Mel's agreed to pay his baby momma $750,000 through the next five years, and to sell the house she's living in when love child Lucia turns 18; the proceeds will then be put in a trust for the girl.

Some bloggers are calling Mel the "apparent winner" in the custody battle because Oksana reportedly turned down a previous $15 million settlement offer. But that offer no doubt was tied to the requirement that Oksana give up those incriminating tapes she made of Mel going Mad Max on her and forever pretending publicly that he wasn't mentally imbalanced.

Seriously? -- Gibson gets custody 50 percent of the time when he admitted on tape to hitting Oskana with his daughter in his arms? When his anger issues so clearly make him dissociate from reality? This is how fame and fortune will serve you well in court.

If you ask me, $15 million wasn't enough to ask Oksana to live with the lie.