EXCLUSIVE: Cruise/Shields' Births -- New Twist

Posted Jul 11th 2006 3:44PM by TMZ Staff

UPDATE:  St. John's Hospital still has not called back, but we may have figured out what is going on here.  It seems as if the nurses entered the license number of the doctors who delivered the children.  Doctors are registered with the Medical Board, not the Nursing Board. Reps from two other hospitals -- UCLA and St. Joseph's -- told TMZ the box for "License Number" should have the nurse's license, not the doctor's.

A rep from L.A. County Vital Records, the agency where birth certificates are filed, confirmed to TMZ that the "License Number" should be the nurse's, not the doctor's.

The same nurse who signed the birth certificate for Tom Cruise's daughter Suri also signed the birth certificate for Brooke Shields' daughter Grier,  but there's an interesting discrepancy.

Suri and Grier's birthcertificates side by side

Both babies were born on April 18 at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica. Anne Heffernan is the registered nurse who signed both birth certificates.  As TMZ reported Monday, Heffernan, who never saw Suri, signed her birth certificate.  A hospital rep says Heffernan is authorized to sign when a doctor is not available.

On the Suri Cruise certificate, Heffernan's license number is G48079.  On the Grier Henchy certificate, Heffernan's license number is different -- G068399.  TMZ checked with the California Board of Registered Nursing and we were told Heffernan's license number didn't match either of the birth certificates.  A Board rep told TMZ Hefferman's license number is 317058.

And it gets more interesting. The Board of Registered Nursing told TMZ the license number on Grier's certificate comes back to a Dorothy Rork.  The license number on Suri's birth certificate is a mystery.  There is no name attached to that license number. 

By the way, unlike Suri's birth certificate, Brooke Shields signed the one for her daughter.  Someone listed as "Friend" signed the certificate for Suri.

Also, the hospital's policy is to file birth certificates with L.A. County within 10 days of birth.  In the case of Suri, it took 20 days to file, in part because the "friend" didn't sign for 16 days.  In Grier's case, Brooke herself signed two days after her birth and the certificate was filed nine days after the baby was born.

TMZ placed multiple calls to St. John's.  So far, no comment.

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Filed under: Baby Watch, Tom & Katie


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1. I have no doubt TMZ will crack this case.

Posted at 3:47PM on Jul 11th 2006 by Mystery not solved

2. you know you have way to much time on your hands when research birth certificates.... What is the mystery behind baby Suri.... Why is she being kept such a secret? Was she ever even born? Did she pass away when she was born and they aren't telling anyone? What is with all of the secrets>?

Posted at 3:51PM on Jul 11th 2006 by Kat

3. Since tom cruise's real name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, and we can assume that Katie's given name isn't 'Kate', I'd say that all the birth certificates floating around are not the actual documents - just something someone came up with in order to start up the rumor mill again.

Posted at 3:54PM on Jul 11th 2006 by tmzreader

4. Wow, not only a coup in getting the birth certificate, but also in exposing something afoot at the hospital... Is TMZ the new woodstein?

Posted at 3:54PM on Jul 11th 2006 by busybee

5. There is something very fishy about this baby.

Posted at 3:58PM on Jul 11th 2006 by Rachel

6. I think Tom Cruise is a freak show and who knows what he is capable of with his money and power. Katie has looked like a deer caught in the headlights since she met up with him. Is it because she knows now that the grass isn't greener on the other side? I think that baby exists but he won't show her until his next movie needs promoting.

Posted at 4:13PM on Jul 11th 2006 by Takisha

7. When all is said and done it will be revealed that Katie was pregnant when she met Tom, the baby was born in February, she faked the pregnancy until April 18, and because babies grow and develop at such different and varied rates, they are waiting until it will be difficult to tell how old Suri actually is before unveiling her. Mark my words, people.

Posted at 4:16PM on Jul 11th 2006 by Katie's Sister

8. How about both the certificates are fakes. Mystery solved.

I hope I'm wrong, but I think there is something wrong with baby Suri. I like the fact she has not been seen public, but I don't know why she has not been seen by friends. I have friends that have a 4 year old that is deaf and mentally retarded. Until recently is was always difficult for them to let people come over. Now they have accepted her condition and it is easier. I think the media should let up on the Cruise baby because they might feel like schmucks later.

Posted at 4:18PM on Jul 11th 2006 by Angela

9. this is the biggest joke ever ---- get real people- there is NO baby !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 4:18PM on Jul 11th 2006 by bozo me

10. I think tmz has made this into a way bigger deal then it is who really cares?? we prolly haven't seen the baby because it is ugly or deformed or something.

Posted at 4:18PM on Jul 11th 2006 by vivovida

11. Poor Tom. Damn if he does and damn if he doesn't. When he did that couch thing on Oprah he was slamed from every corner. Now he is trying to be the private person everyone says he should be. Everyone was saying go away Tom. Okay, he went away. What more do you want. I say leave the guy alone.

Posted at 4:20PM on Jul 11th 2006 by gwen

12. eww how sick is that? what if they really just made that all up? these people need help

Posted at 4:22PM on Jul 11th 2006 by luvbunny

13. Let me say first that I do not like the persona that they both elude to nor do I like their work. Now that that is said, I think these are 2 people who just want to be left alone. Who knows, maybe they have both come to their senses and realized the American public is sick of seeing and hearing them. Or maybe they are taking in being parents for the first time and want this time to bond with their new daughter. All of these theories and crap is really getting old. Can people not change? Can 2 people not just stay at home and enjoy being parents? Please!! Until their is REAL proof, I will try to assume the best about them.

Posted at 4:23PM on Jul 11th 2006 by Amanda

14. I am a labor and delivery nurse. What you are referring to as possible license numbers appear more like medical record numbers, in which case they should be different for each baby. At the hospital I work at, medical record numbers start with "G0" followed by a set of numbers. People are reading too much into this. Let these people be. Must one try to be suspicious of everything? There are more important things to concern ourselves with in this world....

Posted at 4:23PM on Jul 11th 2006 by Jean

15. Things are really sounding a little unusual. I hope Katie's parents can stay close to her. And that she can leave if she feels she is in another world and there against her will.

Posted at 4:24PM on Jul 11th 2006 by Karen

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