Mel Gibson, Oksana Grigorieva Reach Custody Terms Over Baby Lucia
TUG-OF-WAR'S OVER
Mel Gibson, Oksana Grigorieva Reach Custody Terms Over Baby Lucia
THE UGLY CUSTODY DRAMA BETWEEN Oksana Grigorieva and Mel Gibson is about to close.
"As the result of a multiday settlement conference, the court announces that Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva have achieved a settlement in their ongoing dispute,'' Los Angeles Superior Court officials announced Friday. The terms are to be announced at a hearing next week.
The couple have been embroiled in one of Hollywood's ugliest custody disputes after audios secretly recorded by Oksana and released by RadarOnline revealed the actor making vile and threatening remarks toward her. Gibson had confessed on the tape to slapping Grigorieva because she "deserved" it.
The once-powerhouse director and actor ultimately pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery for slapping Grigorieva while holding the couple's 22-month-old daughter, Lucia.
Gibson's attorneys had sought to have Grigorieva charged with extortion claiming she had tried to leverage a larger than agreed-upon separation settlement but prosecutors declined to press charges against the singer.
Grigorieva is now seeking a financial settlement from Gibson for her son Alexander whom she says was traumatized during an ugly battle in January. Alexander's father is actor Timothy Dalton.
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