14 DAY TRIAL // Yesterday, word got out in the media that Mel Gibson and his attorneys went to court to file for a restraining order against his ex-girlfriend, Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva. It was not known what had prompted the decision, but it was believed it had something to do with their 7-month daughter Lucia. As it turns out, it was Oksana that asked for the restraining order, claiming Gibson was violent to her, TMZ has learned.
It all started with a dispute that quickly turned very ugly, the paparazzi agency and celebrity gossip website informs. In court papers filed earlier this week, Oksana alleges Mel got very violent towards her in January this year and that this was not the only time she’d been a victim of domestic violence. She asked for the judge to bar him from coming near her, lest he should harm her in any way – and Gibson, in his turn, was forced to go to court to ask for the restraining order to be modified to allow him to see his daughter.
“We’ve learned Oksana’s lawyers went to the family law court in downtown LA last Monday for an emergency hearing, and told the judge that Mel allegedly got violent with her – two sources say Oksana claimed Mel was ‘extremely violent.’ Sources tell TMZ the judge issued a restraining order prohibiting Mel from having any contact with Oksana. We’re told the next day, Mel’s lawyers went back to court and got the order modified so Mel could see their daughter. We’re told Mel also got a restraining order against Oksana, but only with respect to prohibiting her from releasing certain information,” TMZ informs.
“A source connected with Mel Gibson scoffed at Oksana’s allegations, claiming the alleged incidents occurred this past January and she traveled with him afterwards – all over the world. As the source put it, ‘In these cases, when somebody cries wolf, the judge is mandated to assume there’s a wolf, until a full hearing can be held.’ A source connected with Oksana confirms the alleged violent incidents occurred in January, but added, ‘There were other acts after January that were not physical but still constituted domestic violence’,” the same e-zine further notes.
Mel Gibson and Oksana dated for about a year, according to Mel himself. The singer, on the other hand, said on a couple of occasions that their romance was actually longer than that, lasting for about 3 years. The two have a daughter together, who is Mel’s eighth child.