Judge allows probe of computer of Mel Gibson’s girlfriend

Judge allows probe of computer of Mel Gibson’s girlfriend

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon ruled on Thursday that police investigators can search data stored in a computer used by Oksana Grigorieva, the former girlfriend of Hollywood actor and director Mel Gibson.

Grigorieva’s counsel earlier sought to limit how much information the police can get from the computer where she says holds her letters, pictures, video clips and other personal data.

Judge Gordon said he could not limit the information the investigators may get but he said not all data can be used in a possible criminal case.

“For me to supervise or run their investigation would be improper,” he said.

Investigators would be examining copies of Grigorieva’s files since the computer has already been returned to the former Russian musician.

The 54-year-old Gibson claims that his former girlfriend tried to extort money from him during a custody battle over their daughter. The police are also investigating the allegations hurled against Gibson by Grigorieva who said that he had hurt her in an altercation early this year.

There were no charges filed and the investigation about the alleged extortion is not done yet.

Daniel Horowitz, the 40-year old Grigorieva’s attorney said that what detectives would find in his client’s computer would exonerate her of any wrongdoing.

“My entire life is on that computer,” Grigorieva said. The computer is said to contain information about the Academy Award-winning Gibson.

Judge Gordon said that the copy of her computer’s data would be returned to Grigorieva if no charges are filed by the investigators.

Posted by Kade Quinn on Friday October 22 2010, 7:59 AM EST. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Entertainment, Featured News. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0