Tom Cruise has been estranged from his daughter, Suri Cruise, for over a decade, but he’s reportedly nonetheless liable for protecting her faculty tuition.

The 18-year-old is at present a freshman at Carnegie Mellon College, paying round $65,000 yearly in tuition.

Regardless of their strained relationship, Tom Cruise is alleged to be paying the charges as a part of an settlement reached following his 2012 divorce from Suri’s mom, Katie Holmes.

On Sunday, Suri formally started her journey as a scholar at Carnegie Mellon College, a prestigious non-public analysis college in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Such an establishment is thought for its increased tuition charges than public universities, and based on experiences, Suri is paying a considerable $65,000 per 12 months for her course. It is unclear whether or not this quantity consists of her boarding charges since she at present resides in a dormitory.

Apparently, her father, Tom Cruise, is reportedly liable for protecting these hefty charges regardless of their estrangement following his divorce from her mom, Katie Holmes.

“Tom is certainly paying for Suri’s tuition, he has all the time paid for her education and would by no means cease as he’s a stand-up man,” an in depth supply to the “Mission Not possible” star confirmed, per the Day by day Mail.

They continued, “He has by no means hesitated paying his daughter’s youngster assist and bills. He doesn’t return on his phrase. He’s fulfilling his obligation.”

Cruise’s resolution to bear the burden of Suri’s charges and different bills dates again to an settlement he made with Katie Holmes throughout their 2012 break up, per Folks Journal

On the time, their representatives issued a press release emphasizing that regardless of their separation, each had been “dedicated to working collectively as mother and father to perform what’s in our daughter Suri’s finest pursuits.”

The assertion additionally talked about that the previous couple had been eager on supporting “one another’s roles as mother and father.”

As a part of this settlement, Cruise was not solely required to pay roughly $38,000 yearly in youngster assist to Holmes, however he was additionally anticipated to cowl all bills immediately associated to Suri, together with “medical, dental, insurance coverage, schooling, faculty, and different extracurricular prices.”

Whereas Cruise is predicted to proceed protecting bills associated to Suri within the foreseeable future, his youngster assist funds to Holmes seemingly ended when Suri turned 18.

On the time of Cruise and Holmes’ divorce, it is seemingly that they agreed on visitation rights that may permit the “Mission Not possible” star to spend time with Suri whereas she lived with Holmes.

Nevertheless, Cruise seemingly didn’t train this proper, as latest experiences have revealed that he has been estranged from his daughter for the previous 11 years. Their final public look collectively was in April 2013, and based on an in depth supply who spoke to In Contact, it was Cruise who had chosen to not see Suri throughout this time.

Suri has responded to this distance by dropping her father’s final identify and adopting her mom’s center identify, Noelle.

Earlier this 12 months, her new identify appeared on the casting sheet of her highschool play, “The Addams Household: A New Musical,” the place she portrayed Morticia Addams.

The identify change was additionally mirrored within the ceremony pamphlet at her commencement from LaGuardia Excessive College, an occasion Cruise didn’t attend.

In line with experiences, Holmes wished to guard her daughter from Cruise’s Scientology faith as she believed it may negatively influence Suri.

With the wedding over and Cruise now not with the ability to make choices about Suri’s faith, it’s believed that Cruise determined to chop off his daughter, as his faith reportedly mandates not being involved with family members who don’t share of their beliefs.

An professional on Scientology stated concerning the state of affairs, “Tom has confirmed time and again that his No. 1 loyalty is to [his religion] and David Miscavige, [the Church of Scientology’s second and current leader.]”

The professional additionally talked about that years of the actor not reaching out to Suri made it “increasingly more apparent” that he had “minimize” her off and that the 18-year-old “could also be higher off for it.”

In line with sources who beforehand spoke to the Day by day Mail, monetary incentives will not sway Suri to reconnect together with her father.

A supply famous, “Suri is not going to have any contact together with her father, regardless of being 18, and even when he known as, she wouldn’t reply. He doesn’t exist to Katie or Suri, and his daughter doesn’t need to depend on him for something.”

“She feels that she has one father or mother, and that’s her mom,” they added.