Anyway, as Bedhead discussed over the weekend, Katie Holmes (reportedly) felt as if she was being followed, monitered and spied on by CoS. When Bedhead discussed it yesterday, TMZ had already tried to get someone at CoS to comment, but they hadn’t at the time. Now, finally, the CoS is finally realizing that they need to do some due diligence on some of these reports. Gary Soter, the lawyer for the CoS told TMZ that the CoS “is not following Katie or conducting surveillance on her in the wake of her divorce with Tom Cruise.” Bullsh-t. Considering Katie had “Xenu handlers” almost as soon as she met Tom, you better believe that she was being spied on, and you better believe that the Church was keeping tabs on her while she was away from Tom. Still, it was smart of Katie and her team to release the “I’m being followed” story so early, because now the paparazzi will be extra diligent in trying to get shots of the people “following” her.
Meanwhile, TMZ and Radar both continue to have stories about “what really happened” and “the final straw” in the marriage. How’s this for a final straw? TOM WAS ALWAYS CRAZY. And the whole thing was just a contract anyway. This morning’s “last straw” story is “Tom wanted to give Suri to Sea Org.” YIKES.
The final straw in Katie Holmes’ decision to file for divorce was that she was convinced Tom Cruise was going to send 6-year-old Suri away to a hardcore Scientology organization known as Sea Organization … sources connected with Katie tell TMZ.[From TMZ]
Sea Org, as it is known, is where the highest levels of Scientology are taught and kids as young as five can be sent to live there … without their parents — and our sources say Tom is a big fan.
Our sources say Katie and Tom had been arguing over Suri’s indoctrination into Scientology — and we’re told the Sea Org was the flashpoint.
The Sea Org has been often compared to a boot camp and several ex-Scientologists (including Oscar winner Paul Haggis) have been outspoken against its military-like conditions. The Freewinds, the massive Scientology boat that was the location of Cruise’s infamous birthday party in 2004, is entirely staffed by Sea Org members.
According to the official Scientology website, members of Sea Org sign “a one-billion-year pledge to symbolize their eternal commitment to the religion and it is still signed by all members today.”
Katie herself has first-hand knowledge of the Sea Org. When Holmes and Cruise first hooked up in 2005, Jessica Feshbach, a prominent Scientologist who had been with the Sea Org since 1994, was transferred and became Katie’s assistant/Scientology chaperone.
Feshbach, in one of Katie’s first interviews after getting together with Cruise, was described by a writer for W magazine as “cold-eyed” and “a third-wheel.”
In the end … we’re told Katie felt the only way to save Suri from being shipped off to Sea Org was to file for divorce and seek sole legal custody.
I think this sounds like a perfectly reasonable “last straw”. As do all of the other “last straw” stories. That’s the point – these stories are all fruit from the poisonous tree of “Tom Cruise is cray, Scientology is cray, and you shouldn’t have anything to do with them.” Also – Bedhead sent me this story yesterday. It’s a discussion with a legal expert who says Xenu will definitely be one of the issues that the family court considers when deciding who gets custody of Suri. It’s an interesting piece, and I think Katie will be really lucky if she gets to divorce Tom in New York City, where the court system won’t be so easily influenced by CoS and Hollywood power. Radar also has a great story which makes it sound like Katie’s parents have been “gathering information” on “the iron grip” CoS has on Tom Cruise’s personal and professional life. Katie’s such a smart girl, isn’t she?
UPDATE: Oooooh. People Mag has put all of this on a “special report” cover - go here to see. Katie’s dad sounds AWESOME.
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