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Mel Gibson Claims he has Hard Evidence of Ex-Girlfriend Extortion ? California Penal Code Section 518

By Walin & Klarich

According to TMZ, officials have begun investigation into the extortion claims by Mel Gibson against his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. Gibson claims that he has hard evidence of Grigorieva trying to extort him for money with the threat of releasing the audio recordings of a phone conversation between the two. The audio recordings may have indicated that Gibson committed domestic violence by punching Grigorieva and knocking out two of her teeth. Gibson is alleging that Grigorieva threatened to release the audio recordings if Gibson did not agree to pay her a sum of money. Under California Penal Code Section 518-519, extortion is the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, or the obtaining of an official act of a public officer, induced by a wrongful use of force or fear, or under color of official right...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on July 30, 2010 (boomark / email).