One time girlfriend and baby mama Oksana Grigorieva was originally supposed to receive $15 million in her settlement with Hollywood heavyweight Mel Gibson, but now she will only see a fraction of it all…
The Russian model—who is mother to their 6-year-old daughter, Lucia—will only receive $250,000 from the Oscar winning actor due to the domestic abuse claims she made in an interview on The Howard Stern Show in 2013, according to court documents…which was in violation of the payout of her handsome settlement.
Gibson pleaded no contest to the charge of misdemeanor battery (saving him some embarrassing jail time), originally agreeing to a custody settlement of $15 million—IF Grigorieva vowed not to release damning audiotapes of the director.
But alas, a mere six months later, Grigorieva went to authorities and said the actor had punched her as well as threatened her and Lucia with a gun. Subsequently, recordings of an enraged Gibson surfaced, which featured the now infamous rant telling Grigorieva that she “deserved” the assault and that he’d “bury” her.
So after a year of ugly back and forth, the former couple eventually settled on $750,000. Gibson had agreed to pay Grigorieva in three installments—$250,000 after the releases were signed, another $250,000 by September 2013 and a final installment by September 2016.
The judge warned Grigorieva not to speak publicly about any of the allegations or the settlement would be void.
Gibson has already paid her one of the $250,000 installments, but since his ex spoke out about the allegations against him in the interview with Stern, the California Court of Appeals ruled that Gibson won’t have to pay her the remaining $500,000, the documents state.
Thus, Grigorieva will only receive 1/60 of the original $15 million deal, proving Gibson really is charmed when it comes to money matters in all aspects of his life…
Mel, on the other hand, is on the cusp of a career comeback as a director, and seems to have all the pieces of his life falling back into place quite nicely as of late…complete with a new 25-year-old girlfriend…
Looks like Mel got some Payback…
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