James W. Spertus (The Law Offices of James W. Spertus)
The girlfriend of movie star Mel Gibson met with a former federal prosecutor and computer crimes expert in Los Angeles Thursday, the celebrity news website TMZ reported.
Oksana Grigorieva met with the James W. Spertus. The lawyer declined to discuss the meeting with TMZ.
Spertus previously served for seven years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Central District of California. According to his law firm bio, Spertus helped found the office’s Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section and tried criminal cases involving trade secret theft, computer intrusions, and intellectual property theft.
After leaving the DOJ, he also served as Vice President at the Motion Picture Association of America, Director of U.S. Anti-Piracy Operations.
Gibson and Grigorieva are in the midst of a bitter custody fight over their young daughter. Earlier this month, the former model released tapes she secretly recorded of the actor threatening and berating her. Gibson has alleged that Grigorieva fabricated the tapes and used them to try to extort money from him. The L.A. County Sheriff’s department is investigating.
Additional reporting by Andrew Ramonas.
