Tom Cruise Honors Late Attorney Bert Fields with Video at Memorial Service

Tom Cruise is remembering his late lawyer and pal, Bert Fields … sharing an unbelievable story of how they first met.

The ‘Top Gun’ star recorded a video message for Bert’s memorial service … revealing how he first got here throughout Bert — at a cocktail party with Dustin Hoffman.

Tom says he was seated subsequent to Bert and so they obtained to speaking. It did not take lengthy for Tom to note one thing completely different about Bert, remembering him as one of the vital fascinating individuals he’d ever met.

The dialog was so compelling — Tom says they talked historical past and swapped tales. Bert informed Tom he was Dustin’s lawyer, and Tom employed him on the spot.

The video message is fairly emotional … with Tom explaining what made Bert such an exquisite man to have round. It’s clear Bert made a big effect on Tom’s life, and never simply as his lawyer.

TMZ broke the story … Bert died in August after a legendary profession representing the likes of Michael Jackson, James Cameron, Warren Beatty, Mike Nichols, Jeffrey Katzenberg, David Geffen, Jerry Bruckheimer, The Beatles and Madonna … simply to call a number of.

Bert filed some enormous lawsuits in opposition to media shops on behalf of Tom, together with a $100 million swimsuit in 2001 after {a magazine} claimed Cruise was homosexual, falsely claiming it had an X-rated video as proof. The case settled, with the magazine admitting, “Tom Cruise does not appear on the videotape … [He] is not and never has been, homosexual and has never had a homosexual affair.”