The case has now been removed to Judge Frederick Shaller, but parties expect the whole case to be handled by a “private judge,” so the proceedings will happen away from the public eye.
Mel Gibson’s “amicable” divorce already has its first spat. Mel’s lawyer, Bob Kaufman, filed papers with the court asking for a new judge. Paperwork obtained by TMZ.com state Mel believes he “cannot have a fair and impartial trial or hearing before Judge Ongkeko.”
The case has now been removed to Judge Frederick Shaller, but parties expect the whole case to be handled by a “private judge,” so the proceedings will happen away from the public eye. But what has been in the public eye is Mel’s alleged girlfriend. Rumors about a Russian singer named Oksana made the rounds, a woman who even headed to Costa Rica with the actor-filmmaker. Oksana Pochepa, 24, told UK papers that she was the one in Costa Rica and that their relationship was “serious,” “real and strong and long-lasting.
But PEOPLE claims their sources have her pegged as Oksana Grigorieva, 39, a singer signed to Mel Gibson’s record label, Icon Records.
Grigorieva, a former flame of “James Bond” star Timothy Dalton (with whom she has a son), has lived in a house linked to Gibson, 53.
The home, purchased in Sherman Oaks, Calif., in December 2008, has an ownership trust administered by the CFO of Mel Gibson’s production company, Icon Records.
But PEOPLE claims their sources have her pegged as Oksana Grigorieva, 39, a singer signed to Mel Gibson’s record label, Icon Records.
Grigorieva, a former flame of “James Bond” star Timothy Dalton (with whom she has a son), has lived in a house linked to Gibson, 53.
The home, purchased in Sherman Oaks, Calif., in December 2008, has an ownership trust administered by the CFO of Mel Gibson’s production company, Icon Records.