LOS ANGELES — Mel Gibson was named Thursday as a potential suspect in a domestic-violence investigation involving his ex-girlfriend, Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva, sheriff’s officials said.
The disclosure came after detectives interviewed Grigorieva about the alleged attack this year at an undisclosed location in Malibu. Gibson and Grigorieva have been involved in a nasty custody dispute over their infant daughter — the subject of a confidential court case.
Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore declined to disclose further details of the domestic-violence investigation or any potential evidence.
The actor, 54, has not publicly discussed the breakup with Grigorieva, 40. The former couple first revealed their relationship shortly after Gibson’s wife, Robyn, filed for divorce last April. The divorce is pending. The Associated Press
