Source: Oksana Grigorieva Extortion Charge "Unlikely" in Mel Gibson Case
The extortion investigation of Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva drags on, with the case still not turned over to the L.A. District Attorney.
This has left prosecutors "frustrated" as they look to move forward with the domestic violence case against Mel and the extortion case against Oksana.
Until files are turned over, the D.A. can't file charges or drop the case.
While the investigation was said to be "substantially done" last week, prosecutors now don't think they will receive the case until next week, if that.
"The amount of hours the Sheriff's Department spent investigating Oksana is mind boggling," said one source. As is the fact that Mel ever dated her.
Sheriff's officials have spent months investigating claims that she, or someone close to her, tried to trade her silence in exchange for Gibson's cash.
The two are also in a bitter custody dispute over one-year-old Lucia.
"The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is stalling in turning over the Oksana case to the D.A.," said a source with knowledge of the case.
"It literally started out as probe into claims of extortion and now has evolved into them going over the testimony from the family law case."
"Prosecutors are getting very frustrated that they haven't officially turned it over and it's delaying a decision whether to charge Mel Gibson."
One theory: "It's almost as if the cops are waiting for Oksana to commit a crime to bolster their findings, which so far, are very anemic."
"It's unlikely any charges will be filed against Oksana Grigorieva."
Grigorieva has claimed Gibson punched her in the head at his Malibu home on January 6 if last year, while she held their then-infant daughter.
In Mel's sworn declaration, dated June 23, he admitted to slapping his ex across the face because she was hysterical and he feared for Lucia.
He denies he punched her then or any other time.
It's unclear if Mel will be charged, and what role, if any, Kristian Herzog will play in whether or not authorities decide to pursue either case.
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February 19th, 2011 4:28 PM
Mel, should check out how Mr. George handled the case where he represented Michael Jackson’s former wife. He used to brag about how he just ripped the cash out of MJ’s pocket for custody — using all of his legal troubles against him. I know this woman is a scumbag but this is extortion number 2 for Mr George.
The Sheriff and Mel should be looking at him really closely. Mr George also merged with that guy in NY that stole $300 mm just weeks before he got sent to the big house which is where Mr George is probably headed.
Anyone who doesn't think this guy wasn't trying to ring the cash register doesn't know anything about Eric George.
February 10th, 2011 5:08 PM
Your source is none other than Oksana herself. And you picked up the story from her mouthpiece ROL without attribution. What a hack job. By the way, this story is word for word the same as that published in CelebrityDirtyLaundry, and so I have repeated the comments I have made to that story, as a response here.
“Prosecutors are getting very frustrated that they haven’t officially turned it over and it’s delaying a decision on whether to charge Mel.”
Sounds straight out from the mouth of Oksana. The DA NEVER leaks “stories” like that. And it left out the part where the DA has yet to decide whether to charge Oksana.
“It’s almost as if the cops are waiting for Oksana to commit a crime to bolster their findings, which so far, are very anemic.”
Again such a stupid statement that could only come from Oksana herself. The sheriff’s dept do not investigate crimes this way. Either that has been a crime or there hasn’t. The DA makes a decision to prosecute based