Cruise Lawyers Spank Baby Store for Babbling

91. I'm with Tom on this one. When you shop at a high end store you expect certain things and one of them is privacy. I have seen this store use Tom and Katie for their own publicity purposes since Suri was born. Immedatelty they were showing items that the said were bought by Tom and Katie for Suri on national TV . They even spilled the beans on Tom and Katie's private page , which had a special password only access for family and friends to shop for gifts for Suri on their website. I found this spilling of the bean very tacky and unprofessional then and even more so now as the store has continued to talk about Tom and Katie.

Posted at 10:50PM on May 22nd 2008 by michelle

92. These two nitwits make me sick. They want preferential treatment for everything. So what if a store talks about what they spent? Are there different rules for those two? What makes them better than the rest of the world? Tom Cruise is an a-hole.

Posted at 11:42PM on May 22nd 2008 by Kitty

93. I think Tom should start spending some of his "big" shopping money on "gold-diamond" sippy cups for their sad toddler. Suri's and Katie's sad eyes say it all. Sorry Katie, you can run, but you can't hide because Tom is in charge of everything and everyone.

I'm SO sick of this "pretend" family. Tom, a word of advice to you, open the closet door and just come out!

Posted at 11:48PM on May 22nd 2008 by Donna

94. This store is known for blabbing about celebrities, outing pregnant celebs, and even making up information as is the case here, most likely for their own publicity.

Here is a sampler: http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2008/04/whats-hot-in-ce.html

The letter to the store from Tom and Katie's attorney (and that's attorney singular) was polite and simply made a request that they not do this sort of thing. It was not a cease and desist letter, as reported because there was no threat of action. The store's response was to submit the letter to TMZ in an effort to disparage Tom and Katie. And this is supposed to be a high end store. A real high end store would never do such a thing and would value any customer.

Posted at 1:01AM on May 23rd 2008 by Mike

95. Both whack jobs haven't had a good movie out in ages.

They need the publicity.

The Church of $cientology needs more money.

Posted at 1:09AM on May 23rd 2008 by Taz

96. They should be shamed for their disgusting, shallow spending. Imagine how many children in the world they could have housed, schooled, gotten medical care for with the money they spent buying designer labels pasted to clothes made in sweatshops for pennies. Idiots!

Posted at 1:43AM on May 23rd 2008 by Del

97. 63. lisamcpherson.org - RIP - This is the real face of Scientology.

Posted at 5:24PM on May 22nd 2008

WHOA! So sad! I guess she must have been "glib" in her need for psychiatric and medical care, right Tom?

Posted at 1:50AM on May 23rd 2008 by Del

98. HEY TOM- Save some of that money you're spending on the kid's clothes. You're going to need it some day to pay for the orthodontist and therapists the kid is going to need after sucking on a bottle WAAAAAAY to long!

Posted at 3:48AM on May 23rd 2008 by me again

99. TomCat Get Over It!!!! That's the price of Fame!!!!!

Posted at 5:31AM on May 23rd 2008 by monique

100. 94. This store is known for blabbing about celebrities, outing pregnant celebs, and even making up information as is the case here, most likely for their own publicity. ...The letter to the store from Tom and Katie's attorney (and that's attorney singular) was polite and simply made a request that they not do this sort of thing. It was not a cease and desist letter, as reported because there was no threat of action. ...

Posted at 1:01AM on May 23rd 2008 by Mike"
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You could not be more wrong. As an attorney who has drafted such correspondence on many occasions (though never one as poorly constructed as the one at issue), I can tell you the letter is UNEQUIVOCALLY a cease and desist letter. It need not threaten legal action, it need only state the behavior which it claims to be a violation of of a client's rights and demand that such behavior cease. In this instance, it does not threaten suit because the attorney knows that his client not only has no legal leg on which to stand, but is also a man who should (in my opinion) be committed to a mental health facility for his own good and the good of his poor ,impressiobale daughter. Tom Cruise is acting in the manner of a bullying loon.

I don't care how often the store speaks about its clients. Apparently it never bothered the Cruise family in the past since Suri is past two years old and they are STILL shopping there. So long as it is not disclosing information that puts someone at risk (address, phone number, credit card info, travel patterns) , it has EVERY right to speak in the absence of a confidentiality agreement. Absent contract, THERE IS NO RIGHT OF PRIVACY BETWEEN A SALESCLERK AND A CUSTOMER!!! Moreover, as Tom's attorney well knows, so long as his clients aggressively and routinely SEEK publicty by ALERTING the press each time they patronize a public restaurant or shop at a public store, they have NO basis to contend that said store's confirmation that they are in fact customers in any way violates Tom's right of publicity. To have the temerity to flatly DEMAND that someone NEVER mention Tom and Katie's names, EVEN in TRUE statements, is the height of arrogance and utter gall. Even a first year law student recognizes the completely ridiculous and unenforceable nature of such a demand.

Posted at 6:59AM on May 23rd 2008 by Edumacated

101. Who gives a sh*t that they spend so frivolously on blankies @ $200 a POP!!! Waste not want not a$$holes!!! Who in their right mind would drop 1K on 5 blankies??? He's only pi$$ed because they got busted for their wasteful spending!!!

Tom Kat - you know you'll have to answer to God for your gluttonous behavior!

That is just GROSS!!!!

Posted at 7:52AM on May 23rd 2008 by what evah!!!

102. Just wondering.... Are they planning on keeping Suri in diapers till she's 20?

Posted at 7:57AM on May 23rd 2008 by what evah!!!

103. Edumacated - that was funny!!! Good luck on your edumacation!

Since when does a store clerk have to keep mum for clerk/client privelages?

Posted at 8:07AM on May 23rd 2008 by what evah!!!

104. TC needs to build his own store, hire his own aliens , to run it, put in the products he only wants that brat of his to have , and stay out of the public eye.. NO ONE CARES.. you are crazy and your andro-wife is equally as nuts.. het Tom and Katie.. GO TOWARD THE LIGHT.. take the space ship and go back from where you came.

Posted at 10:22AM on May 23rd 2008 by m

105. "To have the temerity to flatly DEMAND that someone NEVER mention Tom and Katie's names, EVEN in TRUE statements, is the height of arrogance and utter gall."

The actual letter says "We hereby request that you no longer use our clients as part of your public relations and marketing efforts." and "Please do not say anything (whether true or false) about Mr Cruise's..." and "Thank you for your cooperation."

If you think that is a DEMAND, wow. Yet you believe you know enough about Tom to have him committed, though you don't know him personally nor likely ever met him. Contrast that opinion with the legions of praises from those that actually know Tom and have worked with him (e.g., Will Smith, Dustin Hoffman, Penelope Cruz, Sidney Pollock, Zellweger, Robert Redford, Ben Stiller, Jamie Fox, etc.).

Posted at 11:52AM on May 23rd 2008 by Mike