03 March,2011 08:26 AM IST | | Agencies
The actress has levelled a $50 million lawsuit against Star magazine, which ran a January cover story implying she was a hardcore drug addict and on the verge of a split from husband Tom Cruise.
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"Star magazine's malicious claims about Katie are untrue, unethical and unlawful," Holmes' attorney, Bert Fields, wrote in a statement.
"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."
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