Katie Holmes Sues Star Magazine For $50 Million Claiming Defamation

(HMG Celebrity News) – Katie Holmes has filed a $50 million libel lawsuit against American Media, Inc., owner of Star magazine, which recently ran a cover suggesting the actress uses drugs.

Star has repeatedly published articles that claim Holmes’ and Tom Cruise‘ marriage is in trouble and that she’s miserable.   Perhaps the last straw though was when Star came out with a cover featuring a photo of a worn down looking Holmes with the caption, ““Addiction Nightmare: Katie Drug Shocker!” The real reason she can’t leave Tom.”

The inside story never actually accused Katie of using drugs, instead claiming Scientologists use a device called an “e-meter,” which “emits a low-level electric charge that goes to the brain” and gives its user “a temporary feeling of euphoria, followed by a crash and a craving for more,” the way opiates do.  Katie’s rep tells TMZ, “Star Magazine’s malicious claims about Katie are untrue, unethical and unlawful.  Not only do they cruelly defame Katie, they play a cheap trick on the public, making ridiculously false claims on the cover unsupported by anything inside.”