<p>“They’ve reached a settlement. Wow, she must have had the goods on him.”</p>
<p>I see lots of others had the same reflexive response that I did…</p>
<p>Never thought I’d see RAM mentioned here. :)</p>
<p>“My greatest surprise about Pike was that he drinks Corona. Corona? Really? I didn’t know “real men” drank Corona.”</p>
<p>They don’t, it’s way too light. Corona is for the “girlie man”.</p>
<p>Robert Crais is an amazing writer and his Elvis Cole series is great. I wonder why no one has made movies of these books?</p>
<p>Consolation; that’s great! both that you have a chocolate company and that it was mentioned in several books by well known author…</p>
<p>It is reported she used law firms in several states, a burner, and lots of planning and time.</p>
<p>That is why I asked many posts ago how long she had been in NY (in order to establish residency and not violate the Uniform custody act) and that NY does not regard custody the same as CA. </p>
<p>she knew exactly what she was doing and was careful.</p>
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<p>Kind of makes a cold shiver go through me that her situation meant she felt the need to do all that.</p>
<p>I too did not know Tom was cast to play Jack Reacher. NO way! I am always thinking of a younger brooding Tom Selleck…or frankly, now that I think about it…Clint Eastwood. Jack Reacher is Dirty Harry…without the apartment.</p>
<p>“Kind of makes a cold shiver go through me that her situation meant she felt the need to do all that.”</p>
<p>I have a cold shiver about her situation, but not because of the multiple lawyers and lengthy planning. This was the initiation of a multi-million-dollar, perhaps tens of millions, negotiation, and it was inevitably going to occur under close public scrutiny. It’s just good business sense to treat that sort of event as the high-stakes transaction it is.</p>
<p>The rapid settlement was extremely weird, but it’s not unusual for half of a rich couple to plot out a divorce move with a high-powered strategy team.</p>
<p>To me, the whole secret throw away phone provided by a friend puts a different twist on it. Probably because of the couple of people i have known who have been in controlling relationships. Checking your phone call logs is not something normal spouses do. I can’t imagine ever feeling the need to have a secret throw away phone that my husband does not know about even if I were planning to divorce him (which I’m not).</p>
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Would someone clue me in? Why use law firms in several states? What is a burner? TIA</p>
<p>The surprise firing of the staff and security provided by TC while having your new staff and security immediately ready to go had to take lots of planning and secrecy.</p>
<p>burner is a pre-paid cell phone, lawyers in different states with the ability to practice law in those states to give her the best advice as to how to re-locate without drawing attention and which states would give her custody vs. a joint custody state, how long to establish residency, the actual distance between her and his primary residence</p>
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<p>“To me, the whole secret throw away phone provided by a friend puts a different twist on it.”</p>
<p>If this is true, I agree. I didn’t know the term “burner.”</p>
<p>Wow–wishing the best to Katie & the kids. Hope Tom gets some counseling & perhaps someday may wish to extricate himself from the cult of Scientology.</p>
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<p>Keep in mind that she may have had a very controlling husband that is part of a very, very controlling religion. To me, it wouldn’t be surprising if Scientology had some way of keeping logs/recordings of her phone conversations and she wanted to hide it from them.</p>
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The thought crossed my mind today that Scientology’s antipathy to psychiatry is probably well founded - purely from their perspective. I am sure the last thing they want is their followers going to any sort of counseling (other than their own version or “auditing”) </p>
<p>Another thought that crossed my mind today as I saw that poor child burying her head in her Mom’s neck as the paparazzi snapped photos while Katie and Suri were out and about - weird though it seemed at the time, maybe Michael Jackson wasn’t so crazy with the whole weird having his kids wear masks. I saw an interview with Paris where she said that was only when they were out with him - the rest of the time they were able to go out in public unrecognized. It should be illegal for them to hound that child like that. Katie and TTom chose to be famous and in the public eye - Suri should be left alone.</p>
<p>I hope Katie ad Suri’s daily public outings will eventually become so normal that the paparrazi will leave them alone.</p>
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Yes, that is exactly the point I was trying to make when I said that feeling the need to get a secret throw away phone puts a different slant on it for me. Most people in a normal relationship, even if it is going wrong, would not feel the need to do that. It certainly makes me feel she really needed to keep her plans very secret in order to escape her situation.</p>
<p>Even though this is about Katie and I feel a lot of sympathy for her plight, I do also feel bad for Tom. His weird mannerisms have always reminded me of my dad… not surprising he was once a scientologist as well. They even speak the same way… that incredibly slow, intensely focused way, as if he is saying something incredibly important that you’ll never understand unless he breaks it down… even though he’s not really saying anything at all. The arrogance. I think he’s trapped in something he may not be able to break out of. He didn’t have an easy upbringing and he probably could use some sane people in his life to help him deal with it in a healthy way, but his “religion” doesn’t allow for that. I hope he turns out okay. And I’m glad Katie got away.</p>
<p>I agree about Michael not being that weird for covering his kids faces. I think it probably had the opposite effect he meant it to, it just stirred up more press attention to what a “wacko” he is, but I am sure if it were me I’d think, “sure, mr paparazzi, you can try to take a picture of my kids, but I won’t make it easy.” I wonder if it made the kids feel less threatened by the cameras.</p>
<p>I think Katie is out and about too, for safety reasons. The more eyes on her the safer she is, and less things can happen. To have to do all thisis very scary.</p>
<p>that’s a good observation downtoearth. while at the gym, saw that the Enquirer is putting out a story that depicts Tom as a monster, and their mansion, a house of horrors. He’s already threatened a lawsuit. Who knows if any of it might be true, but it is downright weird how quickly they came to a divorce agreement.</p>