EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson Extortion Case Turned Over To District Attorney
Posted on Sep 09, 2010 @ 06:00AM
The investigation into Mel Gibson's claim that ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva tried to extort him has been turned over to the Los Angeles District Attorney, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
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RadarOnline.com also has learned that Deputy District Attorney Simone Shay has been assigned to the case under the direction of John Lynch, the head of the Airport Branch.
"The Oksana Grigorieva investigation was turned over to the Los Angeles District Attorney around the same time that Mel Gibson's case was turned over, which was several weeks ago," a source confirmed.
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"Both cases are being thoroughly reviewed by the District Attorney's office.
"A decision will then be made about what charges, if any, will be filed. That will take place within the next two-three weeks, pending possible further inquiries that the District Attorney's office has for law enforcement or other witnesses."
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Deputy D.A. Shay is known in legal circles for being an extremely "thorough and fair" prosecutor, according to one legal source.
"Simone is a no-nonsense prosecutor," the source added. "This case will be handled with professionalism by the District Attorney's office."
Grigorieva's spokesman Stephen Jaffe has denied any wrongdoing on the part of the Russian musician.
"To specifically address the allegations, my client, Ms. Grigorieva, has repeatedly stated that there is no credible evidence whatsoever of extortion by her, and she stands steadfastly by that statement," Jaffe said, in July.
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Detectives interviewed Grigorieva, 40, after she claimed Gibson physically abused her during a brutal incident at his Malibu mansion on January 6.
Team Mel has claimed Grigorieva threatened to go public with recorded phone calls of Gibson's profane-laced and threatening diatribes if he didn't pay her hush money.
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Posted Fri, 09/10/2010 - 1:13pm
those of you paid to post comments against oksana are doing a bad job. Yr posts are so poorly written and
exaggerated that we just do not believe them. Mel is guilty.
Posted Fri, 09/10/2010 - 3:11am
team Gibson is paid to bad mouth oksana who we all know was abused by Mel, who hates women, Jews, law enforcement etc. a million bad posts will not change who he is and what he did and said. Oksana is innocent
Posted Fri, 09/10/2010 - 3:03am
This means that she will be in jail at the begining of october. And jaffe is not working ofr her at all.. like the citation form july. lol and last time they quoted hims aying the same, in septemebr 03, they acted like he had jsut said it.. lol
Posted Thu, 09/09/2010 - 11:43pm
Given that the sherrif's office kept the D.A. up to date throughout their investigation, I guess the D.A. has been doing some investigating of her own these last few weeks. Team Law Enforcement!
Posted Thu, 09/09/2010 - 5:23pm
Wow... what an exclusive! Did you guys make sure to ask OxSana if it was o.k. to run this story? Cause you guys wouldn't wan't to be in violation of your " No Negative Stories About Oxsana " Deal. I mean hell, she may sue you...
Posted Thu, 09/09/2010 - 11:32am
gee...if i had gone thru a "brutal incident" back then...i would have gone to the police when it happened.
i would not have released ranting tapes 6 months later. but that's just me
Posted Thu, 09/09/2010 - 10:38am