BREAKING: Oksana Being Investigated For Extortion

The Hollywood Reporter has learned that after the disturbing Mel Gibson audio tapes became public earlier this month, Oksana Grigorieva wrote Gibson a text explaining why she’d surreptitiously recorded their conversations.

According to a source familiar with the case, Grigorieva writes in the text that the reason she recorded him was because “you broke your agreement with me.”

The source says that there are additional emails that will likely be used by Gibson’s attorneys to prove that Grigorieva attempted to use the audio tapes to extort money from Gibson. The source adds that Grigorieva was also upset about the breakup and was looking to reconcile.

At a June 22 court hearing, the judge sharply criticized the conduct of Oksana’s lawyer, Manley Fried, specifically noting Grigorieva’s failure to tell the court about a previous $15 million settlement agreement between herself and Gibson.

Judge Gordon: [addressing Manley Freid] at the June 22 court hearing:

My question for you is this. Why wasn’t I told about this agreement in connection with the request for a temporary restraining order? Mr. Kolodny [Gibson’s Counsel] is exactly correct. Had I known the parties had an agreement, I may not have issued the order the way I did; and I find it very troubling that someone comes in, without notice to the other side, represents facts to me, including the fact this woman is so afraid of Mr. Gibson that she needs immediate protection, even though by — based on her declaration, it’s clear that nothing happened for a few months.

But no one then told me there had been this intervening agreement about the child, and I’m really quite troubled by that.

The Los Angeles County sheriff’s department today confirmed they are investigating Grigorieva.