Picture shows chipped teeth, claims are made it’s been altered

Jul 18, 2010 09:10 GMT  ·  By
Photo of Oksana Grigorieva with her teeth chipped by Mel Gibson emerges online
   Photo of Oksana Grigorieva with her teeth chipped by Mel Gibson emerges online

Days after rumors began to make the rounds that Oksana Grigorieva had photographic evidence of the injuries she sustained at the hands of her abusive ex, Mel Gibson, during an altercation in January this year, the photo in question has surfaced online. The picture shows the Russian singer with two of her front teeth chipped, admittedly after Mel brutally hit her in the mouth, Radar Online says. At the same time, claims are being made the pic has been altered – and might not even show Oksana in the first place.

First things first, Radar says the photo was taken only hours after Mel lashed out at Oksana and smacked her in the mouth so forcefully that she almost lost two front teeth. After the attack, the Russian singer went to her dentist to repair the damage done at the hands of her then-boyfriend, which is also when she first told anyone from the outside about the abuse she received on a daily basis. Oddly enough, the dentist did not report the incident to the police (though this should have been the first thing on his mind), but he did take photos of Oksana’s injuries.

“It is the photograph everyone has been waiting to see. It is the evidence that could be used to bring criminal charges against Oscar-winner Mel Gibson. In a blockbuster world exclusive, Radar Online has exclusively obtained a disturbing picture of Oksana Grigorieva taken just hours after she claims Gibson punched her in the face. The photograph is part of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the actor for domestic violence. It’s also included in Oksana’s declaration to the court in the estranged couple’s vicious custody battle over their eight-month-old daughter Lucia. The image shows the damage to the Russian-born musician’s front teeth after the couple’s brutal blowout at Mel’s Malibu mansion on January 6,” Radar writes in a post accompanying the disturbing photo.

Still, as disturbing as the photo may be, it could very well have been altered and released online only to discredit Mel Gibson even more and score points in Oksana’s favor, TMZ suggests. Oksana’s own dentist has been telling the media that the photo is not the one he took on the occasion, while claims are being made that any injury she may have sustained during the altercation might have been self-inflicted. As expected, Grigorieva’s attorney is bitterly denying these allegations, saying that, as unfortunate as the leak may be, it is of a real, unaltered photo.

“Sources connected with the dentist who treated Oksana Grigorieva tell TMZ the dentist believes ‘100% the photo circulating on the Internet has been altered.’ We're told Dr. Ross Shelden is saying, ‘The nose is not hers. The lips are not right. It's not a true and accurate picture. It has definitely been altered.’ We're also told the doctor says the teeth are in fact Oksana's, reaffirming that the teeth are intact, but one veneer was damaged and one was broken. We have specific information about the dentist's observations ... and they raise serious questions about the nature of Oksana's alleged injury,” TMZ writes.;

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