The Kidman-Cruise divorce battle is starting to get nasty -- with the couple unable to even agree on the date of their separation.
New York's Daily News reports that papers filed by Kidman say Cruise dumped her after their 10 year anniversary on Dec. 24. Cruise had previously claimed the marriage ended Dec. 21.
What difference could three days make? Under California law, Cruise stands to owe Kidman less money if their marriage lasted less than 10 years, the report says.
Kidman's papers go on to declare that the couple celebrated their 10th anniversary together with friends, and "during the balance of December and thereafter, the parties were intimate," with Kidman even becoming pregnant. She later miscarried.
Kidman ""urged him not to leave but to enter marriage counseling with her or to take other steps to address whatever problems may have existed," The Daily News quotes Kidman's legal papers.
"(Cruise) said his decision was final, and he departed the parties' home."
The paper said Cruise has since refused to speak to Kidman. In the legal papers, she demands a direct meeting with the actor to work out shared custody of their children.
If he continues to refuse to meet with her, she'll seek legal custody of their family in her homeland of Australia, the report said.
Cruise's lawyer, Dennis Wasser, told The Daily News: "Tom will provide Nicole with one-half of the community property, consisting of tens of millions of dollars. Tom said to me, 'She's the mother of our children and I will always wish her well'."
Kidman's friends told The Daily News that Wasser's remarks don't jibe with Cruise's actions. He has been postponing settlement talks, scrapped film projects the two were jointly developing, and kicked her staff out of his offices.
Meanwhile, a $100 million lawsuit Cruise filed against gay porn star Chad Slater over his claim that he had an affair with Cruise has yielded an apology from the French magazine "Acustar" for running the interview.
The Daily News said Slater has also sent Cruise a letter denying he gave any interviews boasting of an alleged affair.
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