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Actor allegedly begins calling at 8 p.m. and leaves angry voicemails
LOS ANGELES — Mel Gibson reportedly called Oksana Grigorieva up to 30 times the
night she ended their relationship.
According to Radar Online — who released eight voicemail messages left by Gibson
— the series of phone calls spanned 10 hours, allegedly starting at 8 p.m. on
Feb. 18.
The calls appear calm in nature initially, but then spiral into a rage similar
to previously released Gibson recordings.
"You were a sour-faced b---- today. Do you think it was tricky to get that
f------ tree in the hole, the placenta and organize all that s---? Do you know
how much f------ time and money went into that?" Gibson said, reportedly
referring to a tree-planting ceremony he and Grigorieva had that day for their
daughter, Lucia.
Gibson is heard unleashing a barrage of expletives and insults directed toward
Grigorieva, and according to clinical psychologist Dr. Michelle Golland, who has
not treated the actor, the calls are classic examples of domestic violence.
"The way I would classify Mel's behavior of the obsessive phone calling is
harassment," Golland told Access on Wednesday. "It's to keep her awake and let's
face it, they have a child and he's doing this behavior with absolutely no
concern for the child and the impact on her ... he wants her back so he can
start the cycle of abuse again."
In one rant, Gibson insults Grigorieva's musical talents, reportedly saying,
"You are just f------ ordinary. And that goes for the talent too, it's ordinary.
It's not extraordinary. It's pretty f------ common. I'd like to see you play a
concert sometime. You can't do it!"
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"Abusive individuals do what I call, 'Go for the jugular,' " Golland explained.
"They know what hurts and they target that. He does it to sort of dehumanize her
and to try and break her self-esteem, so that's when you hear her discussing her
career, body, her .uality and that sort of thing."
As of Wednesday afternoon, a rep for Gibson had "no comment" on the situation.
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