Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' lawyer has sent a cease-and-desist threat to the owner of posh baby boutique Petit Tresor for allegedly giving the tabloids bogus info about their spending habits.
In a letter to owner Samantha Winch, dated May 12, the couple's attorney, Aaron J. Moss, accuses the store's employees of both violating their clients' privacy and giving out "simply false" information that Holmes and Cruise spent between $350,000 and $400,000 in their stores to Life & Style magazine "for the purpose of enhancing [the store's] image and obtaining a commercial advantage."
However, a Petit Tresor spokesman says they were asked by a reporter for an estimation of how much the Cruises have spent on gear for their 2-year-old daughter Suri, but they "never mentioned that this $350-$400K figure included anything purchased at Petit Tresor."
But Cruise's reps feel differently.
"Petite Tresor is trying to get publicity for themselves by telling the press that celebrities are shopping in their store when they're not," a rep for the Top Gun star told E! News.
"To the credit of Life & Style, they tried to verify and chose not to run inaccurate information."
And the lawyer is now advising the store to keep to its word and "not talk about" their clients.
"Please do not say anything (whether true or false) about Mr. Cruise's and Ms. Holmes' shopping habits, consistent with your representation to the New York Daily News in December 2007 that 'We don't talk about any of our clients," Moss' letter concludes.
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