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Mel Gibson Being Tight With Child Support

Posted by Adam

Friday August 20, 2010

Mel GibsonMEL Gibson reportedly wants to pay just $6,000 a month in child support.

Lawyers for the Braveheart actor are said to have told a judge overseeing his bitter custody battle with former lover Oksana Grigorieva — the mother of his nine-month-old daughter Lucia — that the 54-year-old star spends a staggering $7.2 million a year on himself but he does not want to increase payments for his daughter.

According to RadarOnline, Mel’s lawyers insist some of Oksana’s requests — such as he pays for bodyguards — are unnecessary as Lucia is still just a baby.

In contrast, they argue the money he spends on himself is necessary for his living expenses and doesn’t include luxuries such as his private jet.

Mel and Oksana have been locked in a bitter dispute since separating in April.

Since their split, audio tapes have been leaked which apparently feature Mel verbally abusing and threatening Oksana.

In one recording, Mel — who has seven children with ex-wife Robyn Moore — claims he has doesn’t have any “f**king money” and blasts the Russian singer as a “user”.

“I don’t have any f** king money!” he said. “I have to support you and everybody else! I have to sell paintings. I have to sell my box at the Lakers game.”

After Mel and Robyn ended their 28-year marriage, the former dental nurse was legally entitled to half her former spouse’s fortune as they had not signed a pre-nuptial agreement.

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  • http://www.drunkofflife.com jbk

    for $6k/month its worth going through his bs. sign me up

    http://www.drunkofflife.com/this-guy-sucks/mel-gibson-is-racist-fun/

  • http://Showbizspy Patty Fitz

    Child support payments are not based on what you WANT to pay. It’s based on your income and how many other children you have and support. If he has to sell something that is a total unnessary luxury to pay that child support he, by NORMAL Child Support laws, he better do it or risk going to jail or losing his drivers liscense or garnishing his income…like the rest of the US has to abide by….but the California rich and famous are above normal laws and everyone of them in trouble proves over and over and over. He makes me sick.

    • Wendy

      No parent is obligated to maintain their children in the lap of luxury. Six thousand dollars a month is more than most children get to live on. Remember, this child was a golddigger’s “accident.”

  • stunatra

    $6,000/month is more than fair. It’s more than what most people earn in a month. How can people be so greedy. Jesus.