Often forgotten during the Mel Gibson-Oksana Grigorieva drama of recent years was the fact that he and wife Robyn were married, albeit separated, the whole time.
No longer.
It may be some time before the L.A. District Attorney's office charges either Mel Gibson or Oksana Grigorieva with domestic abuse or extortion, respectively.
That's if charges are filed at all. In the meantime, her lawyers want to grill Mel's ex-wife about claims that the actor was never violent during their marriage.
Oksana Grigorieva continues to make shocking allegations against Mel Gibson, telling law enforcement that he hit his son and hurled a TV at his wife.
The actor's ex-girlfriend says she personally witnessed him hitting his youngest son, Tommy, and that Mel personally admitted the TV incident to her.
Mel Gibson is not only in a nasty fight with Oksana Grigorieva over custody of their baby daughter, he's facing a domestic violence investigation and major fallout from her set of rage-filled, possibly career-ending leaked phone tapes.
But he still has his family.
Mel Gibson may have some serious issues, but his soon-to-be ex-wife Robyn says he is a terrific father to their seven children and was never abusive.
In a written, sworn declaration to the courts defending him from allegations of domestic violence by new girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, Robyn states:
