Geraldo Rivera Furthers Mel Gibson Story, With Mistress Exclusive

We heard a lot from Mel Gibson last week, and a little from his ex, Oksana Grigorieva.

FNC’s Geraldo Rivera found a way to further the story this weekend – an exclusive interview with Violet Kowal, the possible former porn star who said she had an affair with Gibson.

Rivera introduced Kowal by saying she “tells us she is not a porn star as some allege, Violet is a fitness model,” and describing the “torrid, tumultuous, secret affair” she claims. After getting the description of whether the affair was a “booty call” or if they “going steady” (really, Geraldo uses those terms), he asked about the offensive, violent Gibson we’ve heard in this last week:

Rivera: Did you personally see the dark side of Mel Gibson.
Kowal: He never hit me but after the media find out about our relationship he got very abusive. he called me up screaming at me, and threatening. He said that he would make me suffer.

As this week begins, we’ll see if RadarOnline.com has more of the Gibson story to leak out, or whether the five tapes will be the conclusion. If so, cable news outlets (like Geraldo’s show) will have to find new characters to continue the story in the second week. Of course, the tapes do speak for themselves – nothing says more about the situation than hearing Gibson in his own, damning words.

Here’s the Kowal exclusive:

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