Mel Gibson Custody Witness Kristian Herzog Was Once Court-Ordered Into 'Psychological Counseling'
Feb. 20 2011, Published 5:00 a.m. ET
Kristian Otto Herzog, the bodyguard who once protected Oksana Grigorieva and now appears to be siding with Mel Gibson in the former couple's protracted custody battle, was accused of misrepresenting himself and making false statements to cops so often, a judge once ordered him to undergo psychological counseling, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.
Herzog was arrested in separate incidents in 1995 and 1996 in the Richmond, Virginia area and charged with impersonating a police officer, assault, making a false statement to police and filing a false police report.
He was acquitted of impersonation both times, with the judge in the second case ruling that conflicting witness statements left him no choice but to dismiss. But Herzog did agree "to undergo psychological counseling for possible dismissal of a third charge, filing a false police report," reported The Richmond Times Dispatch in May, 1996.
Further investigation done by Breaking Celebrity News found additional arrests and more than a dozen court cases involving Herzog in Virginia, Arizona and California.