• 29
  • July
    2010

The twists and turns continue in the public dispute between Mel Gibson and his ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva. Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives have been conducting an investigation into allegations by Grigorieva that Gibson committed acts of domestic violence against her and the couple's infant daughter. The investigators are also looking into alleged child endangerment by Gibson.

We reported in a previous post that investigators have now begun looking back at Grigorieva after Gibson accused his ex-girlfriend of extortion. According to the Los Angeles Times, Gibson told authorities that Grigorieva sought a multi-million dollar payout when the couple broke up. Last week, Gibson's defense attorneys met with California law enforcement officials to make a formal complaint of extortion.

 

Gibson and his attorneys also provided evidence that allegedly shows that Grigorieva tried to extort Gibson by threatening to make public the domestic violence allegations as well as recordings of their volatile arguments that she secretly recorded. It has been reported that Gibson has texts and e-mails in his possession that prove extortion on the part of Grigorieva.

Grigorieva denies that she or anyone in her family, including her sister who has come under investigation, tried to extort Gibson. She claims that Gibson fabricated his story and will not be able to prove the extortion allegations in court.

The couple is in the middle of a highly contentious custody battle over their daughter. The secret recordings of their argument had been involved in the confidential family court proceedings, but they found their way onto the website Radar Online. How they got there is yet to be found out.

 

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Mel Gibson talks to detectives about allegations that ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva tried to extort him (L.A. NOW)