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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