It’s all been a bit quiet on the Mel Gibson front of late. He’s probably seen Charlie Sheen’s meltdown and thought ‘Cool! I can relax a bit! Someone needs to show how rotten Hollywood is to the core!’
This is probably because Gibson is now in court as opposed to hiding under his duvet and swearing at his own legs (or whatever it is he’s been doing all this time).
The bug-eyed actor and Oksana Grigorieva (we’ll be glad when we don’t have to keep typing her name out over and over) were in a courtroom in LA yesterday for yet another episode of ‘Who Can Look Most Mental?’
Mel arrived for the closed custody hearing about 10 minutes before ex-girlfriend Oksana, very much like someone who turns up at a job interview slightly too early so they look keen. Nice work Mel. We hope you took chewing gum to cover up the smell of any nervous fags you smoked prior to entering the building.
Of course, between all the leaking of tapes which contained all manner of unsavoury language, the pair have been sparring over financial matters and custody of their infant daughter.
As such, Gibson must cough-up $60,000 in back child support to Oksana Grigorieva because he’s been refusing to pay up until he was allowed to deduct the $6,000-a-month in rent he pays for the home where Grigorieva is staying with her mother and daughter.
However, the Los Angeles court rejected his rent deduction and forced him to write a big ol’ cheque.
This of course, will only add to the notion that some people have, that Oksana is attempting to extort him for money. It’s worth pointing out though, that it’s been alleged that Mel way well have punched her veneers out, so be careful if you’re siding with him, because y’know, there’s a chance he’s a wife-beater. For all concerned, we’re hoping he’s not (mainly because we’ve yet to find the funny angle on domestic violence).
As a result of this, Grigorieva?s team have asked the judge to deny Gibson visitation rights, citing fear of the actor?s temper. There’ll be no judgement on that ’til early next year though.
We eagerly await the accusations and claims of people coming out of the woodwork who reckon they had an affair with one of them. Or both! THAT would be a great story!