The way Katie Holmes carefully
plotted her split from Tom Cruise
could easily be a Hollywood
thriller. The actress "surprised"
her husband with a phone call
asking for a divorce while he
was thousands of miles away in
Iceland, shooting his upcoming
sci-fi flick "Oblivion," on June 29,
then she managed to wrestle
away custody of Suri, 6, from
him just 11 days later. A report
released on Tuesday details just
how she went about her secret
plan – she used a disposable cell
phone.
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According to the Los Angeles
Times, a friend of Holmes
provided her with the
throwaway device so she could
talk to her New York City-based
lawyers without Cruise, 50, or
his people knowing what she
was up to. Now, yet another
report, a People magazine story
released on Wednesday, divulges
further details on how Holmes
caught her husband of five years
off guard by meticulously
plotting her divorce plans ahead
of time, even reaching out to her
parents for help. According to
the report, Tom Cruise was
about to start shooting an
action-packed scene on the set
in Iceland when he answered an
unexpected call from Holmes.
"He was about to do a stunt and
got off his motorcycle to take
the call," a source tells People. It
was during that conversation
that Holmes broke the news.
"He's been in shock since that
day," the source adds.
[Related: Tom Cruise's Three
Marriages: The Rundown]
The Los Angeles Times also
reports that when Holmes, 33,
and Cruise settled their divorce
on Monday, she already had
three law firms in three different
states set up in case she'd have
to battle her soon-to-be ex
outside of Manhattan, where she
filed. The "Mission: Impossible"
star initially wanted to hash out
their divorce in California, which
typically favors divorcing parents
to have joint custody of their
children (Holmes had requested
sole custody of Suri in her filing).
It turns out one of the toughest
attorneys Holmes had on her
side was reportedly her own
father. "It's his way or the
highway," a fellow attorney tells
People of Martin Holmes, 67, a
top divorce lawyer in Toledo,
Ohio, who helped lay out
Holmes' strategy for the split.
"He'll look a storm in the eye and
make sure he's standing when
it's over," adds former mayor
Carty Finkbeiner.
Holmes' dad arrived in New York
to be with his daughter around
June 26, two days before she
made the call to Cruise. (Whether
the actor knew the elder Holmes
was in New York at the time
remains to be seen). Katie's
mom, Kathleen, has also since
traveled to the Big Apple and
was most recently spotted
accompanying her daughter and
granddaughter on an outing to
the Manhattan athletic complex
Chelsea Piers on Tuesday.
As part of the settlement, Holmes
will have total control over Suri's
education. And, in a move that is
a definite slap in the actor's face,
Holmes – who renounced her
Catholic upbringing for
Scientology when she married
Cruise in 2006 – has registered
as a parishioner at the Church of
St. Francis Xavier in New York
City not far from her Chelsea
apartment. That presumably
means she'll be taking Suri along
with her to Mass. "Everyone is
thrilled to have Katie join us," a
member of the church's choir
told The Huffington Post on
Monday. "She has not yet
attended a service, but when
she does she will be welcomed
with open arms
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