WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Oksana Grigorieva's Son Was Star Witness Before Mel Cut Deal
March 9 2011, Published 4:30 a.m. ET
Alexander "Sasha" Dalton, Oksana Grigorieva's 13-year-old son with James Bond star Timothy Dalton, was going to testify in the criminal case against Mel Gibson and considered the star witness before Gibson cut a deal on Wednesday, Breaking Celebrity News has exclusively learned.
"One major reason why this case was being brought against Mel Gibson, more than a year after the alleged incident took place, is because Sasha was made available to testify at a potential criminal trial against Mel," a source close to the case told Breaking Celebrity News. "Sasha's involvement and cooperation in the case was absolutely essential, and because he is a minor, both of his parents had to agree to let him participate, and that took some time to make happen."
Mel cut a deal with prosecutors on Wednesday in the case stemming from his violent encounter with Oksana on January 6, 2010 at his Malibu mansion.
Sasha was in the bedroom as an eyewitness when Oksana says that Mel punched her in the head, cracking the veneers on her upper front teeth. She also says Mel put his arm across her throat while she was holding their infant daughter.
The criminal case took a long time to investigate, the insider told Breaking Celebrity News, because the incident wasn't immediately r