Romance with Oksana Grigorieva
Before Rosalind Ross, with whom the actor now lives, he had an affair with singer Oksana Grigorieva. They met in 2009, just as Gibson's wife, Robyn, was filing for divorce after a 30-year marriage that produced seven children. Grigorieva then openly admitted that she was “sincerely in love with Mel.” She was so crazy about him that she even became a Catholic “until she saw who he really was and what he was capable of.”
Over time, their relationship turned into horror and a nightmare, according to Oksana. In an interview with People, she recounted details of the argument in which she was holding their baby and Gibson hit her: “I thought he was going to kill me.”
Mel Gibson's Russian girlfriend is unhappy with the amount of alimony
Oksana Grigorieva and Mel Gibson // Photo: Michael Murdock / Splash News
46-year-old pianist and singer Oksana Grigorieva demands from the Hollywood celebrity an amount exceeding the previous amount of alimony by five times. She filed a lawsuit against Mel Gibson.
Previously, the star's ex-wife received 20 thousand dollars a month from him to raise their common daughter Lucia, and now the woman declares the need to increase Mel Gibson's expenses to 100 thousand dollars a month. Grigorieva attributes this to the recent additional costs of maintaining the girl. According to her mother, Lucia needs money to maintain the lifestyle she needs, including travel, vacations, housing expenses and security.
Let us remind you that this is not the first time a woman has filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband. As a result of the previous one, she obtained payments from Mel Gibson in the amount of two tens of thousands of dollars. This amount in particular includes the payment for the house worth 2.5 million dollars, where Oksana and Lucia live. By the way, the actor’s daughter is now six years old, and soon she will go to school, so extra money for the actor’s ex-girlfriend will not hurt.
Oksana Grigorieva is raising two children alone // Photo: Instagram
The romantic relationship between Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva began in the early 2000s. Lucia was born in 2009. A year later, the couple decided to separate, and this same time marked the beginning of lengthy legal proceedings between the former lovers. The quarrel between Gibson and Grigorieva occurred due to the actor’s infidelity, as well as his excessive abuse of alcohol. The actor repeatedly got drunk and beat his girlfriend. A police investigation was carried out to prove the actor's guilt. Mel Gibson had to spend three years on probation and perform community service. In addition, the star was forbidden to approach Grigorieva and her daughter. Gibson and his girlfriend sued for custody, and the actor lost. After 2010, the star began paying regular alimony to support her daughter, which constantly increased over time. Gibson's initial living expenses for his daughter were $5,000 a month.
Previously, Oksana Grigorieva also met with English actor Timothy Dalton. From him the woman had a son, Alexander. According to rumors, the break between Grigorieva and Dalton occurred due to the fact that the pianist preferred Swedish businessman Peter Blomkvist to the actor. According to journalists, Dalton pays alimony in the amount of 2.5 thousand dollars.
Details of life with Gibson
Grigorieva also said that Gibson staged terrible scenes of jealousy, threatened suicide and even pointed a gun at her. As a result, she had to start recording all of his threats in order to document the violence. Grigorieva said that the actor raised his hand to her more than once, and once hit her so hard that she had a concussion and a broken tooth.
Gibson, in turn, admitted that he slapped Grigorieva, but only to calm her down:
“I hit Oksana in the face once with my palm, trying to bring her to her senses so that she would stop screaming and violently shaking our daughter Lucia.”
The actor resolutely denies all her other accusations.
Oksana Grigorieva and Mel Gibson: details of the scandal
As it turned out, it is not Mel Gibson who no longer wants Oksana Grigorieva to approach him, but vice versa. Oksana obtained the appropriate court decision - Mel can no longer come closer than 100 yards to her.
So what happened to this previously happy couple?
TMZ has learned that violence was the cause. Back in January, Mel allegedly raised his hand against Oksana. It happened like this: Gibson and Grigorieva were arguing. Losing her temper, Oksana jumped out of the house and began running around the yard. According to some reports, she shook the child like a doll. Then Mel hit the woman, as if to make her come to her senses. Gibson's representatives agree that there was "physical contact", but Mel did not hit the lady, but was simply trying to protect the baby. A source close to Grigorieva comments this way:
Mel and his men make desperate attempts to save his reputation.
According to him, Oksana did not shake the child - on the contrary, during Mel’s next breakdown, she wanted to protect the girl from violence. Allegedly, he hit her twice in the face, knocked out a tooth, and she received a concussion.
One way or another, in January Oksana did not tell anyone anything about Mel’s abuse - according to her, she was trying to protect his reputation. Allegedly, the actor promised her that he would seek professional help to get rid of outbursts of rage and tendencies to violence.
After a peaceful, as it seemed then, separation, Grigorieva and Gibson received joint custody of their daughter. The daughter was supposed to live with Oksana, but Mel received every right to see her and leave her with him at night.
There were no problems with guardianship for some time - Oksana traveled around the world (even visited Russia), and at that time Lucia was looked after by her former common-law husband.
