Katie Holmes is the one who filed for divorce and Tom Cruise was "blindsided" by Katie's legal move ... TMZ has learned.

We know Katie filed the divorce docs in New York on June 28, citing "irreconcilable differences." She is asking for sole legal custody and "primary residential custody" of the couple's 6-year-old daughter, Suri.

We also know Katie is asking for a "suitable amount" of child support.

Katie also asks for a division of property in her divorce docs, although we know there was a significant prenup that is based on California law. Katie makes no mention of the prenup in her filing.

We're told Tom is "very sad" and "did not see this coming." We're also told there is some "nastiness" here, evidenced by Katie's move to get sole legal custody.

Tom's rep has released a statement saying, "Kate has filed for divorce and Tom is deeply saddened and is concentrating on his three children. Please allow them their privacy to work this out.

Katie's divorce petition was filed anonymously, without names.

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how/why do you file anonymously?

Tom was blindsided because he is tard.
I know the tabs are not to be believed, but...
I've seen about a million articles about Katie being miserable
She seemed "under thumb" and well..
He insisted she doesn't be called by her name, that its childish and that the shortened form of "Kate," was more appropriate for his wife.
I see the sole custody thing is probably to protect the munchkin from the scientologists. Nice move, good for her... no man is gonna tell me not to "scream" during child birth because its part of his "religion."

At least Tom can be comforted by the ruggedly heterosexual John Travolta and equally heterosexual fellow Scientology devotee, Kirstie Alley. Suri can be comforted by the fact she can now play two estranged parents off each other for Louboutins and Katie can be comforted by the fact that if "90210" can be resuscitated, the "Dawson's Creek" reunion has to be on the cards.

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Maybe she found out that Suri is L. Ron Hubbard's frozen-sperm child.


Of course she thought there'd just been a genetically advantageous sperm donor. No way Tom would put his dick near a lady's bits.

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