Mel Gibson’s love life is becoming quite costly for the wealthy actor-director-producer.
Gibson is in the midst of a divorce from his wife of 30 years and, just this week, announced a split with girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.
Gibson and Grigorieva began their relationship a year ago and have a 5-month-old daughter Lucia, who was born on October 30, 2009.
Gibson’s publicist indicates that Mel and Oksana are both wrapped up in their careers and simply drifted apart.
A family law specialist says Gibson will likely pay a large amount of child support to Grigorieva for Lucia but probably has no legal responsibility to make alimony payments, since they were not married.
“This is not dissolution of marriage action. The mother would have rights to child support, which in the case of Mr. Gibson, will be very substantial,” says attorney Steven Knowles, who estimates support of $12,000 to $15,000 a month. “He is what we call a high-income earner, and there is a high-income earner stipulation that says they must pay any amount reasonably necessary for the support of the child.”
According to a close friend of the couple, the split is “amicable” and “they’re still friends and they’ll both raise Lucia together.”
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