But then Grigorieva suddenly decided to limit or completely prohibit communication between Mel and Lucia. A week and a half ago, on Father’s Day, Oksana’s lawyer called Gibson and said that he would not be able to spend the holiday with the girl, although this had been agreed upon in advance. And a few days later, Grigorieva received a court decision, according to which Mel could not approach her and, moreover, even see her daughter. But the next day, Gibson's lawyers ensured that the actor was allowed to see his daughter.
During the hearings, it turned out that Oksana secretly recorded all her quarrels with Mel, but the judge prohibited the use of these recordings, and also forbade Oksana to disclose their contents and generally publicly comment on the case. In addition, the judge was very unhappy that Grigorieva’s lawyers hid the fact of preliminary agreements between her and Gibson.
Grigorieva’s lawyers do not comment, but promise that their client will comply with ethical standards and allow the court to decide the issue of custody. In any case, this is clearly not the end of the story.
Oksana and Mel. What's next?
Mental disorder
Grigorieva claimed that domestic violence had a profound impact on her mental health, and she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder for a long time. She also stated that the stress she had to endure caused the development of a tumor in her brain:
“I have been diagnosed with a pituitary adenoma and will need to undergo quite an expensive course of treatment in the near future.”
As a result, in 2011, Gibson was sentenced to three years probation, community service and mandatory psychological assistance.
After the incident with Grigorieva, Mel Gibson's name became associated with domestic violence, he was blacklisted by Hollywood and was actually left without work. In 2020, the controversial actor and director released his film “Hacksaw Ridge,” but the public received the film ambiguously, mainly due to the rather tarnished reputation of the brawler.
Oksana Grigorieva now
In 2020, Oksana Grigorieva surprised fans with the new premiere of the song Pissed and its video. The director of the video, Russian Alexei Figurov, persuaded the artist to appear in front of the camera naked, sitting on a horse. Viewers were able to appreciate the appearance of the celebrity, who does not lose her attractiveness over the years. Her weight has not changed since a young age and is 60 kg with a height of 173 cm.
The singer posted the video on her personal YouTube channel. Oksana leads an active life as a blogger. On Instagram she posts not only work-related photos, but also family photos. In 2019, the performer showed her subscribers footage of her grown-up son. The singer congratulated him on his 22nd birthday through a social network.
It also became known that the hit Pissed, arranged by Lloyd Tolbert, who had previously worked with Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, and written by Tony Haynes, brought the artist recognition from music critics.
In 2020, the singer continued her experiments in musical direction. She writes blues songs. On her personal Instagram page, Oksana promotes her cosmetic line and shares her modeling photos.
Mel Gibson is not afraid to quit cinema after the scandal with Oksana Grigorieva
Famous Hollywood actor Mel Gibson does not see anything catastrophic if the loud scandal surrounding the rough treatment of his former common-law wife Oksana Grigorieva puts an end to his career in cinema.
“I don’t care if I act again or not. It's not a problem. Now I can afford to do what I like and enjoy,” Gibson said in an interview with the online publication Deadline Hollywood.
For the first time, he broke his silence and answered questions from the press regarding the high-profile scandal that erupted last year and ended with the perpetrator being sentenced to 3 years of supervision for beating his Russian girlfriend on January 6, 2010. As Deadline Hollywood emphasizes, the actor did not give interviews to other publications, as they sought to use the scandalous story “in their own interests” and did not guarantee an objective presentation of Gibson’s position.
He regarded the publication of a compromising audio recording of his telephone conversation with Grigorieva as “personal betrayal.” In an interview, Gibson said that the authors of the leak “edited” the tape in such a way as to distort the context of the conversation and bring suspicions of cruelty and hatred towards women in general to the actor. The conversation with Grigorieva took place during a “terrible period of time” and the meaning of what was said “does not reflect my true views and principles of treating people,” Mel noted. The recording tilted the mood of the public, Hollywood and the media towards Grigorieva. Mel's already tarnished reputation was dealt serious damage ahead of the upcoming May 6 release of his new film, The Beaver. Gibson said he holds no grudge against those colleagues who turned their backs on him because of the scandal. Filming of the drama “The Beaver” was postponed for months, the actors involved in the comedy “The Hangover: From Vegas to Bangkok” refused to film with a “foul-mouthed and misogynist.” “But friends are made in adversity,” concluded the performer, who was publicly supported by stars such as Whoopi Goldberg and Jodie Foster.
The actor said that he plans to continue collaborating with the author of the script for the 1995 film “Braveheart,” Oscar winner Randy Wallace. The latter has written several books and is now working on a script based on them. In the plot, Gibson's future hero is given a secondary role. “The film promises to be simply hair-raising, but funny. Randy comes out with decent scripts. I don't play the main role in the film. And that’s great,” the performer emphasized.
Mel and Oksana broke up after a fight in January last year. In addition to their common daughter Lucia, the actor has six sons and one daughter who were born in his marriage to Robin Moore. Oksana has a son, Alexander, whose father is the famous British actor Timothy Dalton (“Jane Eyre,” “Scarlett,” “License to Kill”).
Gibson won 25 awards at various film shows, including two coveted Oscars. Both - for the epic "Braveheart" in the categories "best film" and "best director".
