Insiders predict an out-of-court settlement An agreement reached between the parties in a pending lawsuit that resolves the dispute to their mutual satisfaction and occurs without judicial intervention, supervision, or approval. for this suit as well--and an upsurge in video sales for The Cockpit Club, Forced to Submit, and other Kyle Bradford extravaganzas. |
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