Katie Holmes filed a $50 million libel lawsuit on March 1 against American Media Inc., the publisher of Star Magazine, after the tabloid published an article in its Jan. 31 issue insinuating that she had a drug addiction. The headline of the cover story was “Addiction Nightmare – Katie Drug Shocker – The Real Reason She Can’t Leave Tom,” referring to husband Tom Cruise. The article inside the magazine described the actress’s alleged dependence on e-meters, which the Church of Scientology uses to determine a person’s mental state. Holmes is represented by Aaron Moss and Bertram Fields, the latter a longtime attorney for Cruise, who is an outspoken member of the Church of Scientology. Moss and Fields are partners at Los Angeles-based Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger.
Moss said the suit is the first libel action by Holmes, who has been a favorite topic of the tabloids since she married Cruise in 2006.
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