| Kyle Bradford | |
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| Born | Phil Notaro October 20, 1975 Niagara Falls, New York |
| Other names | Kyle Bradford, Chad Slater |
| Ethnicity | American |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
Phil Notaro is an American gay pornographic actor known by his stage names Kyle Bradford and Chad Slater.[1] He specialized in movies featuring nude wrestling.[1] Some of the movies also included submission matches where the loser was forced to masturbate and/or engage in oral or anal sex.[2] Bradford dominated his matches and performed sexually as a top.
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The French web-based gossip magazine Actustar on Mar 13, 2001 published an alleged interview with Bradford in which he claimed that he and actor Tom Cruise had a homosexual affair.[3] The story also appeared in the Mexican tabloid TVyNovelas.[4] The affair supposedly occurred during Cruise's marriage to Nicole Kidman and Kidman's discovery of this secret relationship was related to their separation.[3] Cruise categorically denied the story and sued Bradford (Chad Slater) for $10 million.[5]
In addition to the lawsuit against Slater, Cruise also sued Kristina Ann Kirstin, Slater's ex-wife, alleging she had tried to sell her own story about a Bradford-Cruise affair to the National Enquirer. Superior Court Judge Aurelio Muñoz raised questions about the logic of Cruise's complaint against Kirstin.[6] Included in the four-page amendment was a declaration from Slater saying he did not know Cruise at all—supposedly meant to show that Kirstin fabricated her tale—but Judge Muñoz said that the statement seemed to contradict Cruise's complaint; his ruling ordered Cruise to pay Kirstin $27,900 in legal fees. Part of Muñoz's ruling states:
Cruise eventually dropped the lawsuit against Kirstin.
In an interview with Ethan Clarke for Rad Video, Bradford denied ever having talked to Actustar, and the magazine has since printed a retraction. Bradford stated:
As a result of the controversy, Bradford retired from porn.[9] A message on his personal website thanked his supporters and proffered life lessons learned during "the very public ordeal I've been through.[9]"
Slater defaulted on the $100 million lawsuit in August 2001. In a statement at that time, Slater said:
The default motion was an acknowledgment that Slater did not have the money to fight the lawsuit and would not contest it; the motion did not indicate that he admitted any wrongdoing.
In December 2002, Cruise won a $10 million defamation judgment against Slater, at which time Ricardo Cestero, Cruise's attorney, stated:
He added that any money Cruise received would be donated to charity.