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Oh my: Mel Gibson tapes might have been doctored
Hotair ^ | 07/16/2010 | Allahpundit

Posted on 07/16/2010 8:26:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Huh. Well then, I’m eager to discover from what context “I’ll burn the goddamn house up, but blow me first” might have been unfairly ripped.

Second look at Mel Gibson’s sanity?

Forensic audio and video experts examined the recordings for HollywoodLife.com and believe someone tampered with them, editing the audio, removing parts of conversation and piecing together phrases to make the recordings sound real.

“One of the things that you have to know is that nobody at this point can authenticate it’s Mel’s voice — not 100 percent,” Bonnie Fuller, editor of HollywoodLife.com, said on “Good Morning America” today. “There are words that are edited out, there are spaces, there are gaps.”

“I believe these are professionally done. I think she had help,” said forensic audio expert Arlo West. “She clearly was speaking into what we call a large diaphragm microphone. Her voice is very well engineered. She sounds great.”

She really does. Here’s the latest tape from Radar; it occurred to me after listening to the first one a few days ago that her voice sounded unusually crisp, even with the mic being on her side of the phone, but maybe it’s a little too crisp. Two issues for the cops who are combing through the tapes in hopes of using them against him, then. First, if they’ve been edited, then they’re obviously not true and correct copies and can’t be admitted. Second and more problematically, California law requires both parties’ consent before a conversation can be recorded. Is Mad Max so mad that he actually agreed to let Grigorieva tape him?

If you missed it in Headlines, this Time mag piece on therapists’ reaction to audio of the calls is grimly fascinating. Most of them aren’t surprised, but one worries that this degree of rage is “dangerous” and “not typical” and another says, “I’ll bet every penny I’ve ever made that he was abusive in all his previous relationships.” For what it’s worth, according to Mel’s ex, she’d lose that bet. Exit question: Is this pushback about the tapes being doctored really just Mel’s way of planting a tiny enough seed of doubt in the public’s mind to save his career? E.g., “Honey, I don’t want to see the new Mel Gibson movie. Didn’t you hear those tapes?” “But baby — he says the tapes were doctored.



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KEYWORDS: doctored; melgibson; tapes
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To: DJ MacWoW

If it’s not about me, then why post it to me??? I didn[’t post to you, and I don’t want to be posted to BY you. Ever. Period. That simple. I have asked nicely, with please and thank you. If you post to me again, it is a sick obsession. Get over it, and Leave Me Alone.


81 posted on 07/16/2010 2:31:01 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: Right Cal Gal
While I cannot condone anything Gibson said on the tapes, I’m wondering if the statements made by HER as on the tape were the actual statements she made. She’s rather cool and detached while someone is screaming at her on the phone

I'm not totally sure about what he allegedly said--the difference in sound quality between the voices is notable, and I picked up on that right away.

Her voice sounded like someone doing a mediocre job of reading from a script, and I commented on that when I heard it.

82 posted on 07/16/2010 2:33:59 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Fantasywriter; Admin Moderator
If it’s not about me, then why post it to me???

You posted a link on an open forum. I also posted a link on an open forum that was related to your link.

If you post to me again, it is a sick obsession. Get over it, and Leave Me Alone.

Again, you posted on an open forum. I added a link. Grandmas don't stalk people. And I have said NOTHING to you comparable to the trash you've spewed at me.

I will avoid you now as you seem to NOT understand what an open forum is and I don't enjoy hysterics.

83 posted on 07/16/2010 2:37:47 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: DJ MacWoW; Admin Moderator

Now you are accusing me of spewing trash. I have taken great care to be polite and factual. Now all of a sudden I’m spewing trash. At least you could quote an example.


84 posted on 07/16/2010 2:46:20 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: kcvl

Thanks for posting that pic! Yes, the one front tooth is quite a bit smaller than the width of her other teeth, which usually means they have been covered (veneered) or capped. Looks like she chipped one veneer & the other just popped off...

If he hit her mouth, there should be tissue damage or bruising...


85 posted on 07/16/2010 4:49:47 PM PDT by Atom Smasher
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To: goseminoles

Absolutely, we’ve all said things when we’re fired up.


86 posted on 07/16/2010 4:51:21 PM PDT by Atom Smasher
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To: SeekAndFind

For some strange reason, the shape of Oksana’s mouth reminds me of Angelina Jolie’s...

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Maybe she went to the same cosmetic doctor as the octomom...who knows.


87 posted on 07/16/2010 4:54:06 PM PDT by Atom Smasher
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To: Atom Smasher

The dentist who took that picture (and supports her) also said that she had no damage to her mouth and that she wasn’t hit. She is about to be BUSTED!


88 posted on 07/16/2010 7:12:13 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Atom Smasher

The dentist who took that picture (and supports her) also said that she had no damage to her mouth and that she wasn’t hit. She is about to be BUSTED!


89 posted on 07/16/2010 7:12:13 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Right Cal Gal

On these tapes, she sounds like a B movie actor reading a script. And the first time I heard HIS comments, something just didn’t seem authentic about them. I’m usually the first one to want to skewer an emotionally/verbally abusive guy, but something tells me there’s more to the story—especially since the news that she is basically a gold-digging extortionist. And, as most of us women end up saying about Oksana, “She’s not even that pretty . . .”


90 posted on 07/17/2010 5:37:46 AM PDT by 1951Boomer
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To: SeekAndFind

New York Post Updated:

LA judge strips Mel Gibson of his lethal weapons

By TODD VENEZIA

Last Updated: 11:55 AM, July 17, 2010

A Los Angeles judge has ordered Mel Gibson to hand over his lethal weapons — on the same day a photo was released of what Gibson’s gal pal claims is her with busted front teeth courtesy of Gibson.

According to the ruling made at Thursday’s secret court hearing, the psycho screen star must surrender all the firearms he owns, as the nasty custody battle he’s waging with his Russian baby mama, Oksana Grigorieva, continues, RadarOnline reported yesterday.

http://www.nypost.com/f/print/news/national/gun_shy_gibson_J4VYbQCN9GLeSR8cVSwXPL


91 posted on 07/17/2010 9:43:25 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: kcvl

Yes, I saw that on the news last night...also, his wife of 29 years came forward & said he was never violent towards her or the children. This, the attorneys say, was a big plus for his side!


92 posted on 07/17/2010 2:27:51 PM PDT by Atom Smasher
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