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Anonymous wrote:

> He's probably going to have a hard time collecting it, but Tom
> Cruise has just won a $10 million default judgment against a
> Hollywood man who claimed to be the actor's gay lover.
> 
> In May 2001, Cruise filed the below $100 million defamation lawsuit
> against Chad Slater, a porno actor whom, the complaint alleged,
> claimed in a magazine interview to have been involved in a
> "continuing homosexual affair with Tom Cruise and that this affair
> was discovered by Mr. Cruise's wife, leading to their divorce."
> 
> The complaint flatly states, "Tom Cruise is not and has never been
> a homosexual." When Slater--who is known professionally as Kyle
> Bradford--last year defaulted on the lawsuit, Cruise filed a
> request in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking a $10 million
> judgment against Slater (who has been described in various press
> accounts as a professional "erotic wrestler").
> 
> Judge Ernest Williams late last month formally approved Cruise's
> application for the $10 million default judgment against Slater,
> with the actor's victory being announced today (1/15) by Cruise's
> legal team.
> 
> http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/chadslater1.shtml
> 
> 
I love the irony of a so-called tolerant Hollywood modern man saying he was 
defamed by being called gay.  I'd have thought he wouldn't have minded, 
being an open-minded, liberal, Democrat sort of guy.  For those of you who 
complain about me ranting about off-topic political posts, this post is 
on-topic.
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