EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson Breaks His Silence On Oksana Scandal: 'I Would Never Harm Baby Lucia'
Nov. 12 2010, Published 8:19 a.m. ET
“I have never and would never hurt Lucia and I have most certainly never threatened to do so!”
That’s the explosive declaration that Oscar-winner Mel Gibson has made to a Los Angeles Court, in response to his ex-lover Oksana Grigorieva’s claim that he beat her while she was holding their infant daughter Lucia — causing a small abrasion on the child’s chin.
“My children are the most precious part of my life,” Mel wrote in a court filing, seen by Breaking Celebrity News.
The court document is the first time he has responded - in his own words - to the scandal.
“Among these false statements are allegations by Oksana that I hurt Lucia and that I have made threats to hurt or even to kill our daughter!” Gibson wrote in the declaration.
In the court filing, Gibson stated the couple came to an agreement on a “comprehensive custody plan for Lucia” after two days of mediation on May 16.
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But as Breaking Celebrity News revealed, Oksana turned her back on the $20 million agreement because she would have had to share custody of their daughter.
Mel said, “At the time, I had become extremely frustrated by recurring problems in my relationship with Oksana and was having severe doubts whether we would have a future together.
“I felt that Oksana repeatedly attempted to push my emotional ‘buttons’ to provoke me during the calls; of course, I had no idea at the time