Will Tom Cruise's Legal Team Quash New Book?
17/9/2006 10:27
Hollywood insiders are wondering if Tom Cruise's powerful legal team will
quash a tell-all which makes some pretty shocking insinuations about the actor's
sex life.
Porn producer Paul Barresi is writing a book, "Pellicano's
Enforcer," about how he allegedly helped incarcerated former
private-eye-to-the-stars Anthony Pellicano protect celebs from negative stories.
In one chapter that's been posted on an Internet site, Barresi tells how
someone came to him trying to sell a story about Cruise - similar to the one
that Cruise successfully sued porn star Kyle Bradford (a.k.a. Chad Slater) over
- and Barresi details how Cruise's team got the story killed.
Barresi
neither proves nor disproves the claim, but Cruise, says a well-placed source,
"cannot be happy with the story,' adding, "It's been a tough time for Cruise and
my bet is that his lawyers are going to come out with both guns blazing -
legally speaking of course."
Cruise's lawyer, Bert Fields, told the
Scoop that the allegations made by Barresi are "utterly, one hundred percent
false" and "we can prove it." He adds, "If Mr. Barresi were to publish what we
have seen on that Web site, I absolutely would recommend appropriate legal
action against both Mr. Barresi and the publisher." Fields also says that he's
"considering" steps to have the chapter removed from the Web site.
Richie's
romance on the rocks?
Nicole Richie has called it off with ex-sweetie Adam
"DJ AM" Goldstein - this time for good. We think.
Richie grew annoyed
with "constant" phone calls and text messages from Goldstein, a source told Us.
"Nicole just wants to move on, but he won't let go," the insider told
the mag. "Nicole thinks it's unhealthy for them to talk and hopes AM will
finally just leave her alone."
The source claims that Richie changed
her cell and home phone numbers and told security guards to bar her ex from the
building.
But a rep for Goldstein blasts the tale as "utterly
ridiculous," and a friend of Goldstein says, "If anything, it is the other way
around. She's the one who calls him, and he wants nothing to do with her. He is
very happy not to be with her and is dating other girls."
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