GIBSON-EX EMAIL ADMITS MILLIONS FOR “SILENCE” SCHEME

Mel Gibson's Russian ex-mistress shows what a serious musical talent she is by posing for cover art in her underwear

A smoking gun has surfaced in the extortion investigation of Gibson’s former Russian mistress in the form of an email she sent her former attorney Eric George after George negotiated a $15 million payday for the Russian in exchange for the infamous (and we now know, doctored) audio tapes never seeing the light of day.

George also negotiated an agreed custody order eventually giving the actor shared custody of his child.

In a June email leaked to TMZ, the Russian explains her strategy to demand an even greater cash payout from Gibson and to “renegotiate” the custody agreement by upping the ante with domestic violence allegations.

The Russian said:

"If the opposition is buying my silence, please, we have to renegotiate the custody portion and to secure the monetory (sic)."

Oksana also reiterated that Gibson “doesn't want this publicity", and concluded the email by stating “I’m not bluffing.”

This email is significant on a number of levels.

It shows she perjured herself when she testified that she did not understand that she had entered into a joint custody agreement at the June mediation. It shows that the mediated agreement was not simply a “proposal” (as she also testified) but an inked deal. And it shows not only her avarice but admits that she knew she was seeking millions from Gibson so she would not reveal career damaging secrets to the media—which is the essence of extortion.

According to TMZ, Law enforcement sources say this email is part of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department's extortion investigation, to determine if Oksana used the tapes to score the $15 million package. The theory: After signing the agreement, Oksana got greedy and decided she could get more by adding a fresh domestic violence claim.


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GIBSON EX REJECTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GROUP—SAYS RUSSIAN’S STORY FALSE

Mel Gibson's ex-Russian mistress seeks to sell her music "career"

UPDATE 11/18/2010: The California Partnership to End Domestic Violence is the second domestic violence support group this week to issue an official statement that Oksana is not connected with them in any way. (Read it here.)

Peace Over Violence, a prominent California anti-domestic violence group was quick to disavow any affiliation or support for Mel Gibson’s Russian accuser after the Russian tried to link her attempts to extort money from the action star (who fathered her child while Gibson was still married to his wife of over 30 years Robyn Gibson), after the Russian—some believe—snared Gibson in a pregnancy scam and then threatened to go public with altered audio tapes of the actor ranting and raving after the Russian provoked Gibson while secretly taping him if Gibson did not agree to pay her millions of dollars.

Daniel Horowitz, one of the Russian’s attorneys, told TMZ that the alleged con-artist would be working with Peace Over Violence, a well known domestic violence support group, in an effort to help women who were victims of domestic violence.

What was suspect about this statement early on, is that thus far, domestic violence and battered women’s supports groups have reportedly shunned the alleged Russian grifter con-artist.

Said the group:

“Peace Over Violence is not now, and has never been associated in any way with Oksana Grigoreiva. TMZ received false information from Oksana's legal team and printed it without verification.”

Another one of the Russian’s lies exposed!

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HUGE DATA CASH ON GIBSON EX’S COMPUTER SLOWING INVESTIGATION

According to TMZ, sources at the Los Angeles County Sherriff’s Office—the agency charged with investigating the Russian grifter who bore Mel Gibson’s child (then secretly taped him in an alleged extortion scheme)—have told TMZ that the investigation has been slowed down due to the vast wealth of material on the ex’s computer seized by authorities as a part of their ongoing investigation into the (alleged) extortion plot.

Apparently, the Russian—who was also “accidently” impregnated by British Bond actor Timothy Dalton (whom she also accused of domestic violence)—has more to worry about that funding laser skin treatments.

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CALIFORNIA AG CANDIDATE COOLEY VOWS TO COUNT EVERY BALLOT

UPDATE: 11/16/2010 It looks to us like Cooley is sunk, although the fat lady has yet to sing. (Let's just say she is warming up.)

However, in view Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters Dean Logan's checkered recent past (quietly resigning as Registrar in Kings County, Washington to take the job in LA--after a voting scandal that included some precincts where there were more ballots that voters, many presents with missing ballots, provisional ballots not checked at all, voters invited in to "re-register" to validate invalid voter registrations, 130 ex-felons being allowed to vote, and may other irregularities in a very close state-wide election where the "winner" "won" by 300 votes--Steve Cooley's complaints in LA seem like déjà vu all over again.

Link: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/273692_logan13.html




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We just received this press release from the Steve Cooley for California Attorney General Campaign, which is self-explanatory:

A Statement from: Kevin Spillane - Senior Consultant, Steve Cooley for Attorney General Campaign:

“With the counties completing their semi-official returns, Steve Cooley trails Kamala Harris by 14,838 votes – two-tenths of a percentage point. There are over 1 million provisional and absentee ballots yet to be counted.”

