Mel Gibson currently under investigation for domestic violence against his ex girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva is really afraid he will go to jail. Therefore, his attorney Blair Berk approached the prosecutor with a proposal that would allow him to avoid jail time.
"I know from almost 20 years as a criminal defense lawyer that sometimes justice can come for a client at too high a personal price. That is particularly so for Mel, whose right to due process can only be exercised in this case with an enormous media circus attached," Berk said.
"Mel's only priority throughout all of this has been that the best interests of his young daughter Lucia and the rest of his children be put first in any decisions made. It is with only that in mind that he asked me to approach the district attorney with a proposal that would bring all of this to an immediate end," Berk said in the statement.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office declined to comment but the prosecutor is also investigating whether Grigorieva tried to extort money from Gibson with recordings she made of his telephone calls.
Additionally the couple is fighting over custody of their three-year-old daughter. In general it is one big mess.
Neither Grigorieva nor Gibson wanted to comment on the current situation. To be continued…