Tom Cruise, 51, has filed a declaration that claims he maintains a close connection to his daughter Suri in a defamation lawsuit against Bauer Publishing Company. Life and Style and In Touch magazines published reports in October 2012 that claim Cruise hasn’t been able to sustain a relationship with Suri due to film shoots. “I have in no way cut Suri out of my life – whether physically, emotionally, financially or otherwise,” he wrote in the declaration. “While I’m sure my daughter misses me when I am not with her (as I miss her), she is a very happy child.” Cruise further stated Suri “has never indicated, in words or substance, that she has ever felt abandoned by me.” Cruise divorced wife Katie Holmes last year after six years of marriage. He claims he communicates with his ex-wife regularly for updates on Suri. Cruise’s lawyers are asking the judge to declare Bauer did not have any sources to make the libelous claims. Bauer’s lawyers claim the lawsuit should be dropped due to statements that were made by confidential sources that back the reports in the above-mentioned magazines.~Raj-Kabir Birk