Tom Cruise sued over alleged spying
Monday, December 28th, 2009Tom Cruise has been sued in a Los Angeles Superior Court.
The lawsuit claims that he hired convicted private investigator Anthony Pellicano to spy on magazine editor Michael David Sapir.
Sapir filed the legal complaint naming as defendants Cruise, his attorney Bert Fields, Matchtinger LLP and Anthony Pellicano.
The lawsuit appears to be part of a legal duel between the parties.
Sapir edits Bold, a periodical that in 2001 published a $500,000 reward for any video evidence that Cruise is gay.
Sapir claims that the magazine received a video and issued a press release to that end.
Cruise has consistently denied being gay. The actor’s attorney, Fields, filed a lawsuit against Sapir’s magazine for defamation, seeking $100 million in damages.
Sapir alleges that during the defamation litigation, Cruise hired Pellicano to wiretap his phone.
The magazine editor is asking for $5 million. [SOURCE]