“The race for Attorney General will not be decided for at least another couple of weeks, and potentially could go until the official Certification of Vote deadline on December 3."

“We will continue to monitor the situation. The only thing we are certain of is that the final outcome will be close. We are grateful for all the good wishes of our supporters and will keep you updated.”

Our only comment: As we said during the aftermath of the controversy surrounding the Bush vs. Gore election in 2000: Let the votes be counted!

Until then, Kamala, it may be a tad premature to measure the drapes in the Attorney General’s Office. Ha!

--Blogonaut

Related:

Attorney general race hangs in the balance as 2 million votes remain uncounted (LA Times 11/4/2010)

Kamala Harris Declares Victory In CA Attorney General Race‎ - The San Francisco Appeal

California attorney general's race still too close to call - The San Jose Mercury News

BLOGONAUT’S PICKS-PREDICTIONS FOR CA STATE-WIDE RACES

First and foremost, we doff our hat to the young talent that is the San Francisco Giants—for many reasons, but first and foremost making the Bay Area (and Californian’s) believe in themselves again.

Now, to our CA political picks-predictions:

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR:

There is a reason that incumbent Republican governor and kick-butt movie action star Arnold Schwarzenegger (isn’t that German name redundant?) refused to endorse Republican Meg Whitman for the top California post and her name is Maria Shriver. Just kidding; Meg Whitman—who did not even bother to vote for the better part of three decades preceding her run for California’s highest office—thought she could buy the Governor’s chair like the mega-gift annually featured in the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book, or (for example) like buying her troubled son out-of-an-expulsion at Princeton (after his “date” woke up with Whitman’s son on top of her, with a black eye and other bruises, but no recollection of the sex the boy admitted to). No worries, no expulsion either—just the fond memory of Whitman’s thirty million dollar donation to the university.

Our pick-prediction: Jerry Brown by at least 10 points. Done, by 12 points.

CALIFORNIA LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:

Didn’t know there was any such elected office? Don’t feel bad, neither did our pick for the winner—incumbent San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom—before his people suggested that office as his next move on the way to—bigger and better things. We have always admired Gavin’s pragmatism—until the last several years—during which it appeared that Gavin was morphing into a kind of characterless, ultimately political, bland Grey Davis; always sooo politically correct but with no real core. Shape up, kid—this is your last chance the become a real human being--and to go all the way in Democratic politics. You need to spend more time with Jerry Brown--and learn to tell it like it is for a change. Done. Close, but he sqeaked through.

CALIFORNIA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL:

Where do we begin to discuss the disaster of an Attorney General that Kamala Harris would make? Should we mention how she dismissed all charges against the man arrested on our 6th floor balcony, high on meth and in possession of a knife, duct-tape and rope at 3:30 am in front of an entire shift of San Francisco’s finest and SF firefighters, separated from our apartment's sleeping occupants by a flimsy glass door, while the guy was on two PRIOR probations for burglary? Naw, we will just quote a columnist from Harris’ own hometown newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle:

“I don't understand why San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris wants to be California's next attorney general. Then again, it's hard to understand why she even ran for DA -- other than because she has a yen for elective office.

"She hasn't been an aggressive prosecutor. She hasn't been a competent administrator. She seems more interested in advancing liberal causes than putting bad guys behind bars.” (Debra Saunders, “Race Pits Dream Prosecutor Against S.F.'s Nightmare DA”, 9/26/2010.)

Duh, our pick for California’s top prosecutor is—a career prosecutor, moderate Republican Steve Cooley. Still very close the morning after the election, but Harris leads by a teeny margin.


CALIFORNIA’S UNITED STATES SENATOR:

We don’t really care for Barbra Boxer. Maybe it is just a personality thing and/or that she is a shade too liberal for us. (In all honesty, it's probably both.)

But we have been following Carly Fiorina’s checkered career (and unethical tactics) ever since her proxy battle as Hewlett-Packard CEO with founding board member Walter Hewlett.

We thought Walter was right then (Carly won the proxy fight, Walter Hewlett resigned) and right now (which is why HP ultimately fired Fiorina)—so much for her corporate resume. Oh, and did we mention that while diluting HP’s superior brand by merging with a commodity PC company, destroying the morale and creativity of the R&D department, and running HP into the ground financially she simultaneously PAID HERSELF $100 million in compensation AND laid off THIRTY THOUSAND HP EMPLOYEES—in many cases shipping their jobs to China?

No contest: Barbra Boxer will and should be retained as California’s representative in the United States Senate. Done, by an amazing 12 points!!!! Can we judge character in this state or what?

Thanks for listening, and may the best man-woman win!!!!! (Except for Steve Cooley, they all did.)

Blogonaut