There’s been a lot of coverage of Mel Gibson and his psychotic, abusive rants against girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. While some of us hope for a “teachable moment,” others “find humor in the darkness” and still others (ahem, Whoopi Goldberg) spend energy defending abusers and rapists… but guess who ends up really getting the blame?
That’s right, Oksana Grigorieva. That gold digging Russian woman with augmented breasts.
It started kinda slowly on twitter like:
I’m sure Oksana Grigorieva was hearing the theme song for “The Price is Right”
Golddigging is sad. Expectations of complacency are mental abuse in themselves. You can’t raise a child in that sort of relationship
How the hell is this woman NOT going off on Mel Gibson’s ass in these tapes?! That’s the most confusing part…
These Mel Gibson tapes are like nude photographs taken without permission. There oughta be a law.
Big, loud, fucking sigh over here.
To clarify, a woman who has been punched before by her spouse while holding her baby knows not to escalate a potentially violent situation. Stay calm, or risk another beating.
Thousands of women seek help from the system – only to be dismissed (remember this 911 call?), or to find that there are no more shelters (state of California). Oksana has a chance at justice because Mel Gibson is famous and some folks will want to see him stopped. She also had means, courage and money to consult with lawyers to learn her rights. She was probably advised that she needed to gather evidence to prove her case. Enough evidence to withstand the accusations that would inevitably be thrown at her, such as: dating a married man, dating a married rich man, dating a married, rich famous man, being a Russian woman, getting beaten, etc.
To answer the question, “how did she stay so calm?” Oksana needed to record Mel Gibson threatening her on tape. Audio/visual evidence is golden, and you will suppress fear, anger and emotions to get it. That does not make you a spy or a gold digger. This puts you in control in a potentially violent and life threatening situation.
Ample evidence that Mel Gibson abused her sparked these rumors from Fox News:
Sources connected to Gibson tell TMZ.com that they have proof that Grigorieva attempted to extort the actor, demanding more than $10 million in return for keeping the tapes secret.
Sounds like the whole Rihanna gave Chris Brown an STI spin to me.
Fact: Mel Gibson physically abused and verbally threatened Oksana Grigorieva. There are pictures and audio recordings that prove this.
Everything else is just victim-blaming.